Wyplay, creator of software solutions for leading pay-TV operators, announced that the Frog by Wyplay open source community now totals more than 75 licensee companies, who are using, supporting, enriching and most importantly, deploying the Frog by Wyplay set-top box and back-end software. “Canal+ Group has successfully deployed Frog By Wyplay middleware on all its […]
Meeting for the first time in Taipei, the Broadband Forum’s last quarterly meeting of 2014 this week turned into one of the highlights of the year as both the country and the region embraced the work and the developments taking place within the Forum. Prior to the meeting itself, 73 executives from more than 20 […]
The UK’s Internet economy is one of the strongest in the world, driven by record online advertising, spending and entertainment consumption, new figures from Ofcom reveal. The country also leads the EU’s five biggest economies for broadband take-up, usage and superfast broadband coverage. Ofcom finds that the UK has the highest e-commerce spending among the […]
Amazon has confirmed that that Prime members and all customers can now instantly enjoy blockbuster movies, hit TV shows and Amazon Original Series, in Ultra-HD picture quality. Ultra-HD movies and TV shows are accessible through the Amazon Instant Video app on compatible Ultra-HD Smart TVs. Available at no additional cost to their membership, Amazon Prime […]
Ownership of Connected TV devices (including smart TVs, smart blu-ray players, IP-enabled game consoles and digital media streamers) in the US grew 5 per cent quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2014 and 28 per cent year-on-year to reach 168 million units. Fuelled by a desire to watch video content delivered via the open Internet, the average US […]
Telefonica’s IPTV service has launched a premium TV series channel in Spain that allows viewers to watch top US series just 24 hours after their US premieres. The VoD HD TV series service, called Movistar Series, is distributed at a monthly fee of €7 for all subscribers to Movistar TV. Series like Outlander, Transparent, Madam […]
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has fixed the 700 MHz auction for December 2015, with the transfer from DTT channels to the mobile telecoms sector scheduled to take place between October 1st 2017 and June 30th 2019. The French State anticipates the revenues coming from this auction will reach €2.1 billion, all attributed to the […]
Digital Element, a specialist provider of IP geolocation technology, has confirmed that the BBC has deployed the company’s NetAcuity Edge IP geolocation technology to manage the geographic rights of its online TV and radio content. The BBC is obliged to comply with geographic licensing rights for its streaming on demand service. Deploying real-time IP geolocation data enables […]
Sony Pictures is employing hacking techniques in an attempt to prevent computer users from downloading its stolen data from file-sharing websites, according to reports. Confidential data was stolen in an attack last week including five Sony Pictures films, all the users names and passwords for Sony Pictures Twitter and Facebook accounts and pay details for […]
Liberty Global has announced that, together with investment funds affiliated with Searchlight Capital Partners, it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the parent of Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Company, Choice Cable TV, the second largest cable and broadband services provider in Puerto Rico. Choice’s operations will be combined with Liberty […]