Audience research company Kantar Media has launched Kantar Twitter TV ratings, the first measurement tool to analyse social media TV audiences in Spain. It is the result of a global partnership with Twitter to implement a new suite of tools to support planning and analytics for the TV industry. Its first findings reveal that 61 […]
Awareness and satisfaction of UltraViolet (UV) is on the rise among US consumers. According to The NPD Group’s Digital Video Adoption Monitor (UltraViolet) Report, 44 per cent of consumers have heard of UV or recognise the UV logo, a nine percentage point increase over last year. About one-third of consumers know what UV is, and […]
The Africa Telecommunications Union (ATU) admits that many of its members will not be making the June 2015 analogue switch-off date. Worryingly, the laggards include South Africa. The ATU says that “at least” half of its members will miss the deadline for the introduction of all-digital TV. The ATU said the delays are due to […]
India’s Times Television Network, part of the Bennett, Coleman & Co media business, is to launch three extra news channels. The licences were awarded by India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting last month. The licenses were issued in the names of Times Now, although another seems to fall under the ET Now brand. India’s Television […]
SpotXchange, the platform for video advertising, has announced the company reported net revenue growth for the first three quarters of 2014 of 136 per cent compared to the first three quarters of 2013, with programmatic revenue increasing a stunning 282 per cent. SpotXchange provides a video advertising platform for publishers, focusing on holistic inventory management. […]
Sunset+Vine, part of The Tinopolis Group, has been awarded the production contract for BT Sport’s UEFA Europa League rights from the 2015/2016 season. The deal will see Sunset+Vine deliver a mix of host broadcast and support programming covering the competition from group stages to the final which is scheduled in May 2016 for the St. […]
The new 3-in-1 cable connection is available now – not from January 2015 as originally planned – throughout the company’s entire footprint and for all customers. The new 3-in-1 cable connection includes television, Internet and telephone for at home and on the go and radio, too –for the less than CHF 30 per month. All […]
Axon Digital Design, a supplier of broadcast network infrastructure products and solutions, has announced the release of SMART DVB, a complete suite of tools to monitor, report and analyze live MPEG-2 and DVB transport streams. Powerful and versatile, the SMART DVB suite enables owners and operators to ensure health, conformity and quality across the digital […]
One year after being passed, the new HEVC video coding standard (H.265) keeps attracting the greatest interest within the audiovisual industry, as could be verified in the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held from 21 to 24 October in Hollywood, California (USA). For the second year in a row, SAPEC, leader in the audio […]
Hamlet, leader in the field of broadcast test and measurement, is pleased to present a convenient tool to ensure your TR 101.290 compliance. The Best of Show IBC2014 award winning Hamlet Enterprise is now available with IP, ASI, OTT, RF DVB, Record and Playout capability ensuring compliance of your program chain. The Hamlet Enterprise is […]