Rovi Corporation has announced the availability of new predictive analytics products that enable the use of audience segmentation in managing advanced advertising campaigns and targeting on-air promotions. The new Rovi Audience Management Solution products — Ad Optimizer – use proprietary algorithms to analyse a wide variety of consumer and behavioural data, enabling broadcast networks, cable […]
Sony Electronics has taken another step forward in the evolution of 4K Ultra HD home entertainment with the addition of critical content options and a range of new 4K Ultra HD TVs for every viewer. To complement the expanding library of its Video Unlimited 4K download service, Sony’s 2014 4K Ultra HD TV line-up is […]
DISH Network has confirmed it will be launching an application that gives customers control of the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR on Sony Computer Entertainment’s PS3 and PS4 systems from spring 2014. DISH’s Virtual Joey provides a nearly identical experience to the Hopper Whole-Home HD DVR’s hardware-based Joey, making live TV and recordings accessible on PlayStation […]
Irdeto has formed a new partnership with Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, that will better enable operators to streamline live channels OTT across multi-screen platforms and devices. Irdeto and Envivio are excited to include Microsoft PlayReady LiveTV content protection in their live linear OTT solution, available on multiple platforms including […]
ActiveVideo has extended the power of Cloud UIs for pay-TV providers, online video providers and the CE industry, unveiling new functionality that enables its CloudTV software platform to deliver web-style interactive TV advertising at scale. The introduction of CloudTV AdCast, an interactive ad distribution software platform, frees television advertising and T-commerce applications from device dependencies. […]
Broadcom has announced two new systems-on-a-chip (SoC) for entry-level satellite set-top boxes (STBs). Broadcom’s BCM7364 and BCM7399 direct broadcast satellite chips are engineered with the advanced high-efficiency video codec (HEVC) standard to allow satellite operators to deliver more channels of HD content to a broader subscriber base on their existing network infrastructure. “With the launch […]
Harmonic, the worldwide player in video delivery infrastructure, will power multiple end-to-end transmission demonstrations of 4K Ultra HD during 2014 CES International, Jan. 7-10, in Las Vegas. Harmonic will showcase the amazing picture quality of the new format on Ultra HD TVs and set-top boxes (STBs) with its partners, industry leaders Broadcom Corporation, Sigma Designs, […]
Zenterio, provider of the independent operating system platform for interactive TV, and Vestel, a consumer electronics provider, are providing a DVB-T2 STB for commercial availability in Uganda and Rwanda. The first order for the new DVB-T2 compliant STB is set to launch in December 2013. Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial (DVB-T2) is the […]
In light of swift reductions in pricing, analytics firm IHS has boosted its forecast for Ultra-HD liquid-crystal display (LCD) television sets. IHS now predicts 38.5 million Ultra-HD LCD TV sets will ship in 2018, up from 1.5 million in 2013, according to the TV Systems Intelligence Service at IHS. Shipments will fly up more than […]
Sky IQ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSkyB specialising in TV viewing behaviours, has published a range of predictions for 2014 from the musings of Liam Plowman Strategy & Propositions, Sky IQ Customer Intelligence Services. These predictions include TV advertising becoming as personalised as online, new ad releases being hotly anticipated throughout the year; not just […]