Advanced Television

ADB’s newest Multi-screen deployment

ADB, a provider of advanced solutions for connected homes and connected lives, has announced the next multi-screen  product deployment. Norway’s Canal Digital Kabel-TV has gone live with ADB Multi-screen running on the ADB Wideband Tuner, an eight-tuner, hybrid cable HD DVR. ADB Multi-Screen is a software suite that blends broadcast and broadband delivery with home […]

December 18, 2014

CES sees ACCESS Twine extended to offer virtual multiscreen content library

ACCESS, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, will demonstrate its ACCESS Twinemultiscreen management platform, which has been extended to offer global search and remote access functionality. The solution helps operators enable consumers to find content across multiple sources via a single user interface, allowing them to […]

December 18, 2014

SVoD market bigger than DVDs in 2015

The shift from physical discs to digital video is now clear from both time spent with the media and revenue generated by them, according to Colin Dixon at nScreenMedia, who has analysed recent reporting trends. According to Nielsen

December 17, 2014

More than half of TVs sold are now smart

After five years of continuous decline, research from Mintel reveals that the TV market has recorded growth in value for the first time since 2009. Boosted by the impact of the FIFA World Cup, Mintel expects

December 17, 2014

Netflix set for 30% US subs growth decline

As 2014 comes to a close, Strategy Analytics thoughts begin to turn towards the trends and events that will shape the digital media landscape in the coming year. In a new report, Top Ten Digital Media Predictions for 2015, Strategy Analytics Digital Media Strategies (DMS) service highlights the trends and events that will shape OTT […]

December 17, 2014

UltraViolet hits 20m accounts

As 2014 draws to a close, digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet has revealed that the year saw significant milestones for consumer and industry adoption being achieved, allowing it to solidifying its integral position in the Home Entertainment landscape.

December 17, 2014

5 new DTT channels for Spain in 2015

The Spanish government  has confirmed the awarding of 5 new DTT licences for the launch of four HD and one SD channel in 2015, through a public tender or by auction in the first half of the year.  Three of the HD channels will be part of a new multiplex whereas the fourth will share […]

December 17, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid

France: Strategic review for 700 MHz band

France’s comms regulator ARCEP is holding a two-month consultation on a strategic review of spectrum for ultra high-speed mobile systems. As mobile Internet traffic is increasing sharply, the consultation examines the two paths that will help sustain and accelerate the ongoing upgrade of mobile networks: reusing existing frequencies with more efficient technologies; making new frequencies […]

December 17, 2014By Colin Mann

Wimbledon denies pay-TV reports

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) – organiser of the Wimbledon Open Tennis tournament – has refuted suggestions in the UK media that coverage of the tournament is set to be shared between the BBC and BT, which would result in Wimbledon being shown on pay-TV In a statement, the AELTC said it “confirms […]

December 17, 2014By Colin Mann

Murdoch to buy true[X] media

21st Century Fox is set to buy the company that provides online publishers and advertisers a marketing platform for premium content in digital and on demand environments. true[X] is expected to remain a stand-alone business, but will work with Fox Networks Group to create engagement between brands and consumers on Fox’s digital platforms. “The connections […]

December 17, 2014