Advanced Television talks to Mariam Zamaray, CEO of TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), about INSIGHT TV, its newly launched all 4k UHD channel. INSIGHT is a factual entertainment channel available via SES satellite to over 60 million homes . As well as providing maximum bit-rate and FPS picture quality, INSIGHT aims to put the viewer at the centre of […]
HBO has the most demanded originally-produced content from an SVoD provider according to a study by Parrot Analytics. The results were reached through weighing “demand multiples” such as video streaming, social media, and blogging, file-sharing, and wiki platforms. The most demanded show in the US was HBO’s Game of Thrones which attracted 28.3 million demand […]
In a move that is suggested will enable mobile and TV equipment manufacturers to benefit from economies of scale, the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), currently in session 2-27 November, has taken a key decision that will provide enhanced capacity for mobile broadband in the 694-790 MHz frequency band in ITU Region-1 (Europe, Africa, the […]
In a move designed to accelerate its collaboration strategy to deliver video everywhere, Cisco is set to pay $700 million (€659m) to acquire Acano, a privately held company based in London that provides collaboration infrastructure and conferencing software. Acano’s hardware and software includes gateways, and video and audio bridging technology that allows customers to connect […]
Findings from cross-media consumption data technology and research firm Symphony Advanced Media (SymphonyAM) monitoring the autumn television season suggest that Millennials only watch live TV 30 per cent of the time, with an additional 30 per cent of their time spent viewing programmes via OTT, VoD beyond 3 and DVR platforms beyond 7. Additionally, SymphonyAM’s […]
Netflix has made it clear who is to blame for the technical failures that some Spaniards experience during live broadcast of Champions League football matches: Telefónica. Netflix is now encouraging Telefonica users to rise up against the company with demands for a better video quality transmission and appeal to the local consumers Associations to solve […]
Last week, Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch stated that Sky in the UK would start Ultra-HD transmissions later in 2016. Documentation issued at his press conferences talks about UHD at 3840 x 2160 pixels. He declined to give a specific start date, but he was enthusiastic in saying that Sky’s introduction of its all-new Sky Q […]
Spacecom, which operates the ‘Amos’ fleet of satellites, told the Tel Aviv stock exchange on Saturday November 21st that it has lost contact with its latest Amos-5 spacecraft. The satellite is relatively new having been launched in December 2011 to the 17 degree East orbital position. Amos-5 was built by a Russian company, M. H. […]
Today’s TV audiences often use social media while watching live series, with many authors gathering on Twitter each week while viewing. According to research from Nielsen, Tweets sent during live airings, which make up the majority of weekly series programme Tweets, could affect more than just those tuning in live. They also lead to valuable […]
Reports from the important ITU WRC 2015 conclave in Geneva say that regulators have not reached a decision on how – or whether – a portion of the C-band wireless spectrum should be used in the future. The frequencies are currently used by satellite operators around the world, and a proposal from the cellular industry […]