Claro’s Colombia operation is to start a DTH service in the country. Dataxis says Claro (itself backed by América Móvil) will start transmissions on the newly-launched Star One C4 satellite shortly. Star One C4 was launched on July 15th. Claro already has a cable-based pay-TV service in Colombia, and the sources say the new DTH […]
Akamai Technologies and Telecom Italia have announced a partnership agreement to offer Content Delivery Network and web optimisation services and solutions to Italian companies. Driven by explosive growth in digital media, the initiative includes Telecom Italia offering and marketing, within the Italian market, of Akamai’s suite of services (including web acceleration and security) capable of […]
Ooyala, a specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has announced its advertising technology is powering video monetisation for one of Spain’s largest broadcasters, Atresmedia. With Atresmedia, Ooyala now provides ad-serving and programmatic TV services to more than 80 per cent of Spain’s premium broadcaster and publisher market. “Ooyala drastically reduces our online advertising issues […]
Irdeto has announced, in partnership with Samsung and SMiT, the launch of the first broadcast Direct-2-TV (D2TV) system for the Indonesian market that does not require a set-top box. With this innovative solution, Indonesian consumers can enjoy Transvision TV packages easily through the integration of Irdeto’s Keys & Credentials service and Conditional Access System (CAS) […]
The DTG has selected six UK media technology start-ups to receive an international showcase at IBC 2015. The DTG Television Innovation Awards 2015 are sponsored by UK Trade & Investment to promote the brightest new ideas from SMEs in the broadcasting and media technology sector. The IBC Finalists will exhibit on the DTG stand at […]
Vubiquity, a global provider of premium content services, has announced a long-term partnership with Turner Broadcasting to capture and process Turner’s C3 and D4 VoD content and distribute it to the On Demand market. Together the companies developed a first-of-its-kind, innovative product that automates, tags and identifies content for C3 capture in high resolution, mezzanine […]
TMD, a provider of digital asset management systems for digital and physical assets, has implemented a Mediaflex asset management system at the new London playout centre for Modern Times Group (MTG). This Swedish-based international broadcaster needed to replace a life-expired system and move to a new London location. The new facility is in the broadcast […]
Panaccess Hospitality solution has been approved by MultiChoice Africa and will be used across African countries to provide MultiChoice content to hotels, hospitals, prisons and other smaller networks. After working many years on the African continent with CAS, satellite allocation and content distribution Panaccess get their hospitality solution approved by MultiChoice. “We are very happy […]
Nickelodeon, one of the most widely recognised and distributed multimedia entertainment brands for kids and family, and Nintendo, global leader in the creation and development of interactive entertainment, introduce new customizations for portable Nintendo consoles. Effective immediately, Nintendo 3DS and 2DS’ users are able to add a further level of personalisation to their system. Entertaining […]
Amino Technologies, the provider of digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of broadcast hybrid TV and connected home solutions provider Entone for a total consideration of $73 million (€67.2 million). Donald McGarva, Chief Executive of Amino, said the proposed acquisition […]