Under a new strategic partnership, TeliaSonera is investing $115 million (€102m) for a 1.4 per cent stake in Spotify. Both companies are also committing resources, staff and other assets to ignite the joint innovation agenda within areas such as media distribution, customer insights, data analytics and advertising. A joint TeliaSonera-Spotify team will be set up […]
The Kudelski Group, an independent provider of media protection and value-added service technology, has announced a multi-year patent cross licence agreement with Bloomberg Finance. The terms of the agreement remain confidential with Bloomberg making a one-time payment to Kudelski. “This agreement further validates the relevance of Kudelski’s patent portfolio to online video distribution technologies and […]
TVbeat, the next generation TV analytics company, has announced the launch of their Slovenian dataset. This announcement comes shortly after the launch of their Croatian dataset to broadcasters and agencies. In a similar fashion, the Slovenian dataset means that local and international broadcasters will be able to optimize their content and programme scheduling. The launch […]
The municipality of Beromünster has operated its own cable network in its municipal territory (administrative district of Beromünster) up to now. The municipality has now decided to sell its glass fibre optic cable network to long-term partner upc cablecom with effect from October 1st 2015. The municipality has already enjoyed a successful partnership with upc […]
Stingray, a business-to-business multi-platform music provider, has announced that its Stingray Ambiance channel will be available to subscribers worldwide in Ultra HD in September. Stingray Ambiance in Ultra-HD will be broadcast via satellite, cable and IP networks and available to subscribers through pay-TV providers worldwide. Stingray Ambiance transforms any home into a soothing and relaxing […]
Thomson Video Networks has revealed that Hutchison Drei, the Austrian telco, has migrated to a new live video distribution platform based on the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen video encoding platform. Working in tandem with Broadpeak streaming technology, the ViBE VS7000 enables Drei to offer OTT video services to mobile users and home viewers alike on the […]
Artesyn Embedded Technologies, a global player in broadcast, network and cloud infrastructure platform solutions, today launched the MaxCore carrier cloud platform, which enables providers of broadcast, networking and cloud equipment and services to simplify and accelerate the creation of appliances to support high density hosted or virtualised multiscreen video infrastructure and move it to the […]
In keeping with the motto “Power the Broadband Future”, AVM presents new FRITZ! products for broadband and cable connections at the Anga Com 2015. Special focus is on two upcoming FRITZ!Box models: The FRITZ!Box 6590 Cable with 32 x 8 link aggregation and new wireless LAN with 4×4 Dual Band Wave 2 as well as […]
Cisco has announced that Quickline AG plans to deploy the Cisco cBR-8 next-generation converged cable access platform (CCAP) across Quickline’s network footprint, including 21 independent cable operators in Switzerland. Quickline AG is a full-service provider of IT, telecommunications and multimedia services to residential and business customers. Together with its 21 independent cable operators, it provides […]
BT has confirmed that all 351 matches from the UEFA Champions League and Europa League next season will be free for customers who take BT TV. These customers will be able to receive the full BT Sport pack – BT Sport 1 and 2, BT Sport ESPN and the new BT Sport Europe channel which […]