Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has revealde that Indonesian cable TV operator PT Link Net, a subsidiary of First Net, has deployed a comprehensive suite of Harmonic solutions to power its First Media branded pay-TV and VoD platform, as well as a new OTT multiscreen service, called First Media Go. Through a high-density, […]
whiteCryption, a Silicon Valley provider of software code and data protection technologies, has announced that Piksel, a global provider of video monetisation software and solutions, has licensed whiteCryption’s Cryptanium Code Protection technology to protect its innovative Piksel Voyage travel and transit entertainment solution. “Piksel is a leading innovator in the online video services market and […]
Netflix has dismissed reports that it is preparing to launch third party adverts on its streaming service. The firm confirmed that it is testing pre-roll and post-roll teasers for its original content as part of a limited trial, but product ads will not be interrupting user’s viewing any time soon. “We are not planning to […]
Spain has broken its TV viewing record with Spaniards spending an average of 5 days (119 hours) in front of the TV in May, according to TV consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicacion with data from Kantar Media. On average, every TV viewer spent 231 minutes (3 hours and 51 minutes) watching TV in May, albeit 9 […]
FTI Consulting, the global business advisory firm, forecasts that core online advertising will surpass broadcast television’s long-held dominance of media ad spending in 2015 and will become the single largest ad class by next year. According to its annual study, US Media Industry Forecast, the firm’s
June 1st marked 80 years since the start of Japan’s NHK public service international transmissions. The international service, which began with radio broadcasts in 1935, today conveys the latest stories from Japan and Asia to the world via television, radio, and the Internet. NHK used the occasion to broadcast a variety of domestic and international […]
Satellite start-up business NewSat of Australia is in bankruptcy, and two of the consequences are that a satellite (Jabiru-1) being built for it by Lockheed Martin is not needed, and the US/French export credit bank is facing a loss of around $100 million. A bankruptcy court hearing in Wilmington, Delaware, has been told that the […]
Total Asia Pacific DTH pay-TV subscribers grew 9 per cent in 2014 to more than 61 million in 2014 while industry revenue grew 5 per cent to top $9 billion, according to a new research report published by industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). India, Malaysia and the Philippines remain
Satellite operator AsiaSat has revealed plans to deploy Asia’s first dedicated Ultra HD (UHD) broadcast platform in the coming months. Initially using a C-band transponder on AsiaSat 4 at 122°E, the UHD platform, based on DVB-S2 and HEVC solutions, will be able to deliver two to five full time UHD channels. Transmissions will be in […]
MTV has published international research revealing that almost all (97 per cent) of more than 15,000 12 to 24-year-old respondents across 26 countries claimed to be affected by boredom, with two-thirds experiencing it on a weekly basis and nearly one-quarter daily, equating to more than 340 million people aged 12 to 24 being bored at […]