Thomson Video Networks has announced that CHILI, the independent Italian provider for the digital distribution of movies and TV series, is using the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC encoding platform to deliver premium HEVC 4K content via its pay-TV movie service platform. In addition, CHILI is protecting that content using watermarking technology from NexGuard, a […]
TITAN File, the video transcoding software is now available with a production ready HDR support. To ensure risk free service launch, the TITAN File interoperability was tested with the leading chipset decoders and TV manufacturers, furthermore, the HDR presets were tuned with leading Hollywood colorists. The TITAN HDR is based on SMPTE ST 2084 Perceptual […]
After bringing the Swedish CAS and SMS company CryptoGuard to the international market with worldwide representation, the former Sales Director, Jesper Stål, joins the German based CAS and DRM vendor Panaccess Systems GmbH. In just a few years Panaccess has become one of the fastest growing companies on the CAS, DRM, SMS and content distribution […]
Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable have made a deal for Charter to merge with Time Warner Cable. The deal values Time Warner Cable at $78.7 billion including debt. Charter will provide $100 in cash and shares of a new public parent company (New Charter) equivalent to 0.5409 shares of CHTR for each Time Warner […]
A report from strategy consultant Arthur D. Little and banker Exane BNP Paribas predicts that telcos have a key role to play in the intensifying battle between traditional media providers (free-to-air, pay-TV and radio) and OTT (Over-The-Top) content services such as Netflix and Spotify, by offering services to
According to IHS, US cable companies improved on normal quarterly losses In the first quarter (Q1) of 2015, losing only 132,900 subscribers since the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014. Many pay-TV operators have already seized the initiative to attract non-pay TV households, starting with the launch of Sling TV by Dish, as well as customisable […]
One in five (19 per cent) marketers planning to use live streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat in campaigns, according to Greenlight’s ‘Hype or Ripe’ study. However, with both apps caught in battle for users, marketers fear backing the wrong horse, with one in ten (12 per cent) having made this costly mistake before. Greenlight […]
The UK’s film and television industries are to lobby against the European Union’s plans to equalise the prices and availability of digital entertainment across member countries, according to politico.eu. Broadcasters, movie studios and independent TV producers are grouping together to present a united front against the proposal. They claim changing copyright laws, a key part […]
The total sales volume of flat panel TV continues to slow down in six key Southeast Asia markets but consumer demand for ultra-HD (UHD) models have spiked exponentially in the past year to help fuel the strong growth of this segment as well as the overall value growth of the TV market. According to GfK’s
Nearly half of the global population will be using the Internet by the end of this year, according to a report by The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. The report predicts that 3.2 billion people will be online. The population currently stands at 7.2 billion. About 2 billion of those will be […]