Advanced Television

Sub-free Sky Online TV Box for Italy

Watching Sky programming streaming to the home TV and with no subscription required is now possible in Italy with the new Sky Online TV Box. The company says: “Sky Online TV Box fits in the palm of one’s hand able to turn your home TV set into a smart TV in a few seconds, thus […]

May 20, 2015

Khera named President DTH operators association of India

DTH operators association of India, apex body of the Indian DTH operators has announced that Anil Khera CEO Videocon d2h will be its new president. Khera was elected unanimously and will be its president for a term of one year. Khera commented: “We will be working together to resolve the issues pertaining to DTH industry. […]

May 20, 2015

Amino acquires Booxmedia for €7.9m

Amino, experts in IPTV, has acquired Booxmedia, the Finnish cloud TV platform provider, enabling the company to offer TV Everywhere solutions to new market segments in OTT multiscreen TV. Founded in Helsinki in 2009, Booxmedia is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud TV platform provider.  Its core product suite enables operators and service providers to launch “TV […]

May 20, 2015

MTG shuffles management

MTG has made changes to its management structure, in order to further integrate the Group’s activities and bring us even closer to our consumers and partners in each market. These changes include the appointment with immediate effect of MTG Executive Vice President Anders Jensen as CEO of MTG Sweden; Kim Poder as CEO of MTG […]

May 20, 2015

AOL rolls out ONE in Brazil

AOL Platforms is making ONE by AOL: Video (formerly Adap.tv) available in Brazil through a partnership with ROIx, Brazil’s largest first party data network. ONE by AOL: Video is a component of ONE by AOL, an open, unified programmatic platform that enables advertisers to optimise against campaign goals across all screens, formats and inventory types. […]

May 20, 2015

SES adds Pearl TV in 4K

Pearl TV, backed by Enstyle GmbH, will be the first commercial 4K/Ultra HDTV channel to be offered to viewers on satellite, via SES’ satellite at 19.2 degrees East. Viewers to the Canal+/Canalsatellite bouquet, as well as those viewing Sky Germany and other German-language broadcasts will be able to watch the channel provided they have a […]

May 20, 2015By Chris Forrester

nionex and arvato merge

nionex has merged with the Bertelsmann corporate partner arvato Systems S4M GmbH.  Going forward, the two companies will have a joint market presence as arvato Systems and offer their customers seamlessly integrated digital communications services, from conception to international roll-out. The two Bertelsmann companies nionex and arvato Systems have been working closely together on a […]

May 20, 2015

A+E Asia adds History Plus to OTT

A+E Networks Asia has launched History Plus, a collection of short form video content from History on OTT platform 4ME via a partnership deal with digital media and content marketing company, Brand New Media (BNM). The partnership signals A+E Networks Asia’s commitment to expand their digital offering to audiences. History Plus is an agile video […]

May 20, 2015

MediaMelon launches QBR technology

MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, has introduced MediaMelon QBR technology, a new streaming approach that reduces bitrates for IP-based live or on-demand video services while improving video quality. MediaMelon QBR enhances today’s widely deployed adaptive bitrate (ABR) technology, lowering bitrate requirements for video streaming by 35 per cent on average while also reducing content quality […]

May 20, 2015

Arqiva aims to avoid “Broadcast Confusion”

UK broadcasting facilities specialists Arqiva has launched a series of new initiatives to help guide broadcaster through what David Crawford (MD/Satellite &Media) described as the “confusion brought on by the dramatic changes taking place in front of our eyes.” Arqiva’s new range of products and services follow on from a series of in-depth interviews carried […]

May 20, 2015By Chris Forrester