NAGRA, a Kudelski Group digital TV business and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its MediaLive multiscreen solution enabled record adoption of Canal+ Spain’s OTT platform, “Yomvi de Canal+,” during the live streaming, on March 22nd, 2015, of a major football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Marking a major […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has announced that Telekom Slovenije has selected Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player to support its new OTT multiscreen platform TViN. Through the Connected Sentinel Player, a multiplatform media player that includes DRM for premium VoD and live content, operators and content providers can securely […]
The delivery of TV and video content over broadband and mobile networks is the fastest growing sector of the Digital Media Market. Quiptel has identified that conventional HLS-delivered adaptive bitrate architecture can benefit significantly through the inclusion of several intelligent components from the Quiptel Media Suite, in particular their latest module, Q-Flow HLS. Q-Flow HLS’ […]
SMK has developed a capacitive glass on glass (G1G) touch panel suitable for automotive navigations systems. The new G1G touch panel is made up of two sheets of patterned ITO glass creating more space between sensor lines, resulting in higher sensitivity. The addition of this G1G touch panel further diversifies SMK’s impressive portfolio of capacitive […]
SmartLabs and Baze Technology AS are delighted to announce their partnership for the development of a state of the art infotainment solutions for maritime and offshore deployments. Baze’s latest solution, BazePort 6, will be launched at Nor-Shipping 2015 and includes in-cabin equipment from SmartLabs. Baze used the SmartSDK to integrate their market leading solution with […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, and end-to-end DVB/IPTV/OTT platform provider Zappware, announced today a new technology partnership to deliver a pre-integrated solution for assuring a world-class customer experience to joint pay-TV operator customers worldwide. As a result of this partnership, a first commercial deployment is taking place with a Central European cable […]
While Netflix’s international business has yet to turn a profit, the company has seen strong growth in its non-US markets thus far, according to research firm SNL Kagan. Netflix international paid subscribers totaled 16.8 million at the end of 2014. Netflix’s first international launch, Canada, also has the distinction of being its largest with about […]
Cable telecoms company Liberty Global’s Belgian subsidiary Telenet has agreed to buy local mobile network operator Base from Dutch group KPN for €1.325 billion. For Liberty Global, Europe’s biggest cable operator, the acquisition marks a departure in strategy, having said in the past that it is not interested in buying or building its own mobile […]
Comcast and Time Warner Cable meet with the US Justice Department this week to try allay antitrust concerns of officials about their merger. The $45 billion deal would give Comcast-TWC control of about a third of US pay-TV and broadband markets. Some consumer groups and content providers have come out strongly against the deal, arguing […]
O2 customers are being offered early access to ten Channel 4 series, including Peep Show, Made in Chelsea and Fresh Meat as part of the relaunch of the broadcaster’s VoD platform as All 4. Episodes of the shows will be available to stream 48 hours before their terrestrial TV airing. The offer, open to customers […]