ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, will be bringing the next-generation of its solution to this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show. ContentWise 5.2 has been developed to deliver context-based predictions for on-demand content and also features real-time content activation, recommending viewers’ favorite content just minutes after linear broadcast. […]

Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the connected home, has announced that Oxygen Broadband, a provider of broadband gateways to the residential and SOHO/SME markets, has started shipping its Ikanos-based multiGateway (DSL + LTE) platform to one of the largest carriers in Europe, with deployment expected in the second […]

French media giant Vivendi has tabled an offer for Orange’s video-streaming site Dailymotion, according to reports, pledging to develop the French start-up globally while making sure it stays under full French control. Vivendi, which has been keen on Dailymotion for some time, is said to have last week made an offer to buy a controlling […]

Virgin Media has successfully defeated yet another patent infringement claim in a series of unsuccessful actions by Rovi Corporation against the company. Rovi has for the second time withdrawn an infringement claim, and agreed to the revocation of a patent, rather than have the patent tested in court. The patent in question related to a […]

Reports say ITV is nearing a deal worth $950 million for the TV division of The Weinstein Company (TWC), the production studio set up by film producers the Weinstein brothers. An initial payment for TWC’s TV arm would total between $300 million and $400 million, the reports suggest, with bonuses and payouts potentially tripling the […]

The annual report from India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) praises the nation’s subscription TV business, stating that its latest data shows that India is now the world’s third-largest TV market after China and the US. According to TRAI of some 270

The combined system of Dimetis’ BOSS LINK Manager with L-S-B´s VSM facilitates the interconnection of multiple live-production sites (MCR, studios, OB vans) over any transport network (LAN or WAN) end-to-end, on the fly and seamlessly for the end user. The L-S-B’s Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) control system brings together all the requirements for a safe and […]