Advanced Television

Research: Teens more truthful on Instagram

Instagram is the platform choice of UK teenagers to express their true selves, follow their idols and keep up to date with the latest trends, leaving Facebook trailing in its wake, according to a study by MediaCom. 4-in-10 teens share photos and images of themselves to show who they really are, compared to 35 per […]

September 18, 2017

Zappware for DevWerks TVaaS platform

DevWerks has announced a partnership with Zappware to bring a customised version of its Nexx 4.0 UX/UI to the US. DevWerks will be launching its TV as a Service (TVaaS) platform in the US in 2018. Ross Meyer, CEO of DevWerks, commented: “This partnership will enable our TVaaS solution to give network operators the ability […]

September 18, 2017Colin Mann @ IBC

Zixi and Harmonic expand partnership

Zixi has expanded its partnership with Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery technology and services, to deepen their development efforts focusing on broadcast quality live IP video platforms, and further integrate broadcast industry standards and safety protocols in hybrid cloud infrastructures.  As a result of these efforts, Zixi technology will be integrated in Harmonic’s VOS […]

September 18, 2017Nick Snow @ IBC

Vubiquity, Nokia team for T-SAAS offering

Vubiquity, a provider of premium content services and media technology solutions and Nokia, the global technology player have announced a new ‘Time-Shift As A Service’ (T-SAAS) offering. The service delivers a hosted software as a service (SaaS) solution with operator licensed premium time-shifted content for Operator’s OTT Service Providers. T-SAAS, a Vubiquity service, is powered […]

September 18, 2017

TVT/DMC delivers 87 channels via ‘private broadcast cloud’

TVT/DMC, the new global content services powerhouse, has revealed that all 87 channels from its former facility are now operating from its new Amsterdam facility, achieving the company’s vision to deliver Europe’s first fully operational, virtualised ‘private broadcast cloud’ in less than two years. Ian Brotherston, Chief Executive of TVT/DMC, said: “This is a landmark achievement […]

September 18, 2017

Tata Sky selects Irdeto

Irdeto, the specialist in in digital platform security, has been selected by Tata Sky, the Indian content distribution platform providing pay-TV and OTT services, to enhance its end-to-end solution for OTT services. Tata Sky aims to launch the most innovative online video service in India to give consumers greater choice and convenience. Irdeto’s OTT solutions […]

September 18, 2017

Sportsfix adopts GeoGuard’s geo-piracy solutions

GeoGuard, the geo-piracy prevention experts and Sportsfix, a new OTT platform offering live sports in Asean, have announced that GeoGuard’s anti-fraud toolkit will be used to protect the new platform from the growing threat of geo-piracy. “Premium content drives consumers to seek out cheaper – or even free – ways of accessing that content online,” […]

September 18, 2017

Eleven Sports Singapore selects Ideal Systems for live sports production

Eleven Sports selected Ideal Systems for live sports production of the 2017 Merlion Cup international basketball tournament which will be held in Singapore’s OCBC Arena from September 20th to 24th. Ideal Systems has conducted extensive field trials for its new Hybrid-IP live sports production system in Singapore. The field trials included producing live match coverage […]

September 18, 2017

PerceptionTV signs partnership deal with XroadMedia

PerceptionTV and XroadMedia have announced that the Perception platform will deliver advanced content discovery, recommendations and personalisation features using the Ncanto cloud solution from XroadMedia. Initial activity will be a joint promotional campaign during the last quarter of this year with integration and initial customer projects planned during Q1 2018. Perception delivers high quality multiscreen TV […]

September 18, 2017

VeEX product announcements at ECOC 2017

VeEX, a global player in telecom, CaTV, fibre, transport and broadband access and a member of the FTTH Council Europe, will showcase several new products at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) taking place at the Svenska Massan (Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre) located in Gothenburg, Sweden from September 18th – 20th. At booth […]

September 18, 2017