Advanced Television

Amino certifies Aria devices with Minerva 10

Amino, the IP/Cloud video software and device specialist, has announced that its Aria 6 hybrid TV device has been certified for Minerva 10 – Minerva’s advanced pay-TV service management platform. Minerva and Amino have partnered on hundreds of operator deployments globally with their combined solution representing the most-deployed IPTV ecosystem in the industry. Currently, the […]

September 12, 2017

Intertrust unveils ExpressPlay

As part of a major platform expansion of its ExpressPlay media monetisation platform, Intertrust Technologies Corporation has unveiled ExpressPlay CA, a new Conditional Access System (CAS) for smart devices. Built on the open standards-based Marlin DRM engine, ExpressPlay CA provides a modern, highly efficient and cost-effective CA system for TV network operators and broadcasters. Unlike […]

September 12, 2017

Sixty partners with Unified Streaming

Sixty, the interactive TV company, has announced a new partnership with Unified Streaming, the forerunners in creating smart video streaming technology, to enable operators to provide Ease Live powered rich and interactive cross platform streaming services. Unified Streaming is Sixty’s first streaming partner and will enable its broadcaster and operator customers to have greater flexibility […]

September 12, 2017

NPAW launches SmartLab

NPAW, the Big Data & Business Intelligence company serving the online media industry, introduces SmartLab, an A/B testing and Multivariate Testing (MVT) solution for media companies to better understand their customers, tailoring services to their preferences to support company growth and market expansion. OTTs, broadcasters, telcos and media companies are able to test and optimize […]

September 12, 2017

SmartLabs updates IPTV platform for Baltcom

SmartLabs announces successful upgrade of Baltcom’s IPTV platform (Latvia). Baltcom is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the Baltic region, providing broadband, telephony and digital interactive TV services. SmartLabs have worked in partnership with Baltcom to upgrade their IPTV platform with the latest SmartTUBE Solution and introduced new market leading multiscreen features, 7 days […]

September 12, 2017

UFF launches Premier League fan TV service

The Digital Innovation Group (DIG), the largest independent group of digital agencies in the UK, has secured a strategic partnership with Ultimate Football Fans (UFF), a new OTT fan TV service pulling together the world’s biggest football vloggers.  The service soft-launched on MTN in South Africa in June and is set to launch on Android […]

September 12, 2017

SES selects Arianespace and Soyuz for its fifth MEO launch

SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining its O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) fleet. The mission on a Soyuz rocket will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in 2019. The 12 satellites of the existing O3b fleet were orbited by Arianespace in 2013 and […]

September 12, 2017

Oregan celebrates two decades of innovation

Oregan Networks, a pioneering British technology company which specialises in revenue and brand-enhancing pay TV applications and systems for broadcast and telecoms operators, celebrates 20 years of operations. Oregan’s CEO Mark Perry commented, “The pay TV industry at large and the IP delivery segment have evolved remarkably over the course of 20 years since Oregan […]

September 12, 2017

Sky launches Spanish OTT service

As anticipated, Sky has launched an OTT TV streaming service in Spain, a market where it doesn’t have a DTH presence, offering what it describes as “great entertainment and contract-free viewing” to customers to watch on all their devices. The new service will offer the best of Spanish pay TV channels, TV series and on-demand […]

September 11, 2017

Arqiva: Sale “in jeopardy”, now an IPO?

A report in the Sunday Times suggests that the enthusiasm for buyers to acquire UK mast and transmission company Arqiva is fading fast. The report says that Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund has withdrawn from the £6 billion auction, which “leaves just one solid bidder in the frame — Canadian property empire Brookfield,” said the […]

September 11, 2017By Chris Forrester