Advanced Television

AirTies launches Remote Manager

AirTies Wireless Networks, a provider of premium in-home wireless systems and STB solutions, has unveiled AirTies Remote Manager, new in-home Wi-Fi performance management system for service providers. As part of AirTies’ Managed Wi-Fi Solution, the new cloud-based system gives service providers an array of key insights and new levels of control over in-home Wi-Fi provisioning […]

October 17, 2017

Xstream’s OTT video technology for ALT Balaji

Xstream’s growing blue-chip customer base underpins its technological leadership. The firm’s OTT customers include Altibox, Canal Digital, Mayo Clinic, Spark New Zealand/Lightbox, Star Media Group, Telenor and more. Another blue chip customer is Balaji Telefilms, India’s largest film and TV production studios. As a producer of high quality tamil entertainment content, it wanted to grow […]

October 17, 2017

Creative Media Productions partners with Alchimie

In a bid to expand its digital presence and generate new revenue streams, Australian production company Creative Media Productions (CMP) has partnered with Alchimie, the Paris-based company specialised in the digital distribution and monetisation of video content. Through this partnership, Alchimie will boost CMP’s international presence on the OTT market and optimize content monetisation in […]

October 17, 2017

Skylane Optics will attend Denver Cable-Tec Expo 2017

Skylane Optics is one of the major European providers of transceivers and optical fiber solutions. It is also, and above all, a cosmopolitan and open-minded team, capable of supplying a wide range of optical transceivers and passive products.  We have extensive experience in coding and working with the biggest Platforms, such as Cisco, HP and […]

October 17, 2017

ARRIS announces general availability of E6000 2nd gen modules

ARRIS International has announced the General Availability of its second generation (Gen 2) of active modules for the industry’s leading CCAP platform—its E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER). Gen 2 allows service providers around the world to upgrade the existing E6000 Integrated CCAP (I-CCAP) chassis and unlock Remote PHY capabilities, while enabling new revenue and cost-saving […]

October 17, 2017

Analyst: Web giants eyeing global EPL rights

According to Paolo Pescatore, VP, Multiplay & Media, at analyst firm CCS Insight, although web players such as Facebook, Amazon and Twitter have been active and successful in securing a range of live sports coverage rights, they are more likely to be successful in acquiring overseas streaming rights than displacing current incumbents Sky and BT […]

October 16, 2017By Colin Mann

Analyst: World is tuning into 4K

Paul Gray, principal analyst at IHS Technology, says the adoption of 4K displays is making considerable progress. Speaking at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes October 16th, Gray said that more than 66 per cent of 40”+ displays bought in China are now UHD, and represent 50 per cent of sales in the US and […]

October 16, 2017Chris Forrester and Nick Snow @ MIPCOM

“Here come the UHD channels”

The MIPCOM UHD showcase in Cannes opened October 16th with a strong update from Eutelsat on the growing health of the Ultra-HD market. Claudia Vaccarone, Eutelsat’s director/Global Market Research, said that there are now overall 99 UHD channels or services available to viewers, and using data from its own research and that of Lyngsat, said that […]

October 16, 2017Chris Forrester @ MIPCOM

NHK promises “world’s first” 8K channel

Executives from Japanese public broadcaster NHK told delegates at the MIPCOM UHD event in Cannes on October 16th that it was making a variety of programming in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ as well as increasing its investment in 4K content. Senior producer/Global content development, Yukari Hayashi told delegates that in December 2018 NHK will launch the […]

October 16, 2017Chris Forrester @ MIPCOM

Vecima acquires Concurrent content delivery & storage business

Media assets software and solutions specialist Concurrent Computer Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of the assets of its Content Delivery & Storage Business to Vecima Networks for a base purchase price of $29 million, subject to adjustment for normalised net working capital. Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, Vecima is a […]

October 16, 2017