i4things, has launched the world’s first Smart Home as a Service (SHaaS) solution designed for telecommunication, internet, pay-TV, insurance and utility service providers to capitalise on a $150 billion a year new business opportunity within an innovative and fast growing market. “The smart home market is growing rapidly but is currently fragmented between multiple brands […]
Italian systems integration company Chromaline, which specializes in outside broadcast trucks, has built OBX, a flagship production unit for Videe. The revolutionary design, focused on creating a comfortable working environment for the biggest live events, depends upon core infrastructure products – including routing and multiviewers – from Imagine Communications. Videe, a leader in outside broadcast […]
Pixellot, the leader in AI-Automated sports production technology, and NEP Switzerland of the NEP Group, the leading worldwide partner for premier content producers of live sports, announced today a partnership to introduce award-winning AI production technology to Swiss sports leagues. NEP Switzerland acquired several Pixellot Prime systems after conducting multiple successful tests on first league […]
August brought declines across India on the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. Three different Internet providers in the country experienced declines in the month of August. D-VoiS fell 0.33 Megabits per second (Mbps) to a 2.57 Mbps average, […]
Spain’s largest consumers Association, OCU, has severely criticised Mediaset’s OTT service, Mitle Plus, accusing it of being low quality, expensive and poor on compatibility. The Association said that the service “has not meet the expectations” following its debut which has been hampered by many technical failures. It also said Mitele is an “expensive” service, commenting: […]
ListenFirst, the social analytics solution for the enterprise, has released its Q2 2019 State of Social TV report with key insights into social video trends and organic reach, how consumers are engaging with TV pages, and which TV genres, networks, and programmes are coming out on top on social media. ListenFirst’s report details the continued […]
The US Government has returned equipment to Huawei which it seized two years ago. In return Huawei Technologies USA (HT USA) has dropped a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department and several other US government agencies that it filed back in June. Huawei said it views the decision to return the technology as a tacit […]
A forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows signs of market recovery in the second half of 2019 and into 2020, pushing smartphone shipment growth back into positive territory. IDC expects shipment volumes to be nearly flat (-0.4 per cent) in the second half of 2019 while the market […]
Avanti Communications and Arabsat, helped by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), have come to an agreement over disputed access to orbital Ka-band frequencies at 30.5/31 degrees East. Arabsat 6A, with its Ka-band payload also offering spot beams, operates from 30.5 degrees East, just half a degree away from Avanti’s Hylas 2 at 31 degrees East. […]
Global technology player CenturyLink has acquired Streamroot, a provider of disruptive technology, to improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained areas. In a statement, CenturyLink said the acquisition represents another step in its commitment to innovation as a leader in content delivery network (CDN) and Edge Compute services. “Streamroot brings a data driven […]