Times Now, India’s most-watched English-language news channel, is launching in the UK this week following the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as it accelerates global growth it says will see it challenge broadcasters like Al Jazeera and the BBC. Backed by Bennett, Coleman & Co, a media conglomerate that owns the The […]
Multichoice is dropping another couple of channels from its DStv bouquet. Out goes Animal Planet and Vox Africa (a London-based pan-African entertainment channel). Local reports say that Multichoice’s management are stressing that its focus is on entertainment and it has assessed the performance and viability of channels on its platform to achieve a diverse variety […]
ABOX42, a German based Set Top Box manufacturer and provider of advanced Set Top Box solutions is entering the African Continent with its compelling and market proven total Set Top Box solution containing the latest technology M-Series Set Top Box platform (different M-series models for various preice-performance and feature requirements of operators), the advanced ABOX42 […]
The number of mobile broadband connections in Africa will reach one billion in 2020, up from 147 million at the end of 2014, according to new forecasts by Ovum. The rapid growth of mobile broadband in Africa over the next few years will be driven by factors such as the ongoing rollout of 3G W-CDMA […]
UK consumers look set to watch a considerable amount of TV this Christmas, though much of that viewing will be accompanied by a few digital relations, suggests recent research. September 2015 polling from advertising platform specialist RadiumOne reported by eMarketer indicated that almost 40 per cent of UK Internet users expected to watch over 6 […]
Arkena announced the integration of NexGuard Pre-Release in its Cloud4Media content management platform. Developed by Nexguard (a Civolution company), NexGuard Pre-Release is a watermarking solution for the digital forensic tracking of video assets. Cloud4Media is a global solution for storage, transcoding and secure content delivery, powered by Harmony, a workflow orchestration engine dedicated to media. NexGuard Pre-Release solution is based on File Embedder and […]
Cubiware, a subsidiary of TiVo, announced that its CubiTV hybrid middleware has been selected by Multimedia Polska, one of Poland’s leading cable operators, for delivery of digital video broadcast via Cubiware-enabled set-top boxes and portal server across Poland. Initial capabilities enabled by the Cubiware STBs include high definition digital video and PVR recording. The inclusion […]
ABOX42, a provider of OTT, IPTV and Hybrid-DVB Set-Top-Box solutions, presents latest product innovations at AfricaCom / TV Connect Africa (Stand #TV10) and will speak about “IPTV for everyone: ABOX42´s IPTV Set Top Box solutions for networks with limited bandwidth” in the Masterclass session at the AfricaCom. ABOX42, a German based Set Top Box manufacturer […]
Independent research has shown that the vast majority of people agree that the range of services the BBC provides for the licence fee is either about right or it should provide more, according to findings published by the BBC Trust in further evidence as part of Charter review. In the Trust’s public consultation with almost […]
Telestream, a provider of live streaming applications and video tools, has announced a free update to Gameshow, a software application designed to help gamecasters create professional quality streams with beautiful graphic templates, dynamic editing, live switching, and green screen technology. Launched just over a month ago at Twitchcon, the new version of Gameshow is available […]