Global shipments of Digital Media Adapters – devices designed to stream content to the TV from the Internet and IP connected devices – will grow nearly 40 per cent this year, with the market on track to double in size by 2017, according to an industry report from Futuresource Consulting. “The market shipped almost 13 […]
The State Duma next week plans to adopt a bill on online piracy designed, in part, to prevent the illegal posting of films and music on torrent trackers, United Russia Deputy Viktor Pinsky, deputy chair of the House Committee on Criminal Legislation, told RIA Novosti. Last week, a group of deputies submitted a bill to […]
Spanish TV group Atresmedia, which operates seven DTT channels, amongst them Antena 3 TV and La Sexta, has signed an output deal with Warner Bros to broadcast films and TV series from the US producer every year Films released between 2012 and 2014 will be broadcast on Atresmedia TV channels. Viewers will be able to […]
According to the latest Infonetics report, Technicolor is leading the DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway segment worldwide with over 30 per cent market share Technicolor has become a partner of choice for many major cable operators throughout the world.” said Pascal Portelli, Technicolor Senior Vice President, Solutions Strategy & Portfolio Management, Connected Home division. “We have achieved […]
Atlantic Broadband has partnered exclusively with TiVo to power its slate of digital entertainment services across TV, Web and Mobile platforms. Atlantic Broadband is the first US MSO to leverage TiVo’s complete product suite which delivers a unified experience that spans whole home DVR, HD STBs for non-DVR households, access to Internet delivered video and […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has announced that Singapore-based communications provider StarHub has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator CDN manager and BkS300 multiformat video streaming servers to power its live video services. Utilising Broadpeak’s highly flexible and customisable CDN and video […]
Thomson Video Networks has unveiled a new range of headend solutions tailored to the specific requirements and capabilities of cable operators in India. Based on the common Indian channel line-up, each solution is designed to provide the appropriate level of encoding for a particular channel format. For SD content and channels available only through broadcasters’ […]
Elemental Technologies, the leading supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, today announced that its video processing systems have been selected by Foxtel for its on demand and catch-up television services. Foxtel is employing multiple Elemental systems to process and deliver more than 50 channels for the Foxtel Go over-the-top (OTT) and TV Everywhere […]
Fashion One, the international channel for fashion, entertainment and lifestyle television, and Volia, the leading Ukrainian national provider of cable television and high speed Internet services to over 1.5 million subscribers in 29 cities of Ukraine, announce the strengthening of the relationship with a multi-year carriage deal today. The channel is now available on all […]
Cable MSO Kabel Deutschland has issued a statement saying that it notes recent speculation regarding a potential offer for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG and confirms that it has received a preliminary approach by Vodafone Group PLC regarding a possible offer for the company. “There is no certainty that any offer will ultimately be made nor […]