In an effort to reach those broadcasters that haven’t bridged the digital divide, RRSat Global Communications Network announced RRsat Global Internet TV, a new end-to-end TV service developed in partnership with TVU Networks that delivers broadcast video from anywhere in the world via the web. The service is compatible with television screens, PCs and mobile […]
Tandberg Television has revealed that North State Communications, an independent telco based in High Point, North Carolina, will deploy a Tandberg iPlex IPTV video processing platform in its new IPTV headend. North State serves a 600-square-mile area in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina
BSkyB's director of strategic product development Gerry O'Sullivan told NAB delegates to push on3D television. “We can deliver 3D to people’s homes using the investment we have already made in broadcasting. I think that should be the first step for 3D in the home." O'Sullivan argued that broadcasters should keep things simple and he urged […]
Inuk, the IPTV service for students, has been bought by Move Networks for an undisclosed fee. Move Networks says the combination of Inuk's IPTV platform and its virtual set-top box technology would be able to offer viewers an internet television experience with no skipping or buffering. "Inuk's IPTV platform is well positioned to deliver these […]
SES Astra has made a partnership with the Arabic satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat). They will create a new company operating under the YahLive brand that will offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia. YahLive will […]
Smartclip, the German interactive video network backed by Endemol founder Joop van den Ende, has launched in the UK as it aims to take a chunk of the online video ad market. The network is designed to allow TV and online planners to buy pre-roll campaigns around professional content through more simple processes. It's currently […]
From Colin Mann in Las Vegas Tandberg Television is pursuing what it describes as "a new chapter in video compression" with the launch of the EN8100 MPEG-2 SD encoder, designed to deliver a host of performance and operational benefits for DTH satellite, cable and terrestrial operators, as well as for content aggregators and distributors. The […]
On Demand Group has signed a new four-year contract to provide content management services for Virgin Media's on demand service. The renewal covers rights management, editorial service management, promo production, and content operations including encoding, metadata generation, and content preparation, which ODG has been providing since the service went live in February 2007.
Mariner, provider of IPTV solutions and technologies, and Orca Interactive, specialist in providing IPTV middleware and applications and a Viaccess subsidiary, have revealed a global alliance. The alliance enables Orca customers to receive additional value added services, while driving market penetration of xVu, Mariner’s flagship software assurance solution, in conjunction with the sale of its […]
DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor company and provider of mobile TV solutions, has entered into a cooperation agreement with the satellite-based service Solaris Mobile which recently successfully launched its W2A satellite payload. Solaris Mobile will provide mobile television and in-vehicle entertainment, information and communication services across Europe. DiBcom supplies DVB-SH broadcast receiver solutions to enable mobile […]