The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson has admitted that widespread uptake of internet TV will probably result in a hike in broadband prices in the UK. He told the RTS that when services such as YouView and Apple TV arrive on the scene, it won’t be long before there is considerable consumer demand for Internet TV. […]
US discount airline JetBlue announced a deal with ViaSat to put fast broadband links on its 160 aircraft. The potentially ground-breaking deal would fit the airline’s Airbus and Embraer planes with Ka-band links which have the ability to transmit high-speed data and handle broadband entertainment. The installation would be the first of its kind in […]
Connected entertainment specialist Netgem has unveiled a significant development of its NetgemTV middleware to support new adaptive TV technologies. Extending the reach of pay-TV Operators, these new features are geared to enable the creation of multi-screen services which can be delivered securely and consistently. Microsoft’s Silverlight and Play Ready plug-ins have been integrated into Netgem’s […]
Harmonic announces the new Rhozet Workflow System (WFS) Appliance, a fully-integrated, enterprise-class transcoding server solution. For your reference, the full press release is enclosed below. Highlights of the announcement include: The Rhozet Workflow System (WFS) Appliance, a fully-integrated, enterprise-class transcoding server solution that delivers remarkable performance while reducing operating expenses by easing installation, configuration and […]
Harmonic’s digital video headend solutions have been deployed by On Digital Media (ODM) to power its new TopTV pay TV service in South Africa. The headend system includes Harmonic’s Electra 5400 MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) multi-channel encoders and the ProStream 1000 stream processing platform with DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing. This new solution was implemented for ODM in […]
Arris has revealed that its Touchstone Telephony Gateway TG852G has been awarded DOCSIS 3.0 certification in CableLabs’ Wave #76. The TG852G hardware is the newest generation Arris DOCSIS 3.0-certified wireless gateway with support for up to 8 bonded downstream channels and up to 4 bonded upstream channels — which can deliver in excess of […]
Multi Service Support Euromedia Feature May 2010 THE SERVICE PROVIDER WORLD IS CHANGING RAPIDLY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SOFTWARE GLUE THAT BINDS OPERATORS SERVICES TOGETHER? STEVE GOLD SPOKE TO SOME OF TODAY’S MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE MARKETPLACE TO WORK OUT HOW THIS IMPORTANT SEGMENT IS EVOLVING TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF MULTI-SERVICE SERVICE […]
NTT Docomo has reached an agreement with NextWave Wireless to acquire the remaining 65 per cent equity interest in PacketVideo, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless, for $111.6 million, turning PacketVideo into a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Docomo. Docomo acquired a 35-per cent stake in PacketVideo from NextWave in July 2009. Docomo aims to […]
The Consumer Electronics (CE) industry is entering a new era of ubiquitous connectivity, spurring a boom in shipments of video-oriented CE devices equipped with high-bandwidth wireless video interface solutions, according to iSuppli Corp. iSuppli expects the market for video-enabled CE devices with high-bandwidth wireless video interfaces to grow to more than 85.2 million units by […]
Liberty Global has announced plans to work with Samsung, Intel Corporation, NDS and Nagravision to build a new common IP gateway device for its European digital TV customers. The multimedia home gateway will be an all-IP platform capable of distributing video, voice and data content throughout the home and to multiple video displays. The user […]