Strategy Analytics predicts that over 2 billion DLNA-certified (Digital Living Network Alliance) products will be installed in consumers' homes or pockets by 2014. “Strategy Analytics forecasts 59 per cent growth in unit sales – to 200 million DLNA-certified devices in 2010 – rising to nearly 1 billion devices sold in 2014,” said Peter King, the […]
Rentrak Corporation, an expert in multi-screen media measurement serving the advertising and entertainment industries, has announced that MTV Networks (MTVN) has become the first major cable group to subscribe to Rentrak’s TV Essentials service. MTVN will use the massive set-top viewing database available through TV Essentials to make more informed decisions in audience targeting, advertising, […]
Tapping the potential of set-top-box (STB) data will not be easy nor quick, according to a white paper from the Council for Research Excellence. The study, a yearlong endeavour, concluded that only through broad industry collaboration would the industry realise the benefits of STB data. The Nielsen-funded CRE, an independent group of media, agency and […]
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has published the results of a study into coaxial infrastructure in homes in the UK, France, Netherlands and Poland. The study shows that there is a significant addressable market for coaxial cable-based home networking in these countries. Results from the UK and France were very similar, with 56 per […]
Ooyala, provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services , has announced the development of a new 'TV Everywhere' video platform. The platform makes it easy for content rights holders to manage and monetise ‘paywall windows’ for the syndication of their content to connected devices. Mexican Broadcaster, TV Azteca and US-based broadcasters have signed up […]
Harmonic has confirmed that OSN (Orbit Showtime Network), the leading DTH satellite provider serving the Middle East, has deployed Harmonic’s digital headend solutions to power its recently launched HD video service, the first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) HD service being delivered to multiple countries in the region. OSN selected Harmonic’s Electra 8000 multi-channel universal encoder to […]
With its 3D-ready satellites and teleports serving as the distribution backbone, SES World Skies, a division of SES, has announced it plans to join leading broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of extensive tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3D TV. Planned for this spring, the trials are expected to […]
More than one quarter of all TVs purchased by US consumers in January were linked to the Internet, according to a survey conducted by iSuppli. Among US consumers that purchased new televisions in January, 27.5 per cent indicated their sets were connected to the Internet, either though the internal capabilities of their TVs, or via […]
Multi-screen media measurement specialist Rentrak has agreed a deal with US digital satellite operator DISH Network to integrate commercially DISH Network’s TV viewing data with Rentrak’s TV Essentials audience measurement service. Contributing the largest national TV viewing data set, DISH Network provides Rentrak the ability to become the only company to offer media measurement in […]
The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), a broadcast industry organisation dedicated to accelerating over-the-air Mobile Digital Television, is teaming with Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, and Rentrak, a specialist in multi-screen media measurement, to study consumer usage habits during OMVC’s Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase in Washington. With more than 30 television stations now […]