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Test & Monitor

DTG’s D-Book 9 Conformance Test Suites now available

D-Book 9 Conformance Test Suites are now available to assist with the transition from MHEG to HbbTV, which was introduced for UK DTT in the DTG’s D-Book 9 published in November 2016. The Test Suites are used as part of the Conformance Regime for Freeview HD and Freeview Play TMLs. There are four main Test […]

August 2, 2017

Sandvine, Procera to merge in C$562m deal

Network policy control solutions provider Sandvine has entered into an arrangement agreement with PNI Canada Acquireco Corp, an affiliate of Francisco Partners and subscriber and network intelligence provider Procera Networks which will see PNI acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Sandvine by way of plan of arrangement for cash consideration of […]

July 18, 2017

LG and MStar commit to Eurofins’ logo scheme

Eurofins Digital Testing, a specialist in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has announced that LG Electronics and MStar have committed to Eurofins’ 4K HDR Ultra HD logo technical requirements in their forthcoming products. Eurofins Digital Testing’s logo scheme identifies devices that have been fully tested and proven to deliver the highest picture quality […]

June 7, 2017

Eurofins Digital Testing selected by Conax

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has been selected by Conax, part of the Kudelski Group, to provide testing and service validation for Conax certified set-top boxes in Asia. As part of the agreement, Eurofins Digital Testing set-up a test centre in Hong Kong to provide authorised […]

May 10, 2017

comScore free Viewability measurement

comScore has announced that it will offer free viewability measurement to clients across global markets. comScore Viewability is a baseline offering that allows digital media buyers and sellers to measure viewability rates across display, video, and mobile inventory. This initiative promotes trust and transparency in digital advertising and improves cross-media comparability. “Viewability is critical, but […]

April 26, 2017

IBM unveils M&E video service with Watson

At NAB 2017, IBM has revealed plans to roll out a Watson-enabled cloud service designed to help companies extract new insights from video with a level of analysis not previously possible. The service highlights IBM’s continued focus on combining artificial intelligence with the IBM Cloud to help media and entertainment companies make sense of unstructured […]

April 25, 2017

Nielsen adopts Gracenote IDs

Nielsen is formally adopting Gracenote IDs as standard content identifiers across its audience measurement solutions. Standardisation of Gracenote IDs within Nielsen’s measurement products will tie together all related media and power more effective cross platform buying and planning. Gracenote’s market leading IDs link together video, music and sports content across television, digital, and radio and […]

April 20, 2017

Verimatrix standalone forensic watermarking

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced two additions to its forensic watermarking offerings with the availability of the Standalone VideoMark solution for IP and broadcast networks and the extended server-side watermarking capabilities of StreamMark to support adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. Through the […]

April 19, 2017

Eurofins selected by Zenterio

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has been selected by Zenterio, a TV technology and services provider, to automate monitoring of service availability across Zenterio OS middleware for connected pay-TV operators with set-top box chipsets. Zenterio delivers solutions that enable TV operators to grow their revenues, offer […]

April 19, 2017

comScore expands Facebook partnership

comScore has announced the introduction of Facebook demographic metrics to the validated Campaign Essentials (vCE) campaign measurement suite. Beginning next month, vCE will include measurement of both display and video ads that run on desktop and mobile platforms on Facebook, Instagram and the Facebook Audience Network. The availability of these new metrics – including demographics, […]

April 18, 2017