Netflix spends $3 billion a year on TV and film rights, with about $300 million of that ploughed into making its own shows – using decisions based on a meticulous analysis of the viewing habits of its 44 million subscribers worldwide. Todd Yellin built the engine that recommends TV shows and films that users might
As smartphones and tablets achieve greater market penetration, the data usage they bring shows no sign of slowing as subscribers expect good service whenever and wherever they want. With this growing demand, mobile broadband operators need traffic optimisation solutions for their networks now as they already struggle with network congestion, and it will only get […]
Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has launched a project, consisting of 400 probes, to monitor the DTT signal 24 hours a day. The project, costing an estimated €450,000, involves the placement of 386 probes in different locations and should be completed by the beginning of the third quarter of this year. Four probes have been […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has a small technical team at the Sochi Winter Olympics testing and recording events in 8K, Super Hi-Vision. The engineers have built a special theatre in the main Olympic complex at Sochi and equipped it with a Panasonic 145” display, plus 22.2-channel surround sound. Viewers can see recordings made at the […]
Media technology services provider Farncombe has shipped 23 OpenTest automated consumer device testing systems in the last 12 months. Systems have been delivered worldwide to customers including pay-TV operators and CPE manufacturers. Farncombe attributes OpenTest’s success to its simple cost model. It requires a fraction of the capital investment needed for similar offerings and the […]
Orange Polska is working with Aethra Telecommunications to test the possibilities offered by the Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp) technology. The FTTdp architecture is based on the concept of using the last tens of meters of copper to overcome the issues related to fibre cabling inside existing buildings, giving the operators lower costs and guaranteed deployment times. Fibre […]
Tektronix has been selected to provide video test and network monitoring to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6-February 23. The announcement was made today by Terry Adams, Vice President, IBC Engineering, NBC Olympics, and Eben Jenkins, General […]
Witbe, the next generation quality monitoring company, has announced that Amino, a manufacturer for digital TV technologies, has deployed Witbe’s quality assurance solution to automate testing of their digital TV set-top boxes. With customers and end-users’ ever increasing expectations, Amino has long been aware of the significance of high quality standards in the IPTV Industry. […]
comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, in collaboration with the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), has revealed plans to expand its cross-platform measurement service. This next phase will enable media companies, marketers and advertising agencies the opportunity to experience the service for their brands and will be open to participation from CIMM […]
Middle East broadcasters have complained for years about the lack of formal audience measurement in many Arab nations. GfK is set to remedy this, at least for Saudi Arabia. The market research group has signed a contract with Saudi Media Measurement Company to introduce a new TV audience measurement service for the Kingdom. GfK will […]