International Datacasting (IDC) and Irdeto have joined forces to provide a solution for overcoming the hurdles facing pay-TV operators in fast-growing markets. The partnership, which leverages Irdeto Media Protection, enables pay-TV operators to launch new IP-based services and add subscribers within Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) while providing content protection and revenue security. As a result, pay […]
Kantar Media will demonstrate at IBC 2013 the pivotal part digital technology plays in measuring and analysing the complex viewing habits of today’s TV audience. Taking place in Amsterdam, 12-17 September, IBC (the International Broadcasting Convention) is the annual event for broadcast industry professionals that create, manage and deliver entertainment and news content. Kantar Media’s […]
Digital TV Labs, the digital media and device testing company and Fraunhofer IIS, the audio technology specialists, have announced a partnership to introduce an audio compliance program for HE-AAC enabled DVB receivers. The two organisations will join forces to build a DVB Test Suite and compliance test service to validate Set-Top-Boxes and iDTVs against the […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has been contracted by pay-TV giant BSkyB to provide its DTV Monitoring Solution for TV service quality assurance. Vlad Korotkov, senior design engineer at Sky, says: “We wanted to provide deep content level monitoring on all streams leaving our broadcast centres. The initial demand was driven by […]
Witbe, the next generation monitoring company, and NexStreaming, a provider of multiscreen media players, are announcing at IBC in Amsterdam this week, a partnership to offer OTT and Multiscreen video service providers a pre-integrated solution that enables rapid deployment of monitoring and analytics across all smartphone & tablets. Leading service providers are widely integrating NexPlayer, […]
Mediamobile, the leading provider of broadcast traffic information in Europe and operator of V-Traffic services, today announced a new European RDS-TMC offering for automakers and OEMs. The mass-market adoption of factory-fitted navigation systems has raised customer expectations for easy-access, real-time traffic information. Yet most equipment available on the European market only offers traffic information services […]
Thomson Video Networks has announced that Hispasat has launched a trial demonstration of Ultra HD content delivery using the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression capabilities of the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen encoding platform. Hispasat, a leading satellite transmission operator with a strong presence in Europe and South America, is deploying the VS7000 to deliver HEVC-encoded […]
Digital TV Labs, the digital media testing company that specialises in testing tools and services for validating digital media and device conformance, is launching Ligada iSuite for DASH. Designed to run on the widely adopted and highly versatile Ligada iSuite Test Harness, it can be used for compliance testing of the DASH264 profile on any […]
Aspera, creators of next-generation software technologies, and Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, have announced the integration of Civolution’s NexGuard forensic watermarking functions with Aspera’s Orchestrator workflow automation and management solution. Civolution’s NexGuard forensic marking applications offer both a deterrent against piracy and a forensic analysis tool in […]
Canal+ is beta testing an OTT version of its digital bouquet Canalsat. A number of subscribers are reported to have received a dedicated version of the OTT-enabled “Cube” STB to access Canalsat channels via the Internet directly to their TV. The Cube STB must be connected to a DTT antenna in order to receive all […]