Incognito Software, a global provider of broadband software provisioning and service activation solutions, has released The Growth of OTT Content: Opportunities and Challenges for Service Providers, a report detailing the findings from its recent ‘OTT Challenges and Opportunities’ survey, which examines the impact that over-the-top (OTT) content is having on the current business models of […]
S3 Group has been selected by Verimatrix to manage its partner pre-certification service and provide integration support for the Verimatrix ViewRight client security library and its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) solutions. Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has awarded S3 Group a multi-year, […]
Global media services company ZenithOptimedia (ZO) and multi-screen multi-format company Collective have reached a multi-year agreement that provides ZO with preferred access to new solutions from Collective’s data-driven, multi-screen analytics platform. These solutions enable ZO clients to identify TV preferences of online audiences who are currently in-market for a product category, are actively shopping for […]
Digital TV Labs, the digital media and device testing company, has announced a conformance testing service for the new HbbTV logo program for hybrid devices. As the first HbbTV Registered Test Centre, the company will provide a fast and efficient service to deliver the official HbbTV test report required by manufacturers to license the logo. […]
Media technology services provider, Farncombe, has confirmed the launch of its OpenTest automated consumer device testing solution. OpenTest is based on the MiriATE assets Farncombe acquired in 2012. Farncombe’s OpenTest platform is designed to be the most cost-effective test solution for any size platform in any configuration. With a simple cost model and no software […]
Leonard Blavatnik’s Perform Group is set to acquire sports data firm Opta for £40 million (€47m). The digital sports rights group, which owns assets including Goal.com and real-time data firm RunningBall, made a share placing to raise £115 million to fund the acquisition. Founded in 1996, Opta, which has clients including BSkyB, USA Today and […]
VeEX, a global specialist in telecom and CATV test solutions, and Sunrise Telecom Incorporated a provider of test, monitoring and workflow management solutions for cable, telecom, wireless operators, and equipment manufacturers, has confirmed that VeEX has closed on its acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets of Sunrise Telecom. With the addition of the […]
Digital TV Labs, the UK digital media testing company that specialises in testing tools and services for validating digital media and device conformance, has launched a service that enables Freeview receivers to be tested for susceptibility of interference from 4G LTE mobile services. The new 4G services broadcasting in the 800 MHz band can interfere […]
ViXS Systems has successfully completed and passed MoCA Certification on its MoCA chip set. The MoCA chip set consisting of the XConnex 1000 and XConnex 1030 passed the MoCA Certification Test Plan (CTP) at MoCA’s authorised independent test facility of National Technical Systems (NTS) in Culver City California. “We are excited to have ViXS join […]
Shazam, the media engagement company, has launched the “Shazam Engagement Rate”, a new TV advertising metric that enables brands to more accurately gauge the effectiveness of television advertising campaigns. Exclusively available to Shazam for TV advertisers, Shazam combines third-party industry data on the number of people viewing a particular ad with the number of people […]