Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has revealed that Virgin Media has deployed Harmonic’s ProMedia Suite for a trial of the new Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) protocol. Utilising Harmonic’s ProMedia Live real-time transcoder and ProMedia Package stream packager in its innovations research headend facility in London, Virgin Media can deliver more efficient […]
HomeGrid Forum has welcomed the announcement by Sigma Designs that it has become the second company awarded Certification for its G.hn silicon. Its CG5200 chip passed the rigorous HomeGrid testing necessary to be Certified under the HomeGrid Compliance and Interoperability (C&I) program. The testing was completed at the end of May 2013 at HomeGrid’s accredited […]
Latens, a provider of security solutions for payTV providers across all distribution networks, has confirmed that Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska have renewed their contract with Latens for the delivery of solutions based on Titanium technology to secure their content and revenues and support their aggressive expansion in Poland. Multimedia Polska is one of Poland’s […]
at800 is conducting further testing of 4G at 800 MHz in the northern town of York. Around 10,000 addresses in an area west of York city centre will receive a postcard later this week explaining that 4G at 800 MHz could cause problems with their Freeview service. The York test will allow at800 to further […]
AT&T AdWorks has launched AT&T AdWorks Blueprint, the newest advancement in audience targeting. This platform uses anonymous AT&T data from online, mobile and TV users, overlaid with key insights provided from third party data providers. This platform allows advertisers to deliver the most relevant messages to consumers, reducing the number of irrelevant ads typically seen […]
at800 has revealed the results of its recent trials in South-East and West London. It revealed that there were no confirmed Freeview problems as a result of the 4G at 800 MHz testing. The results reflect the fact that there is a very strong digital terrestrial television signal in London, and that this is transmitted […]
Walt Disney’s ABC, responding to the proliferation of smartphones and tablet computers, will participate in Nielsen’s trial of new technology designed to measure the mobile-TV viewing audience. The test of the Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings system will run through September, the companies said in a joint statement. ABC is seeking to measure audience demographics and […]
Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media content, has announced that following an inter-institutional tender process, the European Commission has contracted with Civolution for its global broadcast intelligence solution Teletrax. The unique solution, combining watermarking technology and the Teletrax OnView plug-in, will provide the European Commission and European Parliament […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of Analyzer OMNIA, a new DVB-C monitoring probe with unmatched density and parallel capacity. The new space and cost efficient product range will mean no more ‘blind spots’ for cable operators, as it provides complete transparency of the delivered quality by monitoring up […]
The number of US television homes is growing – and so is the TV audience. According to Nielsen’s 2014 Advance National TV Household Universe Estimate (UE), there are 115.6 million TV homes in the US, up 1.2 per cent from the 2012-2013 estimate of 114.2 million. Nielsen estimates that 294 million persons age 2 and […]