Advanced Television

Test & Monitor

Swiss netplus deploys Agama solution for TV quality assurance in cable head-end

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that netplus.ch SA, a triple-play service provider owned by a group of cable operators in Switzerland, has deployed a powerful service monitoring solution from Agama in its CATV head-end. With continuous and in-depth real-time monitoring of all services, netplus is equipped for rapid problem discovery and […]

June 12, 2012

Farncombe and Digital TV Labs launch TNT 2.0 test suite

Farncombe and Digital TV Labs, which provides specialised receiver conformance products and services, have announced the launch of a TNT 2.0 test suite for manufacturers launching connected TV devices based on the latest version of the European Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV standard, HbbTV 1.5. One of the foundations of TNT 2.0, France’s next-generation DTT platform, […]

June 8, 2012

SmarDTV, Wiztivi universal solution for cable VoD

SmarDTV, a Kudelski company and Wiztivi have successfully combined CI Plus and HbbTV to enable VoD for cable networks. SmarDTV intends to launch the first CI Plus SmarCAM with cable VoD in 2012. “We believe that the addition of Video-on-Demand, on top of the Premium TV decryption, is a major milestone in the history of […]

June 8, 2012

Ocean Blue anti-virus software for connected TVs

In order to combat the emerging threat of malware infections on Smart TVs, Ocean Blue Software has partnered with IT security leader Sophos to develop a cloud-based antivirus solution that can be shipped either as part of the Ocean Blue middleware or as a stand-alone client for solutions with their own middleware. According to Futuresource […]

June 6, 2012

Trilithic announces FCC approval for EASyCAP Encoder/Decoder

Trilithic, an industry specialist in broadband test and measurement solutions, has announced that the company received FCC approval for its EASyCAP Encoder/Decoder next-generation Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Emergency Alert System (EAS) alerting equipment. The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a message format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks. […]

May 23, 2012

FourthWall licenses Microsoft ad data collection

FourthWall Media announced a technology licence agreement with Microsoft Advertising whereby FourthWall will license a set top box data collection and report processing system from Microsoft Advertising. FourthWall will assume daily operations of Microsoft Advertising’s set top box collection and analytics framework as part of the FourthWall AdAim Network. In return, Microsoft Advertising will continue […]

May 22, 2012

Agama Technologies receives Frost Sullivan’s 2012 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in IP Video Network Management

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has been honoured with Frost & Sullivan’s 2012 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in IP Video Network Management. In the underlying research, Frost & Sullivan presents Agama as “an impressive player in the IP Video Network Management market” with its business-supporting end-to-end video quality assurance and monitoring solution, […]

May 15, 2012

S3 test solution for connected TVs

S3 Group, a global enabler of digital TV content delivery platforms, claims it has has become the first company in the world to launch a programmable solution for automating the testing of unmodified Connected TVs.  Available immediately as part of S3 Group’s flagship StormTest Development Centre, the multi-platform, multi-device automated testing suite, these enhancements enable […]

May 2, 2012

Salsgiver trials Amino Freedom OTT

US-based fibre optic network provider Salsgiver is to trial Amino’s Freedom Jump OTT device as part of a premium service offering to their customers. Under the gotlit.com brand, Freeport PA-based Salsgiver has rolled out a fibre network across an area north east of Pittsburgh, offering high quality broadband and phone services. Now the company is […]

April 26, 2012

Agama selected for IPTV quality assurance by two Latin American telcos

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced an expanding footprint across Latin America, with two leading telecommunications operators in the region having selected the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for IPTV quality assurance. The installations will help the telcos keeping service quality high and problem discovery quick and efficient, ultimately enabling an effective IPTV […]

April 25, 2012