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MINI, Mediaplus join Rovi Smart TV Ad Programme

Rovi has announced that automaker MINI and its agency Mediaplus are participating in the launch of the Rovi Smart TV Advertising programme in Germany. The programme enables companies to develop and introduce innovative advertising campaigns across HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players, and other Internet-connected devices. The launch in Germany builds on the success of similar programs […]

December 13, 2011

VideoHub integrates Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings

VideoHub, a division of Tremor Video, and Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, have announced an alliance giving VideoHub customers access to Nielsen Online Campaign Rating gross rating points (GRPs) via VideoHub for Advertisers. The relationship marks the first time Nielsen has integrated its GRP data with an online video advertising platform. The collaboration […]

December 8, 2011

Test and monitor vendors set to ride digital TV wave

The inexorable march towards digitisation and digital broadcasting is set to have a positive ripple effect on global video test equipment (VTE) markets. The key challenge for vendors will be to design open testing systems and to maintain margins, even while offering consumers cost-effective products with enhanced functionalities. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan Global Video […]

December 5, 2011

Intel’s HDCP system cracked by researchers

Intel’s High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), which is its copy protection system for audio and video, has been cracked by a German research team using off-the-shelf products, to prove that there are flaws in its encryption, reports MacWorld. HDCP sits inside nearly every HDMI or DVI-compatible TV or computer flat screen. It serves to pass […]

November 30, 2011

Spain trials DVB-T2

Spanish telco operator Abertis Telecom is trialling DTT tests using the European standard DVB-T2 in the city of Barcelona, north of Spain, for a six month period. The pilot test aims to assess the benefits of the new standard for broadcasting of services for the fixed and mobile reception through a single multiplex, one signal […]

November 22, 2011From David Del Valle in Madrid

Tektronix quality assurance for Cogeco

Tektronix, a specialist in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, has announced that company’s flagship Sentry digital content monitor has been selected by Cogeco Cable, Canada’s fourth largest cable operator, to help ensure their video services are delivered with exceptional quality. Cogeco Cable will deploy Sentry’s advanced Quality of Experience (QoE) and Perceptive Video […]

November 17, 2011

Telefónica Chile upgrades monitoring with Bridge

Chile’s Telefónica del Sur, part of the Grupo Gtd telecommunications group, has deployed a VideoBRIDGE end-to-end monitoring and analysis system which includes Bridge Technologies’ VB220 probes for advanced digital media monitoring of its IPTV services. Chile’s fourth-largest telecommunications company and the country’s first to introduce IPTV services, Telefónica del Sur offers Internet, cellular, and fixed […]

November 15, 2011

Chile’s Telefónica del Sur Upgrades IPTV Monitoring with Bridge Technologies’ Probes

Chile’s Telefónica del Sur, part of the Grupo Gtd telecommunications group, has deployed a VideoBRIDGE end-to-end monitoring and analysis system which includes Bridge Technologies’ VB220 probes for advanced digital media monitoring of its IPTV services. Chile’s fourth-largest telecommunications company and the country’s first to introduce IPTV services, Telefónica del Sur offers Internet, cellular, and fixed […]

November 15, 2011

C4 to trial Zeebox

Channel 4 has kicked off a trial to explore what kind of bespoke content best suits the features of the social, second-screen TV app Zeebox. Zeebox, a cloud-based service designed to synchronise a user’s Twitter and Facebook social graphs to let viewers synchronise what they are watching on TV, launched last month. The app, which […]

November 14, 2011

O2 begins 4G trial in London

Mobile network O2 has started testing a next-generation mobile data service in London. The nine month trial will involve hundreds of consumers and businesses using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network across parts of the city. O2 says its LTE downloads will be many times faster than those over 3G. The news comes a fortnight […]

November 14, 2011