Major research groups GfK MRI and Nielsen have each acquired 25 per cent of Media Behavior Institute, which plans to launch a cross-media research service called USA TouchPoints. USA TouchPoints will give advertisers new information about consumer media use, including where they are, who they’re with and the moods and emotions they’re experiencing. The programme […]
Digital TV Labs, provider of receiver conformance products and services, has developed and shipped the first commercially available receiver test suite for digital terrestrial deployments of the ISDB-T standard, beginning with test services for South America. The company’s new ISDB-T Evora iSuite can directly test against the Brazilian receiver specification, providing manufacturers with a fast […]
The Portuguese Government will meet on September 8th with the various stakeholders involved in the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). According to the Minister for Social Communications, Miguel Relvas, taking part in the meeting will be the three national broadcasters (RTP, SIC and TVI), the telecommunications sector regulator (Anacom) and the company responsible for […]
S3 Group, a global enabler of digital TV content delivery platforms, has announced Canoe Ventures has selected its StormTest Development Center as the automated testing solution for Canoe’s national deployment of Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) enabled ITV applications. With StormTest Development Center, Canoe Ventures now has the ability to test multiple set-top boxes […]
As it gears up for the ABTA trade show in São Paulo, Brazil, Conax, the global provider of content security solutions for pay-tv operators and digital multi-channel distribution, has revealed strong growth figures in the Latin American pay-tv market. The technology provider displayed 40 per cent growth in 2010 and is anticipating an additional 50 […]
Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, and Kantar Media, a unit of Kantar, an information, insight and consultancy group that is part of WPP, have inked a multi-year agreement providing Nielsen with STB data from Kantar Media’s DIRECTView service for use in local TV audience measurement. Nielsen has developed a proprietary, hybrid methodology for […]
Skylink, an operator of satellite television broadcasting in the Czech and Slovak markets, has approved SMiT’s Irdeto Advanced Security Dual Mode CAM for its digital satellite network services. New product will be launched on the market via local partners on July. SMiT VP Stephen He noted that SMiT had been supplying secure CA modules to […]
Verismo Networks and content revenue protection specialist Verimatrix have revealed a global partnership that secures and protects all content delivered via Verismo’s broadband television platform. Prakash Bhalerao, Chairman and CEO of Verismo Networks, said the collaborative relationship and integration, in addition to its existing DRM solutions, illustrated the company’s strong commitment to protecting content and […]
PeerTV, a provider of technology solutions for the OTT market, has announced the immediate availability of evaluation samples of its Android-based Internet TV STB, ES-550. The product is now entering its customer testing phase and is expected to be formally released during the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam in September. “Android is expected to become the […]
The BBC is conducting a major survey into the state of mobile phone coverage in the UK. Over the course of the next month, the project will attempt to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services up and down the country. Mobile operators offer their own coverage maps but no independent survey has yet […]