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Nielsen, FreeWheel expand measurement to OTT & VoD

Nielsen and FreeWheel, a Comcast company, have revealed plans to expand measurement to OTT and STB VoD inventory. This effort aims to enhance the value of the television ecosystem through additional data-enabled, targetable premium digital video platforms for programmers, MVPDs, agencies and advertisers to effectively reach consumers. This news comes six months after Nielsen announced […]

June 20, 2018

Eurofins acquires Insite Security

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance and testing services, has acquired Insite Security, a specialist in information security services, to reinforce its portfolio of cybersecurity services offered to companies around the globe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Insite Security provides insights into the security level of IT systems […]

June 20, 2018

Tru Optik OTT measurement & validation solution

Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform across OTT and connected TV (CTV) has announced the full release of its Cross-Screen Audience Validation (CAV) service which provides de-duplicated household-level reach and frequency, device authentication, and advanced audience validation for OTT and CTV campaigns. This announcement marks the end of an 18-month closed beta period […]

June 18, 2018

Com Hem selects Eurofins

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has been selected by Com Hem, the Swedish provider of pay-TV, broadband, and telephony services, to provide automated testing and service validation for the new Tv Hub. Com Hem will use Eurofins’ cloud-based TestWizard system to automate testing and provide performance […]

June 12, 2018Nick Snow @ ANGA COM

Agama selected by UPC Hungary

Agama Technologies, the specialist in video service quality and customer experience, has announced that Hungarian operator UPC has selected to implement Agama’s video assurance platform to ensure top quality of its video services. UPC Hungary, as an integrated info-communications operator, is providing top quality services to 1.8 million of households in Hungary in nearly 350 […]

June 5, 2018

Witbe invests in the UK market

As TV Connect, the IP video distribution conference and expo, got under way in London, quality of experience monitoring specialist Witbe took the opportunity to announce the grand opening of a UK office. The new office will be a subsidiary in the UK. Already actively involved in the UK for many years through different partners, […]

May 10, 2018Nick Snow @ TV Connect

HbbTV Association releases conformance test suite

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has confirmed that the HbbTV Testing Group has published a new version of the HbbTV conformance test suite. From this release onward, there will be three releases each year, […]

April 5, 2018

Eurofins acquires Edge Testing Solutions

In a further consolidation of the digital media test, monitoring and QA sector, and following acquisitions it made in 2016 and 2017, end-to-end quality assurance and testing services provider Eurofins Digital Testing has acquired Edge Testing Solutions, an independent pure-play software testing provider in the UK, to extend its software testing capabilities including managed, functional, […]

April 4, 2018

Belgium: Sandvine solutions for Telenet

Sandvine, a global player in network intelligence, has announced that Telenet, a provider of entertainment and telecommunications services in Belgium, is using Sandvine solutions in their cable, Wi-Fi,  and mobile networks to help enhance the quality of experience (QoE) for their customers. Telenet, is a provider of entertainment and telecommunication services in Belgium, serving over […]

March 27, 2018

Research: QoE growth to be driven by churn reduction

UK analyst group Rethink Technology Research has published a five-year forecast on QoE Video Analytics entitled Video Analytics chases churn prediction to a $2.3 billion market. The forecast is based on revenue from 2017 to 2022. QoE Video Analytics has, in a few short years, gone from being a simple confirmation of whether or not […]

March 26, 2018