The Digital TV Group (DTG), the industry association for digital TV in the UK, has announced that DTG Testing, the digital television industry’s test and conformance centre, is to provide manufacturers with a single facility for Connected TV, HbbTV, Freeview, Freesat and Digital Tick test and conformance. Additionally, DTG Testing is working with Project […]
Mike Darcey, Chief Operating Officer, BSkyB, has suggested that the real challenge facing the broadcasting industry isn’t finding the technical ‘nous’ to develop the products and systems such as those showcased at IBC, but rather how to pay for it all. Participating in a keynote panel on ‘New Routes to Funding Original Content’, Darcey told […]
A new five-year deal between Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, and Ericsson will help address rural DTT blindspots. Thanks to Ericsson’s latest satellite video compression technology, the ABC will be able to expand the reach of its high-definition and standard-definition digital TV programming across the country. As Australia undergoes the switch from analogue to […]
RGB Networks, expert in video networking processing, and SeaChange International, multi-screen television leader, are leveraging their successful partnership to show operators how they can deploy their linear channel line-ups to TVs, PCs and mobile devices and retain complete control of the ad insertion process while doing so. RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMGTM) and SeaChange’s Spot […]
Communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has confirmed that it will begin licensing to third parties the VOD technology that powers its SeeSaw online TV service. The online video aggregation platform will be offered internationally as a bespoke solution configured to meet customers’ specific requirements, or as a more standard product closely aligned […]
BBC Worldwide is appointing an iPlayer exec from the BBC itself to drive through its plan to launch an overseas version of the VOD service. Global iPlayer Launch Director is to be Mark Smith, who has been filling the role of general manager for programmes and on-demand. It means BBC Worldwide will have an exec […]
Project Canvas responded to recent criticism claiming that ‘dozens of manufacturers’ had pledged support for the venture. More than 40 companies, including connected TV makers and STB providers, had expressed interest in making devices based on the Canvas software, according to the project. Equipment branded YouView is planned for sale next year. “The response from […]
Saudi Arabia could be around two years away from having a free, content-rich alternative to satellite TV, similar in many respects to the UK’s Freeview. Despite just about every home in the Kingdom owning a satellite dish – or dishes – and most of the major satellite channels being financed by Saudi cash, the […]
Dutch telco KPN is teaming up with telecoms specialist firms Alcatel-Lucent, KPN, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sofia Digital under the auspices of industry body the bmcoforum to allow seamless consumption of TV and video either from mobile device, TV or computer. Member companies are identifying necessary standard enablers and profiling them for common industry […]
Video-on-demand advertising is set to rise in the fourth quarter, according to a report from Web TV Enterprise. The UK research, which covered 150 media buyers, revealed an “increasing confidence” in using VOD for building brands, with 60% of respondents stating they buy both TV and VOD ads. According to UK Online Video Advertising […]