Only a standardised approach to the cloud-delivered service environment will enable a breakthrough in interoperable seamless service integration into devices, warns global networking standards group, the UPnP Forum. This announcement comes during the IBC in Amsterdam, where a focus is being placed on the pioneering applications and technologies that are driving the future of device […]
In a bid to revive consumers’ interest in the purchase of movies, Fox is to give earlier access to films for about $15 each, down from a purchase price that is currently about $20. The initiative will begin later in September with Ridley Scott’s science fiction thriller Prometheus, and Fox plans to offer high-definition versions […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has unveiled Verimatrix VCAS for DASH, claimed as the world’s first commercial-grade MPEG-DASH secure delivery solution. Extending the Verimatrix range of over-the-top (OTT) solutions helps open up the universe of multi-network, multi-screen delivery to DASH standard compliant smart devices, […]
Responding to the need for service providers to be able to deliver premium content on a growing number of devices, while meeting studios’ and content providers’ rigorous standards for content protection and security, Verizon has selected Motorola Mobility as a key DRM supplier to secure its FiOS Flex View multi-screen content service using the SecureMedia […]
Ziggo has claimed to be the first major European service provider to deliver an advanced VoD user interface entirely from the network cloud after selecting ActiveVideo Networks’ CloudTV virtual set-top box platform from for deployment. Under the agreement, Ziggo, the largest cable system operator in the Netherlands, will leverage the ActiveVideo CloudTV H5 platform to […]
Cloud platform specialist Akamai Technologies has unveiled its new Sola Media Solutions portfolio, designed to offer customers a powerful, yet easy-to-use way to address the challenges of online media workflow, storage and delivery. Built on the Akamai Intelligent Platform, Akamai’s Sola Media is designed to provide unmatched scale and reliability to support customers’ objectives for […]
BBC iPlayer has launched mobile downloads, enabling users to download BBC TV programmes directly to their smartphone or tablet free of charge, and keep them for up to 30 days. Programmes downloaded from the UK can also be viewed abroad for up to 30 days, so users can take the BBC on holiday with them. […]
Rovi Corporation has unveiled Rovi Digital Copy for Retailers, a new offering that is expected to provide consumers in Europe and the US more ways to turn their physical DVD and Blu-ray Disc movie collections into virtual movie libraries. Rovi Digital Copy for Retailers offers solutions for in-store disc-to-digital conversion services, as well as retailer-branded […]
Having announced late May that it would be releasing acclaimed movie The Hunger Game on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, on demand and digital download on August 18, global entertainment company Lionsgate has confirmed that the title, which has generated more than $683 million at the box office, is to be available through UltraViolet channels such as […]
Microsoft and PPTV, China’s leading Internet TV service provider, signed a strategic partnership memorandum today to launch PPTV Asia TV Networks (ATN) platform on Windows Azure. This one-stop Internet TV service platform will offer content and service providers a new scale of business opportunities. This is also Microsoft’s first cloud-based collaboration with a local Chinese […]