A man who sold Kodi TV boxes which allowed viewers to watch subscription sport and movie channels for free has been given a suspended jail term. Brian Thompson, 55 from Middlesborough, had denied breaking the law by selling the Kodi boxes, setting up the prospect of a landmark trial. But appearing at Teesside Crown Court […]
Cloud-based application expert Metrological and Cloud TV developer ActiveVideo have teamed up to offer a joint solution that enables global pay-TV operators to rapidly deploy integrated OTT content experiences on existing set-top boxes. Two operators in the Caribbean and Latin America region plan to launch the integrated solution in 2018. The joint solution combines the […]
Conrad Clemson SVP, SP Platforms & Applications, tells a-tv @ IBC 2017 about the super speed innovation that Cisco’s cloud platform is enabling. He describes how where previously a new STB might have needed nine months in the lab, a customer recently requested an Android STB and it was being shipped within a day. Clemson […]
Digital security specialist Kudelski has agreed a patent cross license and technology collaboration with streaming set-top box provider Roku. The comprehensive agreement provides each company the freedom to operate with respect to the other’s patent portfolios. The agreement also establishes a framework for the companies to collaborate on incorporating Kudelski’s security solutions with Roku’s platforms […]
Sky Q customers will soon be able to enjoy new features including enhanced Voice Control via the Sky Q touch remote, a personalised menu of favourite channels and an Ultra HD section in My Q. With the new Voice Control features, viewers will be able to speak into their remote and use a range of […]
In a continuation of its relationship with South Korea’s leading IPTV service operator, Alticast has announced that Korea Telecom is using Apex, Alticast’s new user experience virtualisation platform. KT is using Apex to deliver a graphics-rich UX for both linear and on-demand content, completely virtualising STB functionalities across nearly 5 million already-deployed IPTV set-top boxes […]
Vewd (formerly Opera TV), a global player in enabling OTT, has announced that Kaon Media, the South Korea STB manufacturer, has selected Vewd products for its next generation of set-top boxes. “Pay-TV operators need their set-top boxes to deliver the experiences consumers demand today, whether they consume traditional broadcast content or OTT content,” said Chulmin […]
Advocacy body the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) – which defends civil liberties in the digital world – has described recent initiatives by copyright enforcement bodies against preconfigured Kodi boxes as “abusive”, suggesting that courts should reject such expansions of copyright liability. In a Deeplinks Blog Post, The War on General-Purpose Computing Turns on the Streaming […]
The traditional pay-TV STB will remain a fixture in consumer homes worldwide, as operators counter the threat posed by media streamers by adding features such as SVoD services, voice search and smart home functionality, according to a Futuresource Consulting report. Worldwide media box shipments, which include both STBs and media streamers (such as Amazon Fire […]
The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]