Cubiware, a Warsaw, Poland based subsidiary of TiVo, has announced its continued expansion in Asia with a new partnership with MStar Semiconductor, a semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions. The collaboration will integrate MStar’s Hybrid STB chipset solution with the full-featured CubiTV Hybrid Middleware. Using MStar’s Full HD MPEG-4/MPEG-2/HEVC STB chipset platform with […]
French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+, broadcast services specialist Euromedia and audiovisual technologist Dolby used the occasion of the final of France’s Top14 rugby union tournament held in Barcelona between RC Toulon and Racing 92 on June 24th to carry out the first Ultra HD live sports broadcast with Dolby Atmos sound. According to the participants, the […]
There are still a few dozen legal challenges to India’s mandatory roll-out of digitisation of the nation’s cable systems, but India’s Information & Broadcasting ministry (MIB) says that 41 million set-top boxes have been deployed in the nation’s Phase III regions, and this is a “near 100 per cent” adoption. The 42 on-going legal objections […]
YuMe, the global audience technology company powered by data-driven insights and multi-screen expertise, and Verto Analytics, the audience measurement company, have released research quantifying a ‘day in the digital life’ journey of video consumers. The study showcases the breadth of touchpoints throughout the day as consumers engage with apps and video across computers, smartphones, tablets, […]
Apple has added new Siri capabilities, single sign-on for Apple TV and many more great new features for users, making the entertainment experience in the living room even better. With expanded Siri capabilities, including searching across even more apps, YouTube search, topic search and tuning right into more live channels, customers can get to their favourite content […]
Portugal’s broadband and pay-TV provider NOS has launched a next generation TV service and the country’s first personal TV service. The UMA interface includes the functionalities most sought after by customers, such as advanced voice control and the NOS TV application, as well as a simpler and more intuitive navigation and an increasingly more customised […]
Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, and NOS Comunicações SA, a pay-TV service provider in Portugal, have announced the launch of the operator’s brand-new 4K Ultra HD RDK-enabled set-top box offering secured by Nagra anyCAST Connect, Nagra’sconverged CAS/DRM content security solution for broadcast, IPTV, OTT and the […]
German telecommunications and cable provider NetCologne has selected the ARRIS Touchstone TG2492 Gateway to bring gigabit speeds and superior wireless broadband coverage to its subscribers in the area of Cologne. The ARRIS TG2492 is a EuroDOCSIS gateway designed to deliver ultra-fast broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fisetting the stage for […]
Officers from UK IP protection trade body the Federation of Copyright Theft (FACT) and Police Scotland executed two search warrants at addresses in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to hundreds of licensed premises. Licensed premises can purchase TV boxes which then illegally stream TV, sport and […]
Promising to help subscribers to its Google Fiber networks in six US cities access all of their favourite shows, movies, music, and more adding Google Cast capabilities directly to their Fiber TV Box. Writing in the Google Fiber blog, Jared Nusinoff, Product Manager, Google Fiber says that Google Cast gives access to thousands of apps, […]