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Edgeware and Minerva deliver quality of experience enhancements for IPTV operators

Edgeware, the technology expertin distributed video delivery systems and Minerva Networks, a supplier of broadband Television management and delivery platforms, have announced an integrated fast channel change and packed retransmission solution for IPTV operators. The joint solution enables service providers to offer superior Quality of Experience (QoE) to their television subscribers.  With Fast Channel Change […]

March 23, 2011

Price is right for Ericsson

Long time Harmonic exec David Price is switching to rival Ericsson as vice president, business development. Price was Vice President, Business Development and Marketing Communication at Harmionic for 12 years. In his new role at Ericsson, he will concentrate on compression systems.

March 22, 2011

Accedo and Ekioh unveil 3D games for IPTV

Accedo Broadband, provider of IPTV and Connected TV applications, and Ekioh, provider of browsers and SVG engines have confirmed the availability of casual games in 3D using Ekioh’s latest SVG software. Accedo’s Funspot game service is the most widely deployed IPTV game service in the world and contains more than 100 casual games in various […]

March 21, 2011

EchoStar Europe and Sling Media to lead the TV anywhere revolution at IP&TV World Forum 2011

EchoStar Europe,  developer of added-value, connected device solutions to the digital television industry, will showcase industry defining technology at IP&TV World Forum 2011 ), designed to add real value to digital and IPTV operators’ product propositions and service offerings. “We are right in the middle of a connected TV revolution”, commented Rhod Williams, General Manager […]

March 21, 2011

Conax focus on securing “TV Everywhere” at IPTV World Forum

At IPTV World Forum, Conax, a global leader in content security solutions for pay-tv will  preview “Securing TV Everywhere” and its strategy for content protection combining Internet and multi-device delivery. In a press briefing and IPTV World Forum session, media and conference participants are invited to join Conax for a preview. Conax Press Briefing, IPTV […]

March 21, 2011

IPTV subs: 132m by 2015

IPTV subscriptions will reach 131.6 million globally by year-end 2015, a CAGR of 23 per cent, driven by the introduction of IPTV in emerging markets and the extension of coverage in developed markets to secondary and tertiary cities, according to a report by Pyramid Research. Other key findings include: – China will overtake France to […]

March 16, 2011

Netgem Home Cloud software

Netgem has made its Home Cloud software development kit (SDK) available to application developers, Internet service providers and operator partners. Netgem is further developing its partner ecosystem to enable third parties to take advantage of its IPTV 2.0 open architecture. This application framework is designed for the development of live and on-demand TV and multimedia […]

March 16, 2011

Viaccess for NTV-PLUS

Viaccess is providing its scalable and flexible advanced content protection and rights management solution to NTV-PLUS as the satellite provider enters the IPTV market. NTV-PLUS, the first DTH provider and leader of pay TV market in Russia will deliver IPTV services aimed at Russian broadband operators. Partnering with Viaccess, NTV-PLUS will address both IPTV and […]

March 16, 2011

ZeeVee relaunches Zinc.TV white-label

ZeeVee has announced a new version of Zinc: a white-labelled, programmable platform that enables third parties to create private-branded Internet TV services. The Zinc Platform offers a unique suite of cloud based apps which enables operators to build an Internet television platform that can find and manage content, program custom user experiences, and deliver it […]

March 14, 2011

OTT 110% growth in Western Europe

Revenues from Over-the-top TV services are set for years of strong growth, according to the latest report by ITMedia Consulting. In its ‘Next Generation Television’ report, the Rome-based consultancy predicts a 110 per cent growth per year by 2014 throughout Western Europe, including Italy. At the end of 2011, revenues of the entire sector amounted […]

March 11, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome