Advanced Television

Middleware

ESPN uses Motorola Mobility

Motorola Mobility has confirmed that ESPN will use Motorola’s video distribution solution to transition all programming for ESPN and ESPN-2 networks to an MPEG-4 HD format, freeing up precious bandwidth to increase the number of HD services offered.  Motorola’s solution also positions ESPN to offer both 1080p60 HD and 3D TV programming when service providers […]

June 9, 2011

T-Vips solutions for FMH-Nova

T-Vips, a global specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced that FMH-Nova, the Greek digital satellite pay TV platform, has selected and installed T-Vips solutions to distribute digital terrestrial programming wirelessly to four transmitter sites across Greece. FMH-Nova has chosen to deploy the T T-Vips TVG420 ASI to IP Video Gateway, CP511 […]

June 7, 2011

Belgacom better quality, faster channel change

Belgacom, the leading Belgian IPTV service provider, has introduced a new technology enabling almost instantaneous channel switching while improving the image quality of its digital TV service. The technology was provided by Cisco and integrated by Nokia Siemens Networks. “The main highlight of this deployment is that it’s a world first for a network-friendly implementation […]

June 7, 2011

Amino maintains momentum

Amino has reported it expects to report record first-half revenues for the six months to May 31st. The company, which specialises in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, said it experienced some short-term challenges to component supply following the Japan disaster but these were mitigated through strong industry partnerships. Amino […]

June 6, 2011

DStv Mobile deploys Irdeto

Irdeto is securing and delivering live TV to mobile devices for DStv Mobile, South Africa’s first-ever broadcast mobile TV service. In partnership with Korean manufacturer Valups, Irdeto is delivering content from DStv Mobile, a Multichoice Africa Group company, to a variety of different devices on the go, including laptops, iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. The […]

June 6, 2011

Clearleap tablet TV solution

Clearleap, the web-based TV technology platform, now enables TV operators to quickly bring an IP-based video service to tablets through its Stream On Demand solution. Clearleap’s flexible APIs enable rapid, custom application development for any IP-connected device without the complex and costly development effort usually required to bring new full feature applications to market. Clearleap’s […]

June 6, 2011

ADB to supply Kft with set-top solution

Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has confirmed it will deliver the ADB-2850ST hybrid digital set-top box, pre-integrated with its award-winning Carbo user interface to Business Telecom. Using the ADB-2850ST platform, Kft will create an enhanced consumer TV experience for its subscribers. Users will be able to quickly and easily access a broad range of high definition […]

June 1, 2011

New Sunrise DVB from Ocean Blue

Ocean Blue Software has released a new version of its Sunrise DVB software to support multi-core CPUs and multi-tasking. The move comes as processing power built into TVs and PVRs reaches new levels, and will allow manufacturers to take full advantage of the power; offering faster, richer user interfaces. The enhancement means Sunrise DVB is […]

June 1, 2011

blinkx app for Roku

blinkx has confirmed that a blinkx app is now available on Roku, the Internet TV platform. The app can be found in Roku’s Channel Store and allows customers to seamlessly search, discover and watch high quality videos from blinkx’s extensive index of professionally produced content. “Roku recently hit more than 15 million channel downloads, in […]

May 26, 2011

Tvinci powers pay-OTT for Filmotech

Tvinci, the Pay Over-the-Top video platform provider, has revealed that it is powering Filmotech’s Dutch online video portal, Ximon.nl. The recently launched Pay-TV service features an extensive range of content, offering users the ability to view a variety of recent and classic films, documentaries or TV dramas across PC and MAC, with a further expansion […]

May 26, 2011