NDS has renewed its agreement with DirecTV, the US satellite pay-TV operator, to continue to deliver STB software and DVR technology to DirecTV US and DirecTV Latin America through January 2016. The contract sees the extension of the relationship between NDS and DirecTV to supply set-top box software across the platform, originally established in 2005. […]
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 […]
VDS, developer of broadcast automation software, content design and plug-in products, has introduced its first automated social media tool for television, called Watercooler. With Watercooler, broadcasters can engage viewers and create additional revenue opportunities. Watercooler incorporates exact timing information from station automation, enabling synchronised tweets or Facebook posts throughout the broadcast, engaging viewers with programme […]
Telus has launched a new application that allows users to access Facebook on their TVs without missing a second of their favourite shows. At a click of their remote control, viewers of the Vancouver-based company’s Optik TV service are now able to share their views on the programme they are watching with friends on the […]
Speaking at a Journée Infopresse conference on the new television landscape, Manon Brouillette, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Marketing at Videotron, confirmed Videotron’s determination to remain an industry leader and gave an overview of the Company’s innovation roadmap. With the launch of its new, optimised illico TV ecosystem featuring a string of innovations, Videotron will […]
BSkyB and Channel 4 have confirmed they have submitted expressions of interest in the proposed national TV network that’s at the centre of UK Culture Secretary’s Jeremy Hunt’s plan to deliver local news. BSkyB said it is interested in assisting local television through broadband distribution, by viewers using the existing yellow button on the electronic […]
Conax has announced that Mostelecom, a subsidiary of National Telecommunications (NTK), and has entered a contract with the content protection specialist. With the new partnership, Conax will provide advanced chipset pairing and CI+ technology to protect the content delivered by NCN (National Cable Networks) to more than two million subscribers in Moscow, covering 95 districts.
Youku.com, China’s leading Internet television company, has begun offering copyright holders increased protection against copyright infringement through upgrades to its video fingerprinting system—the biggest upgrade since Youku launched its own copyright identification management platform in January 2010. The update to Youku’s copyright identification management platform comes on the heels of the company’s agreement with major […]
CBS has acquired Clicker Media, a service that creates a guide for TV shows broadcast over the Web, and named the its top executive as the new head of CBS Interactive. Jim Lanzone will succeed Neil Ashe in running CBS Interactive, the digital division that includes CNET.com, TV.com, CBS.com, CBSSports.com, CBSNews.com and Gamespot.com. CBS did […]
TV One’s newest format converter, the 1T-FC-766, converts HDMI to 3G SDI and allows HDMI signals to be displayed on an SDI monitor. The 1T-FC-766 features high Bitrate processing ensuring fast signal transmission without signal loss and also allows great flexibility in monitor selection since extremely high quality displays can be accomplished on a high […]