Civolution and Gracenote have announced an expanded long-term agreement by jointly launching and selling Mediahedge, the next generation audio and video content identification platform that enables content filtering, monitoring and monetisation for content owners and service providers. The Mediahedge platform combines Civolution’s video fingerprinting and Gracenote's audio fingerprinting identification technologies with extended content registration and […]

Widevine, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, has revealed that Funai Electric, manufacturer of consumer electronics sold in the US under the brands Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson, will incorporate Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on their Internet connected devices. With Widevine’s video optimisation and DRM platform, telecom, cable, satellite and […]

Ooyala, a provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services, has announced the integration of token-based authentication for the delivery of premium video content online. Unlike other well-known video platforms, Ooyala allows publishers to restrict the delivery of a video based on pre-defined user and server-side rules. Ooyala offers several ways to protect content including […]

STMicroelectronics has introduced a new variant of the STi5197 single-chip STB IC, a feature-optimised version targeting markets in China and Asia. This new variant, called the STi5197L is designed for cable STBs and enables efficient development and fast time-to-market for OEMs developing basic zapper STB products. The STi5197L includes a QAM cable demodulator and is […]

Edgeware, specialist in distributed video delivery, has announced that Danish operator, Smile Content, has deployed a next-generation distributed video delivery system from Edgeware to power its newly launched Catch-Up and Restart-TV services.

From IPTV World Forum in London ruwido of Austria has been selected as a technology partner to supply remote controls for UK cable operator Virgin Media's new HD STB the V HD Box. The deal extends the 10 year relationship between Virgin Media and the Austrian remote control specialist. Julia Smith, head of TV product, […]

From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Integrated telecommunication services provider Comstar-UTS has deployed distributed video delivery specialist Edgware's next-generation video delivery solution to power its Time-shift TV service in Russia. In the first phase, the Russian operator will offer Pause Live-TV to its more than 133,000 IPTV subscribers in Moscow using the […]

From Colin Mann at IPTV World Forum in London Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a set of solutions designed to enable service providers to introduce a wide array of new service offerings and deepen their connection with their subscribers by making it easier for people to access all of their services and content wherever they are, on […]

Opera Software, the specialist browser company, and Ocean Blue Software, supplier of software solutions for the digital home, have announced the launch of a modular, scalable and integrated Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) solution for connected TVs and STBs. This solution combines the Opera Devices SDK for Linux, Opera's fully compliant HbbTV framework and Ocean […]

Netgem, provider of IPTV technology and services to Telecom operators worldwide, has been chosen by Melita, a leading teleco provider in Malta to provide its next generation STB based on the latest technologies to power the operator's HD and PVR services ahead of the 2010 World Cup. The concurrent availability of the HD Netgem PVR […]