Advanced Television

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Optibase, Leadcom alliance

Optibase, provider of advanced digital video solutions and Leadcom Integrated Solutions, an international provider of innovative telecommunication solutions, announce a strategic alliance to roll out integrated TV over IP services. The first project will be delivered to a leading Telco operator in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Leadcom selected Optibase’s pre-integrated, advanced IPTV platform in order […]

November 14, 2007

OpenTV deal with Sun Direct TV

Indian broadcaster Sun Direct TV has selected OpenTV to provide the end-to-end solution and deployment management enabling its digital television services. In addition, OpenTV will provide Sun Direct TV with a collection of applications that includes a new electronic program guide (EPG), interactive cricket, and multi-angle interactive news. Sun Direct TV will introduce a new […]

November 8, 2007

Entone selected by HickoryTech for IPTV deployment

Entone, provider of IPTV home connectivity solutions, has confirmed that its Hydra IP video gateway is being deployed by HickoryTech for its IPTV rollout in Minnesota. HickoryTech offers integrated communication products and services to business and residential customers over a regional fibre network.

November 2, 2007

Harmonic for TVN

Harmonic announced that TVN Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest television on demand company, has deployed Harmonic’s CLEARcut offline content preparation software for creation of TVN’s HD on-demand assets. Video is digitally compressed with Harmonic’s DiviCom MV 500 MPEG-2 HD encoders and then formatted using the CLEARcut software for storage on video servers. CLEARcut is a […]

November 1, 2007

NDS Results

NDS has announced its results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2007. Revenue for first quarter was up 25 per cent to $204.9 million (E142m) and operating income for first quarter was up 31 per cent to $58.3 million Commenting, Dr. Abe Peled, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDS said, “Our business has […]

October 31, 2007

Babelgum streaming with CacheLogic

CacheLogic, provider of the Digital Asset Delivery Network, has confirmed that global Internet TV network Babelgum is using its Velocix network to deliver progressive video streaming of on-demand TV content. The Velocix Network is designed to enable content owners, movie studios, and broadcasters to deliver video and other large digital assets over the web.

October 31, 2007

Bharti Airtel selects NDS for digital service

NDS, provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has been selected by Bharti Airtel to provide a suite of digital broadcasting solutions for the launch of the company's digital satellite service. Bharti Airtel announced recently that the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has granted the company a Letter of Intent, licensing the new DTH […]

October 30, 2007

Latens for Farmers

Latens Systems announced that Farmers Telephone Cooperative, in South Carolina, has selected Latens' Foundation CA Solution (FCAS) to secure its IPTV services. FTC has chosen the pre-integrated Latens and Minerva solution, which comprises Latens FCAS and Minerva's iTV Manager middleware. This will run on set-top boxes from Motorola and ADB, to provide FTC with a […]

October 25, 2007

NDS VideoGuard Express for Indian cable

NDS, provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has launched a new solution for the Indian cable TV market. NDS VideoGuard Express delivers robust CAS security and has been pre-integrated with a set-top box and electronic programme guide (EPG) ready for fast deployment. The system includes the VideoGuard Express headend and patented smart card technology. […]

October 24, 2007

Thomson watermarking for GDC digital cinema

Thomson has revealed that GDC, provider of soultions for digital cinema, has selected NexGuard, Thomson's comprehensive forensic tracking product line, for integration into 1,200 digital cinema servers. GDC digital cinema servers will now embed NexGuard's audio and visual forensic watermarking solution. NexGuard combats in-theatre piracy by offering forensic means to identify the date, time and […]

October 24, 2007