A failure to understand content has been a key factor in holding back telcos from becoming successful ‘mediacos’ according to Gerry O’Sullivan, Vice President of Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom (DT). In a keynote address at the IP&TV World Forum, O’Sullivan admitted that telcos often struggled with the specific needs of content owners […]
Kaonmedia, a provider of digital set top-boxes, and Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services, have announced a partnership that has enabled the delivery of a next-generation, high quality OTT TV experience for the Etisalat OnWeb service, which is part of eLife. The collaboration has resulted in the development […]
Envivio, a provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions, has announced a new deployment with China Beijing TV Station (BTV). BTV has selected Envivio 4Caster C4 Gen III encoders to power its IPTV and OTT services to Internet and mobile devices. BTV currently offers 12 SD channels and three HD […]
The BBC has launched iPlayer on Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform with an interface to tie in to Kinect motion control. All the broadcaster’s TV catch-up content will made available free of charge to all Xbox console owners. Other entertainment apps, including Channel 4 and 5’s equivalent catch-up players, are only available for the console’s Gold […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced that Serbia Broadband (SBB), a Serbian cable TV and broadband Internet provider, and Telemach, a Slovenian and Bosnian cable TV and broadband Internet provider, have deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV platform, […]
Agama announced that Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected an Agama quality assurance solution for automated QoE and QoS monitoring and testing of over-the-top video services. Supporting linear, VOD and event delivery models, the deployment will help Maxisat assuring the quality of its nationwide HLS based OTT service to connected TVs. “The decision to […]
Broadcast International and TeleCable have jointly announced at the IP&TV World Forum that TeleCable, one of the largest cable and media network companies in Mexico, has selected CodecSys from Broadcast International as the core video management platform to launch its OTT video programming service. TeleCable, will launch a package of both live and file-based programmes […]
Streaming solutions provider SimpleStream has announced that it is to launch its own OTT consumer television platform called TVPlayer in Q2 2012 with a focus on live TV Having recently secured additional rounds of investment, SimpleStream will use its proprietary OTT technologies and CDN infrastructure to launch TVPlayer initially in the UK this summer with […]
Espial, an expert in on-demand TV software and solutions, has announced the latest enhancements to its Espial Media Service Platform, a TV service management and delivery solution that enables operators to deliver TV services over managed and OTT networks. The Espial Media Service Platform provides operators with a single platform to manage and deliver TV […]
Orange has launched ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’, a next-generation subscription TV service which allows Orange to upgrade its IPTV service with a state-of-the-art user-experience and prepare the infrastructure for OTT video, multiple screens and unlimited content. ‘la nouvelle TV d’Orange’ boasts a new user interface, which includes VoD, Catch-Up TV, content discovery and recommendations, EPG, […]