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Mega Media Indonesia partners with Irdeto on DTH services

Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company, has announced that PT Mega Media Indonesia, the country’s newest player in DTH broadcast services, has selected Irdeto’s conditional access (CA) solution to launch ‘Parabola Orange TV’ pay TV services. Parabola Orange TV broadens Indonesia’s access to digital TV broadcast services through a combination of post-paid […]

October 27, 2011

MUBI chooses Nativ to deliver VoD service

MUBI, the online cinema and community, is using Nativ’s recently released Mio On Demand solution to bring the film festival experience firmly into the living room this month with the expansion of its multiscreen VoD offering to include Sony Bravia Connected TVs. MUBI has migrated its media management and processing operations to MioEverwhere for automated […]

October 27, 2011

Sandvine: Entertainment in Post-PC Era

Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine has released its 10th Global Internet Phenomena Report: Fall 2011, which indicates increased Netflix and OTT services adoption, the market penetration of revenue-replacement applications, the overall increase in mobile marketplaces, and the impact of Internet-ready consumer electronics devices. Major findings from the report include: -Within fixed networks in the […]

October 26, 2011

SkitterTV selects Amino STB for US deployment

Amino Communications, an IPTV/OTT solutions provider, has secured a contract to provide SkitterTV with its latest OTT-enhanced Aminet IPTV set-top boxes. A hybrid IPTV/over-the-top video platform, SkitterTV enables telecom service providers to encode, configure, deliver and monetise streaming media services by combining live TV, audio, web video and personal media assets in one converged entertainment […]

October 26, 2011

Netflix hammered as subs tumble

Online streaming company Netflix saw its share price fall back more than 25 per cent in late trading October 24th. Netflix revealed that its subscriber cancellations were greater than expected, and that launching in the UK would take it into losses. CEO Reed Hastings, in a letter to shareholders that accompanied its Q3 results, admitted […]

October 25, 2011By Chris Forrester

Industry trio boost multiscreen streaming of live video

Three leading technology companies have created a solution that allows pay-TV service providers quickly and cost-effectively to deploy a complete multiscreen ‘TV Everywhere’ service, including streaming live video. Teaming up for the solution are itaas, a system integrator and provider of an interactive client app for viewing content; RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen […]

October 25, 2011

Cisco, AT&T cut cord with wireless IPTV

Cisco is claiming the launch of the industry’s first wireless IPTV service with AT&T. Cisco is the sole provider of this advanced wireless IPTV solution featuring new wireless receivers and wireless access points (WAPs), available across the entire AT&T U-verse TV footprint beginning Monday, October 31. Consumers can now rely on wireless technology to deliver […]

October 25, 2011By Colin Mann

Alticast, Icareus broaden co-operation

Interactive TV software and solutions specialist Alticast and interactive content creation and broadcast playout solutions provider Icareus are further expanding their collaboration after the successful delivery of a variety of DVB-GEM (MHP) applications to the Taiwanese operator KBRO, one of Taiwan’s leading MSOs in 2010. Alticast and Icareus are partnering to fully integrate Alticast’s interactive […]

October 25, 2011

UK Internet users spend 240m hours per month watching video

In September 2011, the UK Internet population made over 785 million visits to online video websites – an increase of 36 per cent year-on-year, according to analysis from competitive intelligence firm Experian Hitwise. According to Experian’s report – Online Video: Bringing Social Media to Life – the majority of growth in this space has been […]

October 24, 2011

Netflix confirms 2012 UK launch

Internet film subscription service Netflix has confirmed it is to expand to the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2012. Further details about the service, including pricing, content and supported devices, will be announced closer to launch. Netflix has been streaming to US members since 2007, adding Canada in 2010 and 43 countries in Latin […]

October 24, 2011By Colin Mann