KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider for multiscreen video management and delivery, has announced a broad ranging partnership with LG Electronics to provide IP-video platform technology, content and professional services to the company’s Home Entertainment Division for its Smart TV platform. Under the terms of the agreement, KIT digital and LG […]
Joanna Shields, Facebook’s European chief, told IBC that the social network could win broadcasters 750 million ‘friends’ who would be brand ambassadors for their services. She said Facebook would improve their marketing and make their content more valuable. “Average users have 130 friends if they all share your content that’s 17,000 and if they all […]
Dr Abe Peled was recently promoted to Executive Chairman at NDS, and used his annual IBC press lunch to introduce his new CEO Dave Habiger. Peled said 2011 was proving to be a very important year for the television distribution business. “Topics like OTT seeming to be making headlines everywhere. We have been talking for […]
A new advertising campaign by Turner Broadcasting aims to tell customers how to use TV Everywhere.. In a series of commercials that will start appearing on the TNT and TBS cable channels, Turner stars like Conan O’Brien will be employed to explain the concept of TV Everywhere, which has been championed by Turner’s parent, Time […]
Liberty Global, the international cable operator, has selected KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider, to design, build and host the platform driving its new IP-based VoD and live streaming service. The Horizon online service will see the creation of an ecosystem that provides a single and flexible, multi-lingual, multi-tenant, and multi-currency […]
PlayJam, the TV Social Games Network, has announced that the PlayJam Games Channel will launch in November this year as an app on Panasonic’s VIERA Connect-enabled HDTVs worldwide. The PlayJam Games Channel will bring hundreds of casual games directly into the e connected living room via a single icon located within the main UI of […]
Mariner has announced the opening of its latest European office with the addition of Arman Aygen. Through the appointment of Arman and a new office in France, complementing their current presence in the UK and Istanbul, Mariner is fully equipped to embrace the increasing demand for IPTV across Europe. Arman brings almost 10 years of […]
Verismo Networks is showcasing its award-winning Broadband TV solution at the IBC conference, September 9-13 in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the Connected World IPTV zone area in Hall 13 at stand 354. Deployed in over 120 countries, Verismo provides a proven open platform that numerous service providers have used to innovate, differentiate and deliver compelling entertainment […]
Despite a decline in video subscribers, the second quarter proved to be a strong period for the US pay-TV business, with revenue-generating units (RGU) for cable rising due to the expanding broadband and telephony segments, according to IHS Screen Digest. The researcher, which reported yesterday European cable’s resilience to cord cutting, said the number of […]
As expected Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries used his IBC address to reveal the new Horizon set-top box, which will be rolled out first on UPC Netherlands’ network in the first quarter of next year. Liberty Global will work with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and others to develop applications for a standards-based app store, offering apps […]