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SFR strengthens cooperation with Wyplay for its Evolution Box and extends contract until 2014

Wyplay, a specialist in software solution development for ADSL and hybrid operators that include SFR and Vodafone, has extended its cooperation agreement with SFR for its Evolution box until 2014. “Since its launch the Evolution has experienced an unparalleled success in the market. We are delighted with this cooperation and the excellent relationship that we have built with SFR over the past 3 years” Wyplay was selected by SFR in 2009 to develop its new Evolution TV over […]

September 8, 2011

French quick to adopt connected TVs

Survey results from ABI Research suggest HbbTV is having an impact on consumer demand for connected TVs. In Germany and France, where HbbTV has the greatest traction, connected TVs enjoyed healthy support. In France, connected TV penetration was highest amongst the surveyed countries – 22 per cent of respondents who have a home network. In […]

September 7, 2011

Kabelkiosk HbbTV on Eutelsat

Kabelkiosk is launching an HbbTV interactive service ‘interaktiv’ on Eutelsat. The ‘headend in the sky’ platform offer will include VoD, catch-up TV, and local information with VoD services delivered on a platform operated by Rovi. Individual channels delivered by KabelKiosk will also be able to use interaktiv for catch-up TV, VoD, EPG services and red […]

September 7, 2011

Sky on the Go with KIT digital

KIT digital, a provider of end-to-end video management software and related services, has confirmed the first major multiplatform deployment using technology from ioko, acquired by KIT digital in April 2011. BSkyB, the multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland, has selected ioko, now rebranded and part of KIT digital – to support and […]

September 7, 2011By Colin Mann

PHXX receives $250,000 for OTT platform

PHXX, a platform development company with expertise in OTT, new media, and gaming services, has received funding to further enhance their ReachOTT platform. Alfalak Electronic Equipment & Supplies, a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, has invested $250,000 into PHXX to support this OTT initiative. PHXX developed the ReachOTT platform to provide […]

September 7, 2011

Grab Networks expands Synacor TV Everywhere

Synacor, a specialist in powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere solutions, has partnered with Grab Networks, the Web’s premier content network for delivering and monetising streaming media, to expand their video library and monetise user experiences. “Nielsen recently reported that heavy streamers of online content spend nearly twenty minutes a day viewing video and on […]

September 7, 2011

NDS partners with Morega Systems

NDS has entered into a technology partnership with Morega Systems, a developr of content portability solutions. NDS has integrated VideoGuard Connect, its next generation DRM for multi-platform pay-TV, with Morega’s content delivery solution for multi-channel operators. Morega’s technology enables payTV operators to deploy TV Everywhere services that allow subscribers to consume premium content on a […]

September 7, 2011

Netflix launches in Brazil

Netflix has launched its movie and TV streaming service in Brazil, the first deployment in an intended series of roll-outs across Latin America. The company plans to expand into 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. “What Netflix seeks to do is connect the world to provide the world’s content to the world’s citizens,” […]

September 6, 2011By Colin Mann

Irdeto ActiveCloak for Televideocom

Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company, has revealed that Televideocom has chosen the Irdeto ActiveCloak for Media solution to secure the company’s retail offering for access to premium on-demand content on iOS and Android platforms. Televideocom is a service provider that specialises in the distribution of premium content OTT such as movies, […]

September 6, 2011

UK’s TalkTalk deploys Agama solution for IPTV head-end quality assurance

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that the UK service provider and YouView partner TalkTalk has deployed a powerful service monitoring solution from Agama in its IPTV head-end. With continuous real-time monitoring of all streams, detecting everything from packet loss to freeze-frame conditions, TalkTalk gains true control and understanding of the service […]

September 6, 2011