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Waoo! selects RGB Networks for OTT delivery

RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has revealed that Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider delivering fibre-based network services to nearly 200,000 households, has selected and deployed RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) and TransAct Packager, to provide a complete transcoding and packaging solution for its new OTT video service. Waoo! is […]

August 30, 2011

Pace launches Elements software platform

Pace has announced the launch of Elements, a new software platform for the broadcast and broadband industries. Elements supports the design, delivery and management of digital content and services into and around the home, enabling operators to provide an outstanding consumer experience anywhere, anytime, across any device. The platform’s open, modular design gives control to […]

August 30, 2011

Faroese Telecom ensures IPTV quality with Agama’s monitoring solution

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Faroese Telecom, the incumbent Telco in the Faroe Islands, has selected Agama to provide a complete monitoring solution for its linear IPTV service distribution. The deployed end-to-end solution will support Faroese Telecom in ensuring their customers’ TV experience and in achieving operational excellence in their […]

August 30, 2011

Google TV “is nothing new”

On Friday evening (Aug 26) Google boss Eric Schmidt delivered the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. He confirmed that Google TV would launch in Europe early next year with the UK “among the top priorities”.   One cautionary comment came from Stewart Purvis, a former CEO at ITN and now professor of […]

August 27, 2011

Google TV to launch in UK

Google is to launch its web-TV service in the UK within the next six months, according to reports. The launch was confirmed by CEO Eric Schmidt speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. Schmidt said Google TV did not threaten broadcasters and would enable them to experiment with new formats online. He defended the company’s […]

August 26, 2011

“Google should buy Hulu”

Veteran US media analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG Research, says Google should buy Hulu – though he still refers to the decision to sell as a “mistake of epic proportions”.   Hulu, owned by Comcast, News Corp., Disney and Providence Equity, has reportedly extended the deadline for initial bids to this weekend (Aug 26th). Those […]

August 26, 2011

Ooyala with Flash Access

Ooyala has revealed its online video platform now integrates with Adobe Flash Access software. The new offering combines the leading video publishing, management, analytics and monetization solution with Adobe’s robust cross-platform content protection offering to provide seamless accessibility and scalability for high-quality video delivered online and on device via Adobe Flash technology. The integration enables […]

August 25, 2011

KPN multi-screen

KPN, Dutch incumbent telco, is launching a multi-screen version of its IPTV service Interactieve TV. Interactieve TV Online, will deliver 20 channels and interactive services to subscribers via laptops or tablets and will be available to all 416,000 subscribers of the IPTV service. As well as the Dutch public broadcast services, channels from RTL and […]

August 24, 2011

LG trims TV sales expectations

The global downturn is hitting TV set manufacturers hard. Sony, Panasonic and Hitachi have all expressed concerns about how many set the public will buy this year and next. The latest manufacturer to cut back its numbers is South Korea’s LG, which looks as if it will sell about 20 percent less flat-panel units than […]

August 23, 2011

Fox’s Hulu delay doubles illegal downloads

If you restrict legal access to your content does that increase piracy? Yes, says TorrentFreak revealing that since Fox Network restricted its shows to an eight-day catch up on Hulu and Fox.com, illegal downloads of those shows has more than doubled. The torrent news Web site tracked several popular Fox shows–including Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef–on […]

August 23, 2011