Nevion, a provider of virtualised media production solutions, has agreed with Sony Imaging Products & Solutions to establish a strategic partnership in the area of IP-based solutions for broadcasters and other industries. To reinforce this partnership, Sony will also become a leading investor in Nevion by acquiring a minority stake in the company through a […]
Evolution Digital has announced an agreement with Vast Broadband to be its full end-to-end IP video platform provider for its application-based video offering. As Vast migrates to IP video delivery with Evolution Digital’s eVUE-TV content delivery platform, the app will feature 300+ linear channels, VoD, network DVR, pay-per-view and catch-up/start-over content on the operator-customisable, feature-rich […]
According to the Global Pay TV Subscriber Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research, there will be 81 million additional pay-TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 – up by 8 per cent. This will take the global total to 1.10 billion. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay-TV subs passed 1 […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has released a report which looks at the challenges posed by the transition to full IP distribution of content to consumers. Home Truths: Preparing for an IP Future is the latest output from the DPP At Home event series, which bring together experts from across the industry to […]
Verimatrix, the content descurity specialist, and IPTV technology company Ocilion have announced Austrian operators kabelplus and Salzburgas their two latest customers. Each operator has selected on-premise IPTV solutions from Ocilion that are secured by Verimatrix, enabling more flexible and future-proof video delivery models. Both operators opted independently for on-premise deployments hosted in their distinctive infrastructures, […]
Entel, the national telecommunications operator in Bolivia, has begun a major deployment of AminoVU set-top boxes running on AminoOS to deliver IPTV services across its newly deployed fibre network, which covers almost 100 per cent of the country. Currently, Entel has a broad consumer offering including telephony, mobile, broadband and satellite TV and is broadening […]
IPTV reception has continued its steady growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2018 and is now received by 56.7 per cent of French homes (up 1.7 point over one year), passing terrestrial reception (which includes cable reception for FTA channels) and DTT, whose share has respectively fallen to 53.7 per cent and 49.1 […]
Reflecting the rising importance of the telcos, IPTV is gaining subscribers in Western Europe at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms, according to findings from analyst firm Digital TV Research. IPTV overtook satellite TV in 2015 and will be approaching cable by 2024. IPTV will add 5.5 million subscribers between 2018 and 2024. “IPTV […]
Icareus, the Helsinki-based broadcast and online video partner, has delivered its Icareus Playout platform to Freesat, the free-to-air satellite television service – a joint venture between the BBC and ITV. Icareus’ solution will allow Freesat to replace their legacy system with a future roadmap to expand their hybrid, broadcast and broadband services (HbbTV). Icareus Playout […]
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting by Telia Company under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission is concerned that the merged entity may shut out competitors from the audio-visual sector in Finland and Sweden. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “The in-depth […]