Atlantic Broadband, the 9th largest cable operator in the US, has launched the new TiVo Experience 4 combined with IP-based VoD. TiVo says its new entertainment platform features “a new, modern user interface with intuitive navigation and enhanced functionality, hyper-personalised viewing recommendations and an easy-to-use remote, offering.” “The new experience is not only visually beautiful, […]
Espial has announced a partnership with Harmonic, a global player in video technology and services. Through this partnership, Espial’s Elevate SaaS video platform will fully integrate Harmonic’s VOS360 media processing SaaS, providing MVPDs with a turn-key end-to-end solution which will give them the ability to launch new IP and OTT services quickly, risk-free, and with minimal […]
According to Dataxis, as at Q1 2018 pay-TV in Latin America reached 71.4 million subscribers, which represents a drop of around 0.1 per cent compared to the end of 2017. Venezuela, Brazil and Mexico were the markets that recorded the highest loss of subscribers. For the first quarter of 2018, América Móvil remained the main […]
NEP UK, an NEP Broadcast Services Company, is providing technical Host Broadcast Services to The Championships, Wimbledon, for the first Championships to be broadcast utilising SMPTE ST 2110 compliant fully redundant IP technology. NEP UK has installed a distributed routing system, connected by main and back up MTP fibre optic cable, to serve on and […]
Hong Kong Customs has conducted an anti-piracy operation and detected a suspected case of illegal re-broadcasting of pay-TV World Cup programmes on an Internet broadcasting platform. During the operation, Customs arrested two men aged 21 and 60 respectively. A batch of computer devices with an estimated market value of about HK$20,000 (€2,190) was seized. Customs […]
UK multiplay telco BT has become the first major UK pay-TV provider to offer Amazon Prime Video access via a set-top box – giving customers the ability to access Prime Video’s TV & movie content at the push of the button. The move – revealed by advanced-television in mid-May 2018 – forms part of BT’s […]
Accenture is helping KPN enhance its customer experience by providing the Dutch telecommunications company with the Accenture Video Solution (AVS) – a hybrid IPTV and OTT platform – for the delivery of video and related services. The five-year agreement enables KPN to continue to scale its video business while providing new capabilities to accelerate innovation […]
Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions company, has formed a partnership with BrightBlue, Germany’s new turnkey IPTV service provider, to deliver the technology behind a new “fast to market” multiscreen IPTV solution optimised for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), Cable and VDSL service providers. BrightBlue provides small to medium-sized operators with access to content-rich services either as a complete turnkey ‘white […]
Harmonic, a global player in video delivery technology and services, has announced that Magyar Telekom, a telco operator in Hungary, has successfully deployed Harmonic’s EyeQ content-aware encoding solution for its IPTV service. With the EyeQ solution, the operator is able to deliver additional HD channels and realise a 30 per cent bandwidth saving on the […]
Marketers plan to dramatically increase their budget commitments to Connected Television (CTV). In fact, 78 per cent of marketers surveyed plan to buy ad inventory on streaming TV within the next 12 months, according to a SteelHouse survey of both brand-side and agency marketing professionals, conducted by independent consulting firm Advertiser Perceptions. While only 2 […]