According to media analysis firm SNL Kagan, the global set-top box market remains robust. Worldwide STB shipments are on track to reach 273 million in 2016, up slightly from 269 million in 2015, according to SNL Kagan’s report, The set-top box market remains robust. In addition to
Macnica has forged a technology partnership with Tektronix. Through the global agreement, Tektronix has embedded Macnica’s video-over-IP technology into Prism, a new media analysis platform designed to smooth broadcasters’ transition from SDI-based to IP-based infrastructures. “As the broadcast industry begins a phased and gradual migration to an all IP-infrastructure, there’s strong demand for test and […]
Content orchestration and financial processing platform Mediamorph has been selected by BLOCKBUSTER – a part of the Danish incumbent telco, TDC Group – and the largest TVoD provider in Denmark. Mediamorph’s platform will streamline the management of contracts, supplier royalty reporting, and critical title avails data flowing from content providers. TDC Group’s BLOCKBUSTER home entertainment […]
Q3 Dutch TV revenues have seen an increase, driven by summer price hikes from key pay-TV players Ziggo and KPN. Revenues grew by 5.8 per cent to €485 million, according to Telecompaper’s Dutch Television Market 2016-Q3 report. Ziggo’s TV revenues grew by just over 8 per cent in the quarter to around €285 million, whie […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said it believes the European Commission’s proposal on broadcasters’ online transmissions and retransmissions will enable more Public service media (PSM) content to circulate online without harming the existing prerogatives of rightsholders and broadcasters, suggesting that such bodies need copyright licensing systems which allow them to respond to citizens’ expectations […]
As anticipated, AT&T has announced package and price details of its streaming services following its acquisition of DBS satellite operator DirecTV, led by the DirecTV NOW package at $35 (€33). Beginning November 30th, will offer three video streaming services – DirecTV NOW, FreeVIEW and Fullscreen, which it suggests represent TV networks and made-for-digital video content […]
After consideration of the Commercial Requirements for ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) Multicast presented to the 84th meeting of the DVB Steering Board (SB), the decision was made to commit the Technical Module to produce a specification. The scope of the work will pave the way to providing a harmonised solution to the problem of transmitting […]
ADB, a provider of solutions and services for media convergence, has announced that Multimedia Polska, a cable operator in Poland, has chosen ADB’s Personal TV software platform to enhance its pay-TV offering. ADB’s Personal TV solution offers a variety of next-generation features within an innovative, intuitive and user-friendly interface. Multimedia Polska S.A. provides radio, television, […]
German telco EWE has chosen IP-based TV solutions provider Zattoo, in cooperation with STB specialist ABOX42, to complete to complete its TV portfolio with the introduction of an IPTV offering a month after the launch of its mobile TV application. Zattoo runs and continuously develops the entire TV platform from the Headend to EWE’s own […]
The US multichannel segment produced a drop in third quarter video customers that was slightly worse year-over-year (YOY), according to analyst firm SNL Kagan. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, Direct-broadcast-satellite (DBS) and telco sectors lost 430,000 video customers during the period. DBS ended in positive territory, but telco again weighed heavily on the multichannel […]