TVU Networks, the IP video solutions expert, has entered into a partnership with UK-based satellite and broadcast systems integrator, Sat-Comm. Specialising in SNG vehicles, Flyaways and OB Systems, Sat-Comm will offer the entire range of TVU Networks IP-based live video uplink solutions to the Broadcast and Government sectors, including integration with broadcast vehicles. Tim Williams, […]
End-to-end video entertainment provider and TelcoTV specialist Netgem is collaborating with revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix to launch a new TV platform in the so-called DACH (German, Austrian and Swiss) Region. The solution is designed to offer the German speaking TV market a leading multiscreen OTT broadcast service. Netgem recently helped launching a similar […]
Elemental Technologies has announced that Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN), based near Ljubljana, Slovenia, is using Elemental video processing solutions to power the unified headend delivery of broadcast and OTT TV content in high-efficiency video coding (HEVC/H.265) to millions of subscribers on a global scale. STN was recently rated the World Teleport Association (WTA) independent teleport […]
Amino Technologies, a UK-based provider of digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has published a trading update for the six months ending May 31st 2016. Trading for the period was in line with market expectations for revenue, and profit before tax and exceptional items. Net cash of £3.1 million as […]
Officers from UK IP protection trade body the Federation of Copyright Theft (FACT) and Police Scotland executed two search warrants at addresses in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to hundreds of licensed premises. Licensed premises can purchase TV boxes which then illegally stream TV, sport and […]
Hybrid TV device and cloud solutions Amino Communications has secured a new contract to provide TV devices and its Engage service assurance software to North American service provider MCTV. Ohio-based MCTV delivers fibre-based broadband Internet, cable TV, Phone and Security services to 47,000 homes and businesses across the five counties it serves. With the company […]
ATEME is providing its Kyrion encoders to drive 70 major content channels for FPT Telecom, one of Vietnam’s top three telecommunications providers. The encoders will be deployed on the premises of major content providers where they will encode content and stream it back to the FPT operations centres in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. […]
The slow retreat of total multichannel video subscriptions picked up speed in the period ended March 31st, according to a report from SNL Kagan. The decline came amid relatively upbeat cable performance, with the platform posting its best first-quarter in eight years. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable, direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) and telecommunications (telco) sectors […]
End-to-end video entertainment provider Netgem has added video-on-demand streaming service Wuaki.tv and children’s platform Hopster to its global line-up. The partnership will see both OTT players made available across Netgem’s international network of channels and content partners for telecoms operators. The partnerships follow successful deployment to customers for Netgem-enabled EE TV in the UK, and […]
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – added about 10,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2016, compared to a gain of about 170,000 subscribers in Q1 2015. The top pay-TV providers account for 94.2 million subscribers – with […]