End-to-end video entertainment provider Netgem is partnering with Online TV streaming solution Simplestream to provide the company’s TVPlayer Plus service to its client base. The first such deployment was revealed November 13 with the confirmation that UK multiplay operator EE is partnering with TVPlayer to bring 25 premium channels to its EE TV service. The […]

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has launched The TWC TV Roku Trial in New York City, its first IP-only video trial. Participants will experience TWC’s video service delivered through its secure and managed network using a Roku Streaming Player rather than leasing a traditional set-top box. As an incentive for participating in the trial, participants will […]

Digital security specialist The Kudelski Group has confirmed that its OpenTV and Nagra France subsidiaries have filed a patent infringement suit against US telco Verizon Communications and its subsidiary AOL Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit alleges that Verizon and AOL infringe seven US patents owned […]

Harmonic, an expert in video delivery infrastructure, has announced that telecommunications operator Entel Bolivia has deployed an integrated headend solution from Harmonic to power its direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) service. Using Harmonic’s high-density, scalable video infrastructure solutions, Entel Bolivia can now deliver 124 SD MPEG-4 AVC, 20 HD MPEG-4 AVC, and 30 radio channels with high […]

The Brazilian pay-TV market will reach 27.7 million households (HHs) by 2018, according to data from research firm Dataxis. This figure will represent a 30.7 per cent increase when compared to end-2015. According to the new report – Pay TV Series 2015: Brazil – households with DTH pay-TV services will account

End-to-end video entertainment provider and #TelcoTV specialist Netgem has added international news service France 24 to its channel line-up. Three different 24-hour news channels delivered through the service are immediately available to customers of Netgem-enabled EE TV in the UK and Videofutur in France, and will be on live and on-demand in Australia by the […]

In a regional first, two independent telecom operators are collaborating to bridge their needs gap by bringing du’s IPTV platform to Oman; thereby reducing Omantel’s time-to-market and costs and expanding du investment and reach. du, the fastest-growing telecom service provider in the Middle East has signed a partnership agreement with Omantel, Oman’s largest telecom operator, […]

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for digital TV services, has partnered with Divitel, a provider of digital media solutions, to develop a joint solution that integrates the Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV with the Divitel Operating Center (DOC). Dutch ISP Solcon has deployed the integrated solution to extend the […]

Increased demand for HD channels and VoD has fuelled the growth of the global IPTV market, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. The report indicates that growing at a strong CAGR of 18.1 per cent from 2014 to 2020, the value of the worldwide IPTV market stands to rise from $24.94 billion in 2013 […]