IPTV technology specialist, PerceptionTV, has announced the addition of a regionalisation version of its fully scalable multiscreen IPTV/OTT platform. This functionality will allow content providers, TV start-ups and aggregators to personalise the platform by brand image, viewer location, and regional content. The new regionalisation feature enables PerceptionTV to offer support for broadcasters using the core […]
UK quad play operator TalkTalk has launched a ‘Sky Sports Season Ticket’ which it claims offers the best value for sports fans, covering six Sky Sports channels for £11 (€15.64) a month for duration of the forthcoming football season. At £99 for nine months, with access to 108 Premier League matches, the package works out […]
Following the recent integration of Canal Plus into Telefonica’s Movistar Plus, it is testing new technology to improve the audio quality based on the EAC3 format. The pay TV platform is currently broadcasting through its fibre optic network Canal Plus Estrenos HD with 4 audio tracks, two of them using MPEG2 with a 192 Kbps […]
Advanced Television talks to Rob Gelphman, VP Marketing & Member Relations, at the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MOCA) about how MOCA works alongside WiFi to guarantee fast and reliable access inside the modern multi-device home. MOCA ensures fast and reliable access to all the services the provider brings to the home and thereby underwrites QoE […]
TV operators and content owners are favouring the hybrid OTT model over more traditional solutions, according to MPP Global. With online accessibility and the number of mobile devices increasing, consumers are demanding more online video content. To accommodate this trend and compete with
Ultra HD programming is expected to see strong take-up rates globally, with failure to invest now will mean a failure to tap into its growing premium revenues, according to Alan Crisp, Analyst at satellite industry market research and consulting services firm NSR. Writing in NSR’s ‘Bottom Line’ Blog, Crisp says
Sky Sports has further strengthened its position as the home of the Premier League by winning the rights to show clips from every Premier League game across its digital platforms. The three-year agreement, starting from the 2016/17 season, will see clips from every Premier League match being made available to both mobile and online users, […]
According to the latest broadband report from Futuresource Consulting, video now accounts for the majority of broadband traffic. This is mainly being driven by the continued global growth of OTT services, such as YouTube and Netflix. Futuresource expects
Amino Technologies, the provider of digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of broadcast hybrid TV and connected home solutions provider Entone for a total consideration of $73 million (€67.2 million). Donald McGarva, Chief Executive of Amino, said the proposed acquisition […]
Quickplay, the global specialist in powering premium video to any device, has concluded its fiscal year and announced it can reach one billion addressable viewers via its managed video platform service. In response to increased demand for OTT video services globally, Quickplay has up-scaled its service platform to become one of the largest end-to-end managed […]