ActiveVideo Networks has licensed its CloudTV H5 platform to Comcast. Comcast is using this platform in an enhanced VoD user experience trial. The cloud-based user interface provides a graphically rich way for Xfinity On Demand customers to search and discover VoD content. “Our goal is simple: to help Comcast make it easier for customers to […]
Latens, a provider of software security solutions for payTV across all networks, has announced that the Telenet Group has chosen Latens Titanium secure software CAS, to boost its leadership position in the Belgian pay-TV market. Telenet is continuously rolling out the Latens software across its customer base and has deployed over four hundred thousand set-top […]
Neotion, the French company specialised in the design and manufacturing of DVB-CI & CI Plus Conditional Access Module, intended for pay TV operators (Broadcast and Telecommunications) and who has already supplied Irdeto CAM technology to the Austrian market from September 2011, brings now a professional version of Irdeto Softcell 3.11 CAM dedicated to IRD Pro […]
NDS is supporting Teleclub, a pay-TV operator in Switzerland, in the expansion of their platform to enable additional functionality and extended hardware choice. Teleclub are expanding choice for their subscribers through the introduction of Common Interface Plus (CI+) modules based on the NDS VideoGuard conditional access (CA) system, and HD DVR functionality with the addition […]
Intel is planning on facial-recognition technology for targeted advertising via its purported ‘virtual TV’ service. Intel has yet to confirm its TV plans but a special report from Reuters says sources who are negotiating supply deals with Intel confirm it is planning a slimmed down cable type service and will use a set top box […]
Sky has begun rolling out a number of enhancements to its Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), with the intention of making it easier for customers to locate their favourite programmes and discover new shows within a new look user interface. The new features, which will be rolled out to customers with Sky+HD set-top boxes during the […]
Red Bee Media, the media management company, has announced a five-year deal with BSkyB to provide subtitling services in the UK. Effective from July 2012, Red Bee Media will exclusively provide all live subtitling for six Sky channels – Sky News, Sky Sports News and Sky Sports 1-4 – and pre-recorded subtitling for a suite […]
Tuxera, a provider of interoperable file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, has announced that Humax, a global set-top box manufacturer, has selected Tuxera file systems to power its advanced set-top box products. With Tuxera file systems, Humax latest set-top boxes will support the recording of video streams to any external locally attached […]
Encryption specialist NDS has a new end-to-end contract to supply its MediaHighway software and VideoGuard encryption to ADN Networks of Delhi. ADN is converting its analogue cable distribution system to digital, in line with India’s move to all-digital TV distribution. Specifically, NDS will provide an end-to-end technology suite including MediaHighway set-top box software, VideoGuard conditional […]
Hillcrest Labs has announced that TCL Multimedia, one of China’s leading TV and consumer electronics brands, is using Hillcrest’s patented Freespace motion software for TCL’s Android-based Smart TVs, including its flagship V7500 Android 4.03 Smart TV, and motion sensing remotes. The Smart TV system will be available in China this month and in other markets […]