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CAM with GSM technology unveiled by Neotion

Neotion, the French company specialising in the design and manufacture of DVB-CI & CI Plus modules for pay-TV operators (Broadcast & Telecommunications), has become the first pay-TV access module manufacturer worldwide to have implemented GSM technology into a CAM. Once inserted into the DVB-CI Plus slots of all digital television sets and STB decoders, Neotion’s […]

September 16, 2011

Irdeto launches end to end TV Everywhere solution

Irdeto has announced the launch of its open standards cloud-based TV Services platform complete with reference applications for tablets, smartphones and other iOS and Android devices. Irdeto also announced the launch of its next generation content management solution, Irdeto MediaManager.  Together, the end to end solution enables Pay TV operators to deliver on the TV […]

September 14, 2011

Red Bee Media to power EPG for Saorview

Red Bee Media has been selected as the sole supplier of TV and radio listings metadata for Saorview, Ireland’s free digital TV service. Under the deal, Red Bee Media will create and deliver the electronic programme guide (EPG) for the eight TV channels and ten radio stations currently available on the Saorview platform. Saorview is […]

September 14, 2011

KIT digital signs strategic partnership with LG

KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider for multiscreen video management and delivery, has announced a broad ranging partnership with LG Electronics to provide IP-video platform technology, content and professional services to the company’s Home Entertainment Division for its Smart TV platform. Under the terms of the agreement, KIT digital and LG […]

September 13, 2011

KIT digital for Liberty Global streaming service

Liberty Global, the international cable operator, has selected KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider, to design, build and host the platform driving its new IP-based VoD and live streaming service. The Horizon online service will see the creation of an ecosystem that provides a single and flexible, multi-lingual, multi-tenant, and multi-currency […]

September 12, 2011

Bluestreak powers Panasonic connected chips

Bluestreak Technology, a specialist in Video Everywhere, has announced that Panasonic Semiconductor has selected Bluestreak Technology’s MachBlue platform to power the company’s new OTT video solution. The new offering enables set makers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide that utilise Panasonic chipsets in their connected televisions, digital media players, and Blu-ray players to immediately provide […]

September 9, 2011

T-VIPS and ProTelevision debut DVB-T2-lite solution

T-VIPS, a specialist in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, and ProTelevision, a  supplier of the modulators, repeaters and transceivers, have worked together to develop a joint DVB-T2-Lite transmission solution. The solution will power a trial for the Danish operator, Open Channel, which will go live post-IBC. The solution has been designed to enable operators […]

September 9, 2011

ruwido’s Good Companions

Home input device and interaction mechanism specialist ruwido has launched its ‘companion box’, a solution that connects smartphones to the television in the living room to individualise content offerings and personalise the viewing experience. The companion box consists of both hardware and software solutions. The hardware component is able to send Infra-Red (IR) commands and […]

September 8, 2011Colin Mann @ IBC

Rapid adoption for Adobe TV Everywhere pass

Adobe Systems has announced at the IBC that Adobe Pass service has gained substantial traction since it launched in March 2011. Adobe Pass makes it easy for TV programmers and media companies to validate that customers are entitled to view online content based on their pay TV subscription package. With Adobe Pass, pay TV subscribers […]

September 8, 2011

TV Genius ‘relevance’ with GfK audience research

TV Genius, part of Red Bee Media, has formed a partnership with GfK Media, a market research agency, to further enhance the relevance of its  Content Discovery Platform. The partnership combines TV Genius’ search and recommendation solution for TV content with GfK Media’s audience research expertise to provide operators and content owners from around the […]

September 8, 2011