SoftAtHome, a software provider of home operating platforms that help service providers deliver convergent applications to the digital home, and Lantiq, a supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, are collaborating to deliver an integrated platform for advanced Home Gateways (HGW). Together, SoftAtHome and Lantiq created a ChipSet Support Package (CSSP) that enables SoftAtHome […]
AmberFin has launched Version 6 of its award winning iCR software range, which includes products for ingest, Transcode, review, automatic QC, format conversion and standards conversion. Version 6 features major new developments in response to the growth in file based workflows, using generic IT based hardware under web services control. AmberFin CTO Bruce Devlin explains: […]
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has made a strategic partnership with Belgacom, Belgium’s leading quadruple play provider, to power TV and Video Search across Belgacom’s new entertainment platform. This strategic partnership is exclusive for Belgium and Luxembourg. Belgacom has chosen to incorporate blinkx’s unique technology into its next generation entertainment platform, which will […]
Comcast has unveiled its new Xfinity TV app, which will enable Xfinity TV digital customers to watch TV shows and movies directly on the iPad either at home or on-the-go in the coming weeks. The Xfinity TV app is a TV guide and a mobile video player all in one. It enables customers to change […]
Towercom Bulgaria has selected Thomson Broadcast as a strategic supplier in the rollout of a DVB-T-based digital terrestrial television (DTT) network across Bulgaria. This deal includes the acquisition of new energy-efficient Thomson Broadcast Elite GreenPower transmitters for reduced energy usage and optimal reliability. Towercom Bulgaria was awarded a 15-year DVB-T licence and is building two […]
Trilithic, the experts in digital Emergency Alert Systems and Statmon Technologies, a broadcast infrastructure technology management and solution provider, have announced a partnership to integrate Trilithic’s EASyCAST Emergency Alert System with Statmon’s Axess management solution. The integration of these two solutions creates an intuitive management environment to aid in the monitoring and automation of all […]
Level 3 Communications has been selected to serve as a primary content delivery network (CDN) provider for Netflix to support the company’s streaming functionality and to support storage for the entire Netflix library of content. As a result of the deal, Level 3 has accelerated plans to further invest in its CDN capacity. Level 3 […]
BBC’s quasi-interactive Red Button service has high reach but isn’t appreciated enough to justify its cost the BBC Trust has concluded. The Red Button cost £39.3 million (E44m) in 2009/10 and had 12 million users a week. The Trust and BBC management say it’s not yet clear how Red Button will figure in YouView’s IPTV […]
Widevine has revealed Panasonic has selected it as its preferred provider of video optimisation and digital rights management (DRM) solutions. Widevine’s video optimisation will provide adaptive streaming and virtual DVD experiences, while its DRM will keep content protected on Panasonic consumer electronics such as Viera connected TVs, Blu-ray disc players and more.
blinkx has turned its first profit in the six months to September, more than three years after the flotation of the online video company. Revenues doubled to $27.4 million with a pre-tax profit of $2 million compared with losses of $7.3 million in the same period last year. Because blinkx’s operating costs are growing at […]