Netgem has confirmed its acquisition of PlugnSurf – a company that has developed and marketed the WOBE, the first mobile connectivity device to incorporate a patented technology for automatic off-loading between mobile data (3G/4G) and WiFi networks. The integration of PlugnSurf will expand Netgem’s existing product offer. It will allow Netgem to help telecom operators […]
Multi-screen digital TV services revenue and security enhancement specialist Verimatrix has confirmed that Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie rental company, is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand (VoD) service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV. Quickflix’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Taylor OTT said Verimatrix’s expertise had enabled Quickflix to become one […]
England football fans will be able to watch the team’s Euro 2012 clash with Sweden live using their smartphones and tablets through a new BBC Sport streaming service. The corporation has used the first full week of the Euro 2012 tournament to test “some exciting new ways to enjoy the football”. This includes a service […]
Mexican regulators have given the green light to television giant Televisa to buy half of a small mobile phone company owned by its only significant competitor in the TV market, as long as conditions designed to “avoid the risk of collusion” are met. Televisa currently controls about two-thirds of free TV channels in Mexico, while […]
Positioning themselves better to meet technological and business challenges faced by the content consumption market, France Telecom Group companies Viaccess and Orca Interactive are to merge their management structures. This new organisation will allow customers to benefit from the strength and expertise of legacy telecommunications combined with the innovative edge of an agile technology company […]
Multi-screen digital TV content security solutions specialist Conax has unveiled Conax Xtend Multiscreen, a new pre-integrated solution for enabling easy migration to advanced multiscreen services. The solution is a high performance, cost-efficient ecosystem for multiscreen hybrid-broadband-broadcast content delivery and consumption. The solution has been developed together with middleware provider, Cubiware, and content management system provider, […]
A significant share of TV viewers are using PCs and mobile devices as second and third screens to access video content, according to the results of a cross-platform pilot test to be presented by Arbitron and the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) at the Advertising Research Foundation Audience Measurement 7.0 conference in New York. […]
comScore has released insights on the US tablet market from comScore TabLens, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the US with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. […]
Customers of Singaporean broadband communications and entertainment service StarHub TV will be able to watch their favourite TV channels across multiple screens, anytime, anywhere with its new value-added service – TV Anywhere. With the launch of the Internet TV platform starhubtv.com, TV Anywhere will be a key service offering, giving viewers access to cable TV […]
The growth in the tablet user base will cause the number of users of mobile adult video content on tablets to triple by 2015, a report from Juniper Research finds. This trend is repeated across all forms of mobile adult content on tablets with the number mobile adult subscribers and mobile adult videochat users also […]