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Levira opens new play-out facility in Bratislava

Levira, a leading independent TV-play-out service provider in Northern Europe, has commenced installation of a new state-of-the-art play-out facility in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The brand new multichannel play-out facility starts operating in late fall 2014.   Located geographically in the heart of Central Europe, Bratislava has excellent connections to the whole region. Thus the new […]

September 13, 2014

EchoStar to present home automation solution at IBC

EchoStar Corporation, a global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions, will provide IBC attendees a sneak peek of its exciting new product for secure home automation during IBC in Amsterdam. EchoStar, the award-winning creator of such popular consumer products as the Slingbox, which allows consumers to watch and control their living room TV at […]

September 12, 2014

Swisscom selects Verimatrix to provide enhanced revenue security

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that Swisscom, the leader of the Swiss digital TV market, has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) to provide enhanced revenue security for its new Swisscom TV 2.0 service offering, which offers integrated live and […]

September 12, 2014

ITV selects Telestream for multi-platform workflow solutions

Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced the completion of a strategic project with UK-based free to air commercial broadcaster, ITV. Designated content delivery modernisation (CDM), the project positions Telestream’s Vantage transcoding platform at the heart of ITV’s file-based workflow. Adopting Vantage in this way enables ITV to achieve time […]

September 12, 2014

MaxLinear to Showcase 4K Satellite Full-Spectrum Capture Technology at IBC 2014

MaxLinear, a provider of integrated radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband communications applications, will demonstrate its latest range of Full-Spectrum Capture™ (FSC™) low-power satellite products at IBC 2014. The demonstration will showcase the end-to-end reception of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) content, from GT-SAT’s digital satellite low-noise block (dLNB) downconverter to a […]

September 11, 2014

AOL Launches New Original Series “Making a Scene With James Franco”

“MAKING A SCENE WITH JAMES FRANCO,” an innovative ten-episode comedy showcasing James Franco’s recreation of cinema’s most iconic moments, will launch Wednesday, September 17th on AOL Originals. Born out of the film buff’s love of movies and a childhood spent acting out scenes with his brothers, “Making a Scene” features James collaborating with his creative team and […]

September 11, 2014

CryptoGuard strengthens its position in Africa

CryptoGuard, the CAS choice for a modern and progressive TV  operator, announce a partnership with Satcon regarding two networks in Africa. Satcon has decided to use CryptoGuard’s Conditional Access platform, and also CryptoGuard’s Subscriber Manager System to help them monetize their operation in a more efficient way. The start will be two networks, one in […]

September 11, 2014

TV2 in Denmark goes for R&S DVS systems

TV 2, a publicly owned television station based in Odense in Denmark, has opted for high-end Rohde & Schwarz DVS equipment to streamline its workflows. The ingest and production server R&S VENICE as well as the storage solution R&S DVS-SAN will play a vital role in the optimized infrastructure at TV 2. These systems will […]

September 10, 2014

SBS Belgium chooses for an innovative production platform from SDNsquare

SBS has chosen SDNsquare’s WARP as its new state-of the art production platform. The award-winning WARP is the only truly scalable software solution available today that delivers predictable performance for storage systems. It is independent of the underlying server and storage hardware allowing cost-efficient, fully scalable and future proof production. WARP delivers outstanding interoperability with […]

September 10, 2014

Smart Zapper from DCC LABS

DCC LABS present Smart Zapper – a thick client software stack dedicated to DVB S/S2/C/T Set-Top Boxes, which even runs on devices with limited memory and processing power.Based on Smart Script, it maintains extremely high responsiveness in UI and allows for quick app/UI editions. With OTT Application development using Smart Script, the Smart Zapper allows […]

September 9, 2014