Dream Multimedia, supplier of Linux-based set-top boxes, has warned consumers not to buy stolen goods. 128 Dreamboxes model DM8000 HD PVR were stolen in a burglary recently. Dream has reported the matter to the authorities, who are investigating. It can be assumed the stolen Dreamboxes will be offered for sale at particularly attractive prices. Consumers […]
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is announcing its first fully integrated High Definition channel launch with Outdoor Channel throughout Asia and the Pacific. ABS is providing Outdoor Channel with a comprehensive, integrated broadcast solution including content library management, HD and SD playout, subtitling, encryption, and transmission services for Outdoor Channel, using its ABS-1 and ABS-5 satellites. […]
Irdeto, the global expert in securing and delivering premium content and digital assets, congratulates customer Videocon d2h, a provider of direct-to-home (DTH) services for India, for recently reaching two million subscribers. To achieve this significant milestone, Videocon d2h relied on Irdeto’s robust end-to-end pay-TV solution suite to create a distinctive user experience with direct access […]
Witbe, a specialist in video Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions for three screen technologies, has announced that it will launch a 3D stereoscopic TV solution in Q4 2010. It will be the first 3D solution of its kind available to 3D TV service providers. In the search for new revenue streams, operators are moving […]
Broadcasters affected by EMC AVALON storage software End of Life (EOL) risk losing valuable digital assets as technical support for AVALON products ceases at the end of October this year. The challenge lies in quickly migrating digital assets to a supported platform while making sure stored assets are still available for use. Masstech, the leading […]
As part of its on-going development in Africa, Grass Valley is supplying a turnkey high-definition TV production studio, complete with cameras, video production switcher, routers, and a shared-storage editing environment to Multimedia Group Ltd. (MGL), operators of Multi TV (a new digital satellite multi-channel TV station) based in Ghana. This new multi-faceted project (“Phase II”) […]
ARD, ZDF and five other broadcasters transmit High Definition programmes free-to-air in Germany whereas RTL, SAT1, Pro7, VOX, Kabel1 and SPORT1, which is starting from November 1 st, can only be received with an HD+ compatible satellite receiver. Set-top box specialist STRONG is now launching its fully equipped SRT 7805 satellite receiver. With its built-in […]
Cheetah Technologies, LP, a leader in network performance and video quality management solutions, today announced planned enhancements to its CMD-EL end of line RF monitor that will dramatically expand cable system operators’ ability to perform critical digital measurements on QAM video carriers. In addition, the product development will be expanded to provide support for DOCSIS […]
RGB Networks, an expert in network video processing, has announced the hiring of Simone Sassoli as Vice President, International. In this position he will be responsible for RGB’s sales throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. “As video service providers around the world begin their trials and deployments of multi-screen services, we […]
Cheetah Technologies has announced a new addition to its V-Factor Source Monitor line that extends the company’s leadership in network performance and video quality management solutions all the way to the subscriber premises. Cheetah’s V-Factor SMSTB is designed to emulate a subscriber surfing channels and builds upon Cheetah’s proven video analysis technology to objectively and […]