Rentrak, a specialist in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced that it has been granted another patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No. 8,930,978 is for detecting and correcting TV viewership levels caused by missing or “dropped” set-top box viewing information. Given that cable, telco and satellite operators may […]

The Landing, MediaCityUK’s digital enterprise hub, has added analogue testing facilities at its SPACE Interactive Media Labs following the installation of traditional copper connectivity to add to its existing dedicated fibre footprint. The SPACE Labs are some of the most sophisticated user-experience (UX) facilities in the UK. This install is in response to an increasing […]

CBS chairman/CEO Les Moonves told an audience at CES in Las Vegas that overnight TV ratings were now antiquated and “basically worthless” as OTT and other ‘catch-up’ services proliferated. However, he also stressed that he had no objection to the normal linear broadcast system, which he hoped would stay in place, but said  “We don’t […]

Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced a collaboration with Broadcom to provide a comprehensive revenue security solution for ultra-HD video services. As a key component of that effort, the Verimatrix VideoMark forensic watermarking technology is now being introduced as an embedded security […]

Anevia has announced the first service in its new Cloud strategy. Introduced to Anevia customers and partners during its fist Cloud Conference, Anevia Cloud Monitoring is a software-as-a-service based application allowing global maintenance of enterprise television deployments based on Anevia Flamingo XL and XS IPTV head-ends. Anevia’s Cloud Monitoring service allows lost-channel issues such as […]

WorldCast Systems has confirmedthe sale of 60 Audemat DVB-T2 monitoring platforms to the Thai Public Broadcasting Service. This follows hot on the heels of a similar project earlier this year when the company supplied almost 80 units to Channel 5, also in Thailand. Audemat DVB-T2 MonitorThai PBS will use the Audemat unit to monitor the […]

US broadcasting companies FOX, Tribune Media, and Univision have joined forces with Timeline Labs to announce NewCoin, a new data venture aimed at addressing deficiencies in local market television audience measurement.  The mission of NewCoin is to harness the data gathering power of currently available and emerging technologies, in order to create a broader based […]

Software-based video processing and delivery solutions specialist Envivio has introduced a new option for its Guru head-end monitoring solution  – a new ‘service-oriented’ approach to monitoring that results in faster and more efficient troubleshooting of video delivery networks, including cable, IPTV, satellite and OTT. This new option, available only through separate purchase, incorporates a service-driven, […]

Audience research company Kantar Media has launched Kantar Twitter TV ratings, the first measurement tool to analyse social media TV audiences in Spain.  It is the result of a global partnership with Twitter to implement a new suite of tools to support planning and analytics for the TV industry. Its first findings reveal that 61 […]

Axon Digital Design, a supplier of broadcast network infrastructure products and solutions, has announced the release of SMART DVB, a complete suite of tools to monitor, report and analyze live MPEG-2 and DVB transport streams. Powerful and versatile, the SMART DVB suite enables owners and operators to ensure health, conformity and quality across the digital […]