The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has revealed plans to work with Ipsos MORI on trials of the Mediacell Tablet Peoplemeter. This will be the first substantial test of an innovative meter design and is part of a fresh BARB investigation into new techniques for collecting viewing data. The trial involves 60 homes in London […]
Stichting KijkOnderzoek (SKO), the industry body responsible for the reporting and monitoring of viewing behaviour in the Netherlands, has awarded Kantar Media and TNS NIPO a four year contract for the provision of cross platform ratings. This new service, the first of its kind, will begin delivering online ratings for programme content and video campaigns […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced that BSkyB has extended its Agama DTV Monitoring Solution deployment to also cover its OTT service playout. Sky has two OTT services: Sky Go, a TV Everywhere multiscreen offer for its DTH subscribers; and, NOW TV, a standalone OTT streaming product targeting users from a […]
Internet privacy software and solutions specialist ContentGuard has confirmed that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final written decisions on June 26th 2014 and July 1st 2014 finding valid all claims of the ContentGuard digital rights management (DRM) patents at issue. These decisions follow […]
VeEX, a global player in telecom and CATV test solutions, has completed the acquisition of Agizer and Optixsoft. Optixsoft, based in Minsk, Belarus is a software company providing system and mobile software for OTDR analysis and revolutionary cloud-based solutions for management of fiber optic testing activities. Agizer, based in Vilnus, Lithuania is a developer and […]
The BBC has started its Ultra-HD closed trials from the World Cup tournament in Brazil. The BBC Research & Development department has partnered with Arqiva for the trials that will use the latest DVB-DASH profile IP. In a blog post Phil Layton, Head of Broadcast & Connected Systems at the BBC, outlined what the trials […]
Croatia’s largest pay-TV platform Hrvatski Telekom is the first company to partner with TVbeat, a London-based start-up that provides real-time TV audience measurement to pay-TV platforms, broadcasters and media buyers. The partnership will allow Hrvatski Telekom to access quality data about viewing behaviour live on a second-by-second basis, providing detailed insights into viewer consumption, helping […]
Friend MTS, a video content protection provider, announced today its new service to enable secure streaming of live video. As content creators and broadcasters holders rush to meet the demand for live streaming video to connected devices, new systems are required to ensure that they retain control of where and when their content is consumed. […]
GeoPoll, the real-time mobile survey platform, has launched its Audience Measurement Service, which offers the first ever daily TV ratings in several African markets. The launch of this service comes just in time for the World Cup, when GeoPoll will publish game viewership data from African nations as locals cheer on their teams, and global […]
Media technology services provider Farncombe has announced that AirTies Wireless Networks, the wireless networking and OTT-STB vendor, has chosen to deploy version 4 of Farncombe’s OpenTest automated consumer device testing system. AirTies can now significantly increase the number and type of automated tests it runs on its hybrid IPTV set-top boxes. OpenTest version 4 features […]