Sprint and DISH Network plan to jointly develop and deploy a fixed wireless broadband service, on a trial basis, in Corpus Christi, Texas that will be available in the middle of 2014. The service will initially be available in limited areas of Corpus Christi with a plan to expand into additional markets in the future. […]
VeEX, a global player in Telecom and CATV test solutions, has announced the availability of the Multi-Protocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) and Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) rates from 614.4 Mbps to 9.8304 Gbps for its TX300 test set. MPLS-TP, a Layer 2 packet-based transport mechanism, is gaining momentum as a transport of choice […]
Medialogic Pakistan, the national TV ratings provider, has formed a partnership with Kantar Media to enhance the TV audience measurement service in Pakistan. Medialogic will deploy Kantar Media’s Rapid Meter technology, phasing out the current DFM (Direct Frequency Measurement) technology supplied by GfK. First unveiled at the 2011 asi TV Symposium, the Rapid Meter has […]
Canal+ Group, the pay-TV provider, is in advanced deployment testing using a new software solution co-developed with Wyplay based on the Frog By Wyplay service. Frog, the first independent Open Source solution targeted for television operators, allowed Canal+ to: · Develop a high performance graphical user-interface in HTML5, · Create partnerships with third-party software solution […]
Comcast has partnered with Nielsen to test a new ad strategy that will see advertisements inserted into the VoD offering of every episode of a current series’ season. With 200 full TV-series offered on Comcast’s VoD platform, the US telco will use Nielsen’s ad measurement system to get commercial ratings credit for the views of […]
Mediamorph, the cross-platform media and entertainment intelligence and analytics firm, has revealed that all3media international, the distribution arm of the all3media group, has implemented its Track product. Track brings together, automates and provides analytics on top of usage and revenue data from all3media international’s digital, DVD and app licensees. Mediamorph’s Track platform structures and streamlines […]
The BBC has released a beta version of a new service designed to boost its live OTT event coverage. The BBC said that the revamped service was a “new approach to live event coverage” following coverage of the 2012 London Olympics and this year’s Wimbledon and Glastonbury. “It’s our intention to raise the bar even […]
Harris Interactive, a global market research firm, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Nielsen, the global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Nielsen will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Harris Interactive’s […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has been selected as the strategic partner for service quality assurance for Telekom Austria Group’s new DTH platform for satellite pay-TV. Telekom Austria Group’s direct2home product is targeted at broadcasting companies and telecommunication operators in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), a region in the process of digital […]
Italian public broadcaster RAI and the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta have signed an agreement for technological trials of video recording in 3D and 4K and the introduction of multi-screen applications for citizens and SMEs. Under this Agreement, to be implemented by RAI’s Strategic Technologies Directorate, audiovisual productions will be filmed with innovative formats (3D, […]