Rovi has entered into an entertainment discovery patent licence agreement with LG Uplus Corporation (LG U+), a South Korean cellular carrier owned by the LG Group, Korea’s fourth largest conglomerate and parent company of the consumer electronics giant. This licence agreement provides LG U+ with access to Rovi’s patent portfolio. LG U+ provides real-time live […]
Keepixo, a provider of software-based head-end solutions for IPTV and OTT, has upgraded its Genova Software Suite to support the latest additions to the HbbTV 2.0 specifications. HbbTV is a global initiative targeted at bridging broadcast and broadband delivery of content and services to allow consumption of content on connected TVs, set-top boxes and mobile […]
CASBAA, the Association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery in Asia, has described Asian OTT regulation as an “unsustainable” situation, which sees governments maintain legacy regulatory policies that disadvantage their local operators, while television supply is moving online and undergoing a “comprehensive transformation”. CASBAA’s comments come in study – Same Same […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, announced that it has received all the test material for the first release of a test suite for HbbTV 2.0 implementations. The current HbbTV test suite (V8.1) is suitable […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Selevision, the Saudi Arabian technology and service provider for the global broadcast industry and the multi-platform entertainment company in the Middle East and North Africa, has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Broadcast-Hybrid to provide […]
Netflix has been streaming 4K content since April 2014 and when actual 4K content was extremely thin on the ground. Happily there are now plenty of consumers with Ultra-HD (UHD) displays and last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw one of its VP/interface innovation, Chris Jaffe, promise delegates that there would be plenty of […]
Amazon’s subscription video service could soon be launching in Australia, where it would directly take on Netflix, Presto and Stan in the country. The Australian Financial Review reports that Amazon wants to use the launch of its new motoring show with ex-Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to give it big […]
Everyflix has launched in the UK, claiming to be the first streaming TV and movie aggregator which sends personalised alerts based on what users like to watch. Everyflix viewers can easily find streaming movies and TV shows available via UK TV providers. Extensive filtering saves viewers’ time to find exactly what they like to watch, […]
Video inventory management platform SpotX and OTT video news service Newsy are among the first to monetise Apple’s new tvOS in response to burgeoning advertiser demand for connected TV (CTV) video inventory. Newsy claims to help advertisers target cord-cutting millennials who watch its video news reports on CTV, desktop and mobile devices. Newsy, whose Apple […]
Balaji Telefilms, India’s largest TV and film production studio, has announced its partnership with Xstream, a provider of OTT solutions, and Diagnal, Asia’s regional OTT specialists, for powering its upcoming OTT entertainment service, ALT Balaji. Xstream’s cloud-based video management system, Xstream MediaMaker, will fuel ALT Balaji’s multiscreen solution ALT Balaji and Diagnal will be responsible […]