Finland’s Teleste has acquired 100 per cent of Asheridge Communications Ltd, the UK provider of access network equipment for cable operators. Asheridge has a particularly strong offering in HFC network passives products and customised solutions. Asheridge is strengthening Teleste’s position as the leading supplier of access networks for European cable operators. With offices in the UK, Spain and Poland the [...]
Digisoft.tv, a global provider of HTML5 set-top box (STB) software and Dune HD, a global leader in full HD media players and connected boxes, announced at NAB a new cost-effective consumer platform aimed at carriers and retailers. Based on the award-winning Dune HD Connect StickSTB with additional support for the company’s full line of IPTV and OTT IP and hybrid [...]
Ericsson is buying Microsoft’s TV solution Mediaroom business. This will make Ericsson the leading provider of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25 per cent. The deal, first reported here a couple of weeks ago, is expected during the second half of 2013. Mediaroom employs more than 400 people worldwide. Per Borgklint, Senior Vice President and [...]
Content owners, including HBO, Disney/ABC, and Fox are rapidly growing in importance as customers for video encoder and transcoders, according to findings from analyst firm ABI Research. Content owners have always purchased some video encoders for primary distribution – which feed into existing pay-TV systems; however, their investment is increasingly in multi-format transcoders that support direct to consumer distribution. “Content [...]
RGB Networks, the provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has confirmed the availability of its Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) Gen 2, the second generation model of its VMG product line. Building on the field-proven capabilities of the first-generation platform, the VMG Gen 2 is the heart of RGB’s ’Multiscreen 2.0’ live streaming solution, which allows video service providers [...]
Communications technology specialist Ericsson is launch a new high performance compression platform which it claims raises the bar for efficiency and flexibility in the delivery of TV services over all networks. The AVP 4000, powered by Ericsson’s first-ever in-house developed programmable video processing chip, addresses multiple applications, regardless of codec, resolution or network. “The AVP 4000 is the most powerful [...]
KT, the Koreaan telco, and cloud infrastructure services provider Akamai Technologies, have confirmed they will expand their strategic partnership. KT has agreed to leverage technology from Akamai to provide CDN services to its customers in Korea. Using Akamai’s Aura Managed CDN, KT will have dedicated CDN capacity that is available for its own content applications or third party CDN services. [...]
Wasu Media Group, a cable and new media service provider in Huangzhou province, China, has selected Envivio Muse transcoders on the 4Caster appliance for its cable and multi-screen services. Today, the service supports transcoding of MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) for DVB-C video services delivered to 800,000 subscriber homes in Huangzhou, and will be extended to support multi-screen and over-the-top [...]
Sunrise Telecom Incorporated, a provider of test, monitoring and workflow management solutions for cable, telecom, wireless operators, and equipment manufacturers, today announced the addition of OAM (Operations, Administration and Management) and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) capabilities to the company’s versatile RxT® Smart Productivity Test Platform. Integrated into the RxT 10GE module, the new features enable service providers to successfully and efficiently [...]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has announced a new collaboration with AirTies Wireless Networks, a supplier of wireless home networking and STB solutions. Broadpeak’s award-winning nanoCDN technology has been pre-integrated on AirTies’ Air5650 wireless routers and Air4742 media streamers to improve live OTT video [...]
