Intel’s High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), which is its copy protection system for audio and video, has been cracked by a German research team using off-the-shelf products, to prove that there are flaws in its encryption, reports MacWorld. HDCP sits inside nearly every HDMI or DVI-compatible TV or computer flat screen. It serves to pass […]
Spanish telco operator Abertis Telecom is trialling DTT tests using the European standard DVB-T2 in the city of Barcelona, north of Spain, for a six month period. The pilot test aims to assess the benefits of the new standard for broadcasting of services for the fixed and mobile reception through a single multiplex, one signal […]
Tektronix, a specialist in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, has announced that company’s flagship Sentry digital content monitor has been selected by Cogeco Cable, Canada’s fourth largest cable operator, to help ensure their video services are delivered with exceptional quality. Cogeco Cable will deploy Sentry’s advanced Quality of Experience (QoE) and Perceptive Video […]
Chile’s Telefónica del Sur, part of the Grupo Gtd telecommunications group, has deployed a VideoBRIDGE end-to-end monitoring and analysis system which includes Bridge Technologies’ VB220 probes for advanced digital media monitoring of its IPTV services. Chile’s fourth-largest telecommunications company and the country’s first to introduce IPTV services, Telefónica del Sur offers Internet, cellular, and fixed […]
Chile’s Telefónica del Sur, part of the Grupo Gtd telecommunications group, has deployed a VideoBRIDGE end-to-end monitoring and analysis system which includes Bridge Technologies’ VB220 probes for advanced digital media monitoring of its IPTV services. Chile’s fourth-largest telecommunications company and the country’s first to introduce IPTV services, Telefónica del Sur offers Internet, cellular, and fixed […]
Channel 4 has kicked off a trial to explore what kind of bespoke content best suits the features of the social, second-screen TV app Zeebox. Zeebox, a cloud-based service designed to synchronise a user’s Twitter and Facebook social graphs to let viewers synchronise what they are watching on TV, launched last month. The app, which […]
Mobile network O2 has started testing a next-generation mobile data service in London. The nine month trial will involve hundreds of consumers and businesses using a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network across parts of the city. O2 says its LTE downloads will be many times faster than those over 3G. The news comes a fortnight […]
Farncombe, the specialist consultancy, has announced the launch of the Farncombe Test Lab, following an agreement to acquire the laboratory testing facilities of UK pay-DTT operator Top Up TV. The Farncombe Test Lab will continue to work with Top Up TV, which will be out-sourcing its future testing requirements to Farncombe, whose team has been […]
VeEX, a global leader in Telecom and CATV test solutions, announces the release of the V-SAM test suite for its VePAL V300 and VePAL V100+ series Ethernet products. The V-SAM feature is based on the recently ratified ITU-T Y.1564 standard which revolutionizes Ethernet test methodology by introducing an efficient and comprehensive test suite suited for […]
VeEX, a global leader in Telecom and CATV test solutions, has announced the introduction of the VePAL MX100e+, a new low cost version of its’ widely deployed MX100+ handheld Ethernet product family. The MX100e+ supports 10/100/1000Base-T copper and 100Base-FX, 1000Base-X optical interfaces. BERT, Throughput and RFC2544 testing is complemented by several new key features including […]