Xstream, premium provider of end-to-end video management solution and related services, has announced that Pathé Thuis, one of Holland’s leading online video-on-demand services, taps Xstream to implement and deliver Widevine DRM for iOS and Android content delivery. Pathé is one of Europe’s leading film companies, with 22 movie theaters in The Netherlands. Pathé Thuis is the company’s online video service, [...]
Movie search website FindAnyFilm.com has added a number of UltraViolet-enabled titles to its website. This comes with a series of other new features to the site, including improved design and the integration of the EE Film Store data from the UK’s first 4G network provider. With the aim of quickly connecting audiences with legal content services, and gently nudging them [...]
A proposed solution to help drive the retail take-up of UltraViolet-enabled content emerged victorious in a Dragon’s Den-style entertainment innovation session that closed PEVE Entertainment 2013 in London. Rudi Martinez, Head of Concept Design at London-based packaging solutions specialist AGI-Shorewood Group, pitching the digicode idea to a panel of three senior executives at event organiser IHS, suggested that there was [...]
ORS has selected Neotion as technical partner for the launch of its new nationwide terrestrial TV service, called simpliTV. The simpliTV bouquet is based on DVB-T2 standard and Irdeto Media Protection. Austria already completed the analogue switch off in 2011 and ORS is moving forward to the next level by launching the first DVB-T2 service in Austria. The goal is [...]
Sony Pictures Television Networks has unveiled a custom second screen viewing app to accompany the premiere of their hotly anticipated drama, Hannibal, which it co-commissioned for its global portfolio of channels. Developed by SPT Networks’ digital arm, the Hannibal app will initially be made available in local languages to accompany the series on AXN channels serving Spanish-speaking Latin America, Brazil, [...]
Civolution confirms its support of 4k Ultra HD for its NexGuard – Streaming forensic watermarking solution. Capitalixsing on its unrivalled experience in 4k video watermarking in Digital Cinema, Civolution is now offering video service providers watermarking solutions for 4k Ultra HD content distribution. Civolution’s NexGuard – Streaming technology can be used to provide service providers with session based forensic watermarking [...]
Video service delivery specialist Saffron Digital, which recently joined Akamai’s NetAlliance Partner Programme, has leveraged its relationship with the leading cloud platform provider to launch a comprehensive end-to-end UltraViolet (UV) solution. The new solution will enable retailers, content owners, operators and device manufacturers to take advantage of the business opportunities presented by UV. Using a common file format (CFF), UV [...]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has confirmed that AXTEL, a Mexican telecommunications company, has chosen the Verimatrix Video Content Authority (VCAS) for IPTV solution to secure its new service, which combines IPTV broadcast channels with multi-screen video-on-demand (VoD), a network-based personal video recorder (PVR) and interactive content via [...]
Civolution, the provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has confirmed its integration by Tubetime, the entertainment technology company that brings TV viewers a fun, simple and rich viewing experience with an all-in-one television-companion app. Civolution will provide Tubetime with access to its SyncNow real-time Ad Identification service, which will allow the Tubetime app to synchronise [...]
Graham Kill, CEO of content security provider Irdeto, talks to Nick Snow about how pay-TV operators can turn the potential threat of OTT into a major opportunity. Learn about adapting to new consumption habits with multi-screen implementation, understanding piracy motivations and protecting revenue security. Hear about case studies including SBS and ITV.
