A report from MRG finds that small and independent pay-TV operators will introduce multiscreen video (MSV) and mobile TV services by 2014, after introducing infrastructure upgrades and whole-home DVR, based on a survey sent to over 600 Operators and Vendors. “All of the elements, from adaptive bit streaming to the widespread adoption of the tablet […]
According to research firm In-Stat, as a whole, the set-top box market can be categorised as a mature one. That is to say, it has reached a state of equilibrium or at least the absence of significant growth. That’s not to say, however, that there aren’t segments of the business that are innovating and growing […]
Batelco, the leading Internet service provider in Bahrain, has confirmed that IPTV will soon be available for Broadband customers in two newly developed areas. Batelco Bahrain Chief Executive Rashid Abdulla commented: “The delivery of digital television channels via our Broadband lines enables Batelco to offer superb advanced interactive services with a wide range of channels […]
In-flight broadband entertainment platform provider Row 44 is to offer a wireless video-on-demand service that enables passengers to access an extensive library of movies and television episodes in-flight, streamed to their smart phones, tablets and laptops. Row 44’s new service is launching with many popular current and classic movies and TV shows – from launch […]
Australian broadband company Internode has become the first company to deliver the fetchtv IP TV service over Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), showing it in action at a house in the western Sydney suburb of Bunya. Although the multicast service designed to provide IPTV is not scheduled for release on the NBN until mid-2012, Internode […]
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest telecom operator, has chosen Ericsson to deploy and integrate a new IPTV platform that will deliver multi-screen interactive multimedia services to more than 900,000 subscribers. The new platform will replace Chunghwa’s existing IPTV system and respond to a growing demand from consumers for content anywhere, any time on a wide range […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that the UK service provider and YouView partner TalkTalk has deployed a powerful service monitoring solution from Agama in its IPTV head-end. With continuous real-time monitoring of all streams, detecting everything from packet loss to freeze-frame conditions, TalkTalk gains true control and understanding of the service […]
Entone, a provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, and Anevia, a specialist in video streaming solutions, have announced the integration of Anevia’s ViaMotion OTT solutions with Entone’s Hybrid TV devices and media hubs. Anevia offers a range of IP video streaming solutions for live and VoD content over managed IP networks as well […]
Entone, a provider of hybrid TV and connected home solutions, and Nordija, the widget-based IPTV solution provider, have confirmed the availability of Nordija’s fokusOn widget-based middleware on Entone’s family of hybrid TV devices and DVRs. The fully integrated solution offers service operators a more efficient and cost-effective solution that can be quickly and easily deployed […]
TV content on demand is more popular than ever, according to Swiss telco Swisscom. It reports that in the first half year of this year alone, Swisscom TV customers downloaded more than three million films and live sporting events – up almost two-fold on the same period the previous year. Swisscom is continually expanding its […]