A 10-year old legal claim between EchoStar (and Kudelski) and against NDS has finally been settled. NDS has said that the US Supreme Court ruling made on January 23rd in favour of NDS has seen EchoStar pay $18.95 million in damages, legal costs and interest, over to NDS. The cash was paid over on March […]
Verizon and Veveo have revealed that Verizon will license certain Veveo technology that can be used to enhance FiOS TV to provide new personalised search capabilities across a TV, phone or tablet. Veveo’s technology personalises the search and discovery process by allowing customers to browse less and watch more of the programmes, movies and other […]
Thomson Video Networks and Verimatrix have successfully integrated a solution for high-quality delivery of OTT services with secure content protection and rights management. By combining Thomson’s ViBE VS7000 platform with the Verimatrix VCAS for Internet TV security solution, service providers can offer high picture quality while ensuring that content rights are not infringed by unauthorised […]
NDS has revealed that Sky Italia, Italy’s leading pay-TV provider, has selected NDS’s MediaHighway set-top-box software to enable an advanced user experience for its subscribers. The new deployment includes the introduction of a new EPG and enhanced interactive features. MediaHighway will be deployed on all new Sky Italia HD digital video recorders and is in […]
AirTies is delivering its multi-format Air7120 STB and Air7130 PVR to Waoo, one of Europe’s most technically advanced service providers and Denmark’s leading provider of triple-play service. The agreement is in partnership with the Danish IPTV middleware provider Nordija A/S. Bülent Çelebi, AirTies CEO, said: “Working closely with Waoo’s technical team, AirTies has created an […]
Digital entertainment technologist Rovi has confirmed that its TotalGuide solution is now available on Panasonic’s 2012 Smart TVs and Blu-ray recorders for the European market. Panasonic’s VIERA Connect platform on these devices features a customised implementation of TotalGuide – available as the Rovi Guide application – for finding and discovering broadcast TV programmes through advanced […]
EchoStar, a supplier of connected device solutions to the digital TV industry, has licensed Conax conditional access (CA) technology for integration into a new range of connected device solutions. The first product that is ready for market is the EchoStar HDC-420, an advanced, HD STB that is pre-integrated with CA and embedded software for running […]
blinkx, the advanced video search engine, has formed a partnership with sports media group Perform, owner of one of the largest digital sports rights portfolios in the world. This partnership will give blinkx users access to a wide array of original and high-quality college sports content, allowing fans to keep up with plays and players […]
Alticast announces the launch of Windmill, an end-to-end digital interactive ecosystem for TV operators with support for cable, satellite, DTT, IPTV and hybrid systems. Alticast’s Windmill ecosystem builds on the company’s longstanding expertise in open, standards-based software, providing an intuitive Television user experience that spans devices and consumer technologies. Windmill is built with a set […]
Brazil’s obligatory introduction date for its ‘Ginga’ set-top box middleware has slipped. Originally planned for this year, the new requirements are that 75 per cent of digital LCD-TVs produced in Brazil (from its dedicated duty-free zone in Manaus province) must now be Ginga-enabled from July 2013. The so-called ‘Ginga rules’ come into play because of […]