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MUBI chooses Nativ to deliver VoD service

MUBI, the online cinema and community, is using Nativ’s recently released Mio On Demand solution to bring the film festival experience firmly into the living room this month with the expansion of its multiscreen VoD offering to include Sony Bravia Connected TVs. MUBI has migrated its media management and processing operations to MioEverwhere for automated […]

October 27, 2011

Alticast, Icareus broaden co-operation

Interactive TV software and solutions specialist Alticast and interactive content creation and broadcast playout solutions provider Icareus are further expanding their collaboration after the successful delivery of a variety of DVB-GEM (MHP) applications to the Taiwanese operator KBRO, one of Taiwan’s leading MSOs in 2010. Alticast and Icareus are partnering to fully integrate Alticast’s interactive […]

October 25, 2011

For Sale: BSkyB EPG slot

Canis Media is representing the current broadcaster and ‘owner’ of an EPG slot on the Sky Digital UK bouquet.  The broadcaster is looking to quit the channel, and wants at least £100,000 (€115,000) for the EPG slot. The channel, says Canis, is still on air and will remain on air until a sale is agreed. […]

October 21, 2011By Chris Forrester

Trilithic offers next gen EAS solution

Trilithic has announced the availability of a next gen Emergency Alert System (EAS) solution that gives cable, IPTV and broadcast systems all they need to comply with the new Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) guidelines and deliver emergency alerts from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). A next-generation, CAP-compliant EAS platform, the new EASyCAP […]

October 21, 2011

Freeview HD TV Guide app on Android, iPad

Freeview, the UK’s digital terrestrial television platform, has confirmed that the Freeview HD TV Guide App has expanded to Android devices and Apple’s iPad. The free app, launched for the iPhone last year, offers instant access to the platform’s programming guide, including all standard and high definition channels. New features include a full grid view […]

October 19, 2011

Sky Deutschland selects AuthenTec for iPads

AuthenTec, a provider of security and identity management solutions, has announced that Sky Deutschland, the largest pay-TV provider in Germany and Austria, has chosen AuthenTec’s DRM Fusion Downloadable client to deliver premium content services to Apple tablets via its new Sky Go application. Sky Deutschland’s Sky Go service allows mobile users to view programming from […]

October 19, 2011

Exterity update for AvediaPlayer

Exterity, the Building IPTV specialist, has unveiled a new version of its AvediaPlayer receiver range. The upgrade offers an enhanced core browser that improves visual functionality for organisations who want to provide live or on-demand access to TV, video and AV content over an IP Network. This latest version of the AvediaPlayer receiver harnesses the […]

October 19, 2011

Darsh Digital selects NDS

NDS has confirmed that Darsh Digital, an independent cable operator in India, has selected an end-to-end suite of technologies from NDS to enable the launch of their digital pay-TV service. Headquartered in Patna, Bihar with an existing base of analogue subscribers, the new service from Darsh Digital will provide enhanced functionality and value-added content for […]

October 18, 2011

Mo-DV offers cross-platform delivery solution

Mo-DV (Mobile Digital Video), an innovator of multimedia content delivery via USB Flash Drives and Micro SD Cards, says it has developed a new technology that solves the format problems between mobile devices, HDTV sets, and other consumer electronic devices, with issued patents. The new medium enables users to play content on mobile phones, tablets, […]

October 17, 2011

Intel dumps smart TV chips

Intel has shut down its Digital Home Group and will no longer make chips for interactive TV set-top boxes such as the Google TV devices from Sony and Logitech, or the similar Boxee boxes from D-Link. The engineers from the group are being merged into Intel’s tablet group. Intel confirmed the move, explaining: “There is […]

October 13, 2011