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BBC Wimbledon goes multi-platform and 3D

Daily television coverage of the Wimbledon 2012 tournament will broadcast on BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC Two and the BBC HD Channel commening June 25th. The BBC Sport website will provide up to six live match streams as well as news, interviews and video highlights. For the first time tennis fans can also view […]

June 19, 2012

3D on 3 screens from Mobi World

MobiWorld Media, a provider of technology solutions for mobile and OTT TV, has unveiled its “3×3” Universal Media Solution for 3D and regular 2D video delivery and playback across all screens and platforms. The solution integrates all necessary components for the launch of advanced multi-format TV service from scratch. It will be demonstrated for the […]

June 19, 2012

TV Everywhere from Disney, Comcast

Comcast and Disney/ABC Television Group have confirmed that Xfinity TV customers can now access three new authenticated TV+ products – WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior – at home or on-the-go – via a suite of new apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and online at WATCHDisneyChannel.com, WATCHDisneyXD.com and WATCHDisneyJunior.com. […]

June 18, 2012

Verimatrix secures Quickflix’s OTT service

Multi-screen digital TV services revenue and security enhancement specialist Verimatrix has confirmed that Quickflix, Australia’s leading online movie rental company, is securing its over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand (VoD) service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV. Quickflix’s Chief Executive Officer Chris Taylor OTT said Verimatrix’s expertise had enabled Quickflix to become one […]

June 18, 2012

Viaccess, Orca combine under one brand

Positioning themselves better to meet technological and business challenges faced by the content consumption market, France Telecom Group companies Viaccess and Orca Interactive are to merge their management structures. This new organisation will allow customers to benefit from the strength and expertise of legacy telecommunications combined with the innovative edge of an agile technology company […]

June 13, 2012By Colin Mann

Conax powers OTT and multi-screen

Multi-screen digital TV content security solutions specialist Conax has unveiled Conax Xtend Multiscreen, a new pre-integrated solution for enabling easy migration to advanced multiscreen services. The solution is a high performance, cost-efficient ecosystem for multiscreen hybrid-broadband-broadcast content delivery and consumption. The solution has been developed together with middleware provider, Cubiware, and content management system provider, […]

June 13, 2012Colin Mann @ ANGA Cable

2nd and 3rd screens embraced for video content

A significant share of TV viewers are using PCs and mobile devices as second and third screens to access video content, according to the results of a cross-platform pilot test to be presented by Arbitron and the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) at the Advertising Research Foundation Audience Measurement 7.0 conference in New York. […]

June 12, 2012

1 in 4 tablet owners pay for content

comScore has released insights on the US tablet market from comScore TabLens, its forthcoming monthly syndicated service providing insights into tablet ownership and usage. The report found that tablets have quickly reached a critical mass in the US with 1 in every 4 smartphone owners using tablets during the three-month average period ending April 2012. […]

June 11, 2012

TV Anywhere from StarHub

Customers of Singaporean broadband communications and entertainment service StarHub TV will be able to watch their favourite TV channels across multiple screens, anytime, anywhere with its new value-added service – TV Anywhere. With the launch of the Internet TV platform starhubtv.com, TV Anywhere will be a key service offering, giving viewers access to cable TV […]

June 11, 2012

Tablet adult video users to triple by 2015

The growth in the tablet user base will cause the number of users of mobile adult video content on tablets to triple by 2015, a report from Juniper Research finds. This trend is repeated across all forms of mobile adult content on tablets with the number mobile adult subscribers and mobile adult videochat users also […]

June 11, 2012