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Hilco completes HMV acquisition

Business restructuring specialist Hilco has completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of entertainment retailer HMV from its Administrators, Deloitte. Hilco January 22 acquired HMV’s debt from the Group’s lenders. At that stage, it confirmed that it had not bought the business itself, but said it believed there to be a viable underlying […]

April 5, 2013By Colin Mann

Ooyala: Dramatic differences in online viewing vs. traditional

Recent research from personalised video experience specialist Ooyala suggest that live and long-form video outperforms on-demand and short-form video across all screens. The findings come in a special edition of its quarterly Global Video Index, revealing the most recent trends in multi-screen video consumption from broadcasters and entertainment networks around the world. They spotlight dramatic […]

April 4, 2013

2nd-generation Video Multiprocessing Gateway from RGB

RGB Networks, the provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has confirmed the availability of its Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) Gen 2, the second generation model of its VMG product line. Building on the field-proven capabilities of the first-generation platform, the VMG Gen 2 is the heart of RGB’s ’Multiscreen 2.0’ live streaming solution, […]

April 4, 2013

Ericsson débuts video processing platform chip

Communications technology specialist Ericsson is launch a new high performance compression platform which it claims raises the bar for efficiency and flexibility in the delivery of TV services over all networks. The AVP 4000, powered by Ericsson’s first-ever in-house developed programmable video processing chip, addresses multiple applications, regardless of codec, resolution or network. “The AVP […]

April 4, 2013

Multi-screen TV for Telenor’s Swedish viewers

Telenor Sweden has selected the Ericsson Multiscreen TV solution for its customers, replacing the legacy platform. The solution is intended to provide the basis of Telenor Sweden’s future TV and media services, enabling it to deliver content to a wide range of connected devices and to meet consumer demand for multi-screen. “Sweden is a highly […]

April 4, 2013

Digital TV, movie streaming reaches tipping point

US digital TV and movie content audiences will grow faster than previously expected as a result of increased viewing on tablets and smartphones, a wave of Internet-enabled TVs, and greater content availability, according to a new report – Digital TV and Movie Streaming: A Rising Tide of Devices, Content and Viewing – from digital marketing […]

April 3, 2013

Second-screen app for Canal+ Spain

Cult TV series Game of Thrones, (Juego de Tronos) is returning for its third season on Canal+ Spain accompanied by an engaging second-screen app. The app, Vive Poniente, was developed by Applicaster, a provider of a white label broadcast platform for delivering multi-screen experiences. “Our main goal was to offer an extended TV experience that […]

April 3, 2013

Angry Birds head for the Cloud

Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise, has selected the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform to support the launch of its Angry Birds Toons animated series. Angry Birds game users, which number more than 1.7 billion downloads according to Rovio, can now watch the latest adventure of the birds and […]

April 3, 2013

Motive plans Tablet TV pilot

Motive Television, the London-based television software and services company, has revealed plans to install a full-featured demonstration of its disruptive technology that delivers live broadcast television and video-on-demand to tablets and smartphones beginning mid2013. This is expected to be followed by a market field test with Tablet TV equipped T-Pods later in the year and […]

April 2, 2013

Web access from STBs, TVs increases

According to findings from adaptive web development software solutions specialist Netbiscuits, the web is changing so rapidly that many organisations are still unprepared for the future of consumer access. The increasing number of devices hitting the market and the unrelenting fragmentation of various operating systems and profiles means it is harder than ever for brands […]

April 2, 2013