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ContentArmor confirms Dolby Vision compatability

Content protection technology specialist ContentArmor has confirmed that its video watermarking solution is compatible with Dolby Vision HDR. ContentArmor and Dolby have collaborated to enable interoperability between both technologies, from content distribution workflows to end users’ visual experience. Forensic watermarking applications improve the ability of content owners and distributors to detect and mitigate the misuse […]

April 4, 2018By Colin Mann

Content industry launches Trusted Partner Network

Trade bodies the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA) are launching a new industry-wide, content security initiative. The Trusted Partner Network (TPN) aims to help prevent leaks, breaches, and hacks of film and television content by elevating the security standards of the industry’s production and distribution supply […]

April 3, 2018By Colin Mann

AV1 codec optimised for OTT 4K

According to the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), an organisation formed to define and develop media technologies to address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the web, the technical-based hurdles and data demands of higher quality video mean that the majority of users only have access to full HD […]

March 29, 2018By Colin Mann

Study: ISPs coming up short on speed

Some of the UK’s biggest broadband providers are inadequately informing customers about speeds when they are buying a new broadband deal, research from UK consumer body Which? reveals. With communication regulator Ofcom introducing an updated Code of Practice for providers in March 2019, Which? mystery shopped broadband companies to see if they met the current […]

March 23, 2018

Trade bodies launch Global Satellite Coalition

Six of the world’s leading satellite industry associations have established the Global Satellite Coalition (GSC), an international group through which targeted initiatives will be coordinated and implemented with the combined support of hundreds of member companies based in every world region. The coalition will drive industry priorities with one voice, unlocking opportunities for industry growth […]

March 13, 2018

EC reinforces illegal online content measures

In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission (EC) promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework. As […]

March 1, 2018By Colin Mann

Ofcom boost for full-fibre broadband

More UK homes are set to benefit from ultrafast Internet speeds, after a draft decision by comms regulator Ofcom that it says will will halve the upfront cost of building ‘full-fibre’ broadband networks. Full-fibre broadband is many times faster – and around five times more reliable – than today’s superfast internet services. But it is […]

February 23, 2018

HbbTV announces HDR support

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has confirmed the immediate availability of HbbTV 2.0.2. This update of the second version of the core HbbTV specification enables HbbTV applications to benefit from new ‘Ultra High Definition’ […]

February 21, 2018

Ofcom faces Murdoch ‘fit and proper’ challenge

A London High Court Judge has approved a legal challenge by global citizens movement Avaaz against Ofcom, calling to question the regulator’s decision that Fox and the Murdoch family could be trusted to fully control Sky. Honourable Mr Justice Morris ruled that Avaaz’s case against Ofcom’s ‘fit and proper’ ruling in the Fox/Sky bid is […]

February 15, 2018By Colin Mann

Stand by for H.266 compression

A seminar organised in London by compression specialist ATEME and audio and video experts from Dolby Labs heard updated news on the planned roll-out of the latest plans for video compression. The event was the latest in a series of industry briefings held in Munich and Paris and another scheduled for Denver. Jérôme Vieron, (Director, […]

February 1, 2018