at800 has revealed the results of its recent trials in South-East and West London. It revealed that there were no confirmed Freeview problems as a result of the 4G at 800 MHz testing. The results reflect the fact that there is a very strong digital terrestrial television signal in London, and that this is transmitted at frequencies clearly separated from [...]
Walt Disney’s ABC, responding to the proliferation of smartphones and tablet computers, will participate in Nielsen’s trial of new technology designed to measure the mobile-TV viewing audience. The test of the Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings system will run through September, the companies said in a joint statement. ABC is seeking to measure audience demographics and the reach and frequency of [...]
Civolution, a provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising media content, has announced that following an inter-institutional tender process, the European Commission has contracted with Civolution for its global broadcast intelligence solution Teletrax. The unique solution, combining watermarking technology and the Teletrax OnView plug-in, will provide the European Commission and European Parliament with advanced tracking, reporting and [...]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of Analyzer OMNIA, a new DVB-C monitoring probe with unmatched density and parallel capacity. The new space and cost efficient product range will mean no more ‘blind spots’ for cable operators, as it provides complete transparency of the delivered quality by monitoring up to 48 multiplexes and all [...]
The number of US television homes is growing – and so is the TV audience. According to Nielsen’s 2014 Advance National TV Household Universe Estimate (UE), there are 115.6 million TV homes in the US, up 1.2 per cent from the 2012-2013 estimate of 114.2 million. Nielsen estimates that 294 million persons age 2 and older live in these TV [...]
at800 is holding an extended trial to help understand the extent to which 4G at 800 MHz could disrupt Freeview. The trial begins in Brighton from mid-May. at800 is the organization tasked with ensuring viewers continue to receive Freeview when 4G mobile services at 800 MHz are launched later this year. Brighton has been selected for the trial as Freeview [...]
Nielsen is debuting a tool that will track online TV viewing. Nielsen Digital Program Ratings will primarily allow networks to track viewing of the shows that they stream on their own websites. Pilot partners include Fox, NBC, ABC, Univision, Discovery and A+E. AOL is the only online only video provider participating in the pilot. The tool will open up to [...]
A group of Universities (UPM, UPV) and companies (Agile Content, Eumovil, Ericsson and Inmomatica) have joined forces to develop Immersive TV, a R&D project that allows viewers to naturally interact with the actions being broadcast and even participate in the scene. With a budget of €2.7 million and co-funded by the Ministry of Industry, Immersive TV has been tested with [...]
SecondSync, the social TV analytics company, has integrated overnight TV ratings from BARB, the industry standard audience measurement service, into its platform. The innovation means that for the first time broadcasters, programme-makers and advertisers can see the minute-by-minute relationship between social TV activity and audiences, and determine to what extent Twitter drives tune-in. The new feature – available to BARB [...]
Digital TV Labs, specialists in digital media conformance tools, test services and professional services, has announced that it is now a DLNA accredited Independent Certification Vendor (ICV) for products wishing to comply with the increasingly popular home networking standard. Established in 2003 and having grown in importance since DLNA – Digital Living Network Alliance – was set up to define [...]
