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 […]
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 – […]
Kantar Media has secured a multi-year audience measurement contract in partnership with Tata Sky, one of India’s fastest growing DTH TV providers. The company will measure the behaviour and viewing habits of Tata Sky’s rapidly increasing number of pay TV subscribers. The service, launching later this year, will take full advantage of Kantar Media’s return […]
Witbe, the leading provider of quality management solutions for interactive services over any network, to any device, is launching at the NAB Show its new Analytics Solution dedicated to give service providers and content owners full visibility and control when delivering video and applications-based services to any screen, including set-top boxes, PCs, smartphones, tablets, connected […]
India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) says cable MSOs, now beginning to make progress with digitisation of its signals, must also fully embrace the obligatory encryption of signals (via Conditional Access). I&B is setting up a centralised monitoring system to check that MSOs are keeping their word. This is a major step forward in a […]
Crackle and comScore have announced an all-platform audience measurement deal for Sony Picture Television’s free ad-supported video streaming service, Crackle. This initiative will leverage comScore’s audience measurement techniques to produce unduplicated audience size and demographics across the entire Crackle entertainment network, which includes all screens and platforms – online, mobile/tablet, connected TV and game consoles. […]
Edgeware, a specialist in distributed video delivery, has released the latest multiscreen version of the Edgeware Distributed Video Delivery Network (D-VDN) Solution. The new release includes intelligent session and content management options that enable increased savings in backhaul costs when delivering large back-catalogues, catch-up TV or network PVR services. It also includes new, advanced monitoring […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has announced that B.net, Croatia’s leading cable operator, has expanded its Agama quality monitoring set-up with Agama’s Embedded Monitoring Solution to cover the complete end-to-end cable TV service distribution. The deployment will empower B.net’s organisation to be more systematic and proactive in ensuring service quality. B.net, owned […]
The increasing number of fibre cable network deployments has spurred demand for fibre optic test equipment (FOTE) globally. fibre optic communication is quickly becoming the future of network and communication, and the optic network will soon be the framework of every industry. As such, testing for insertion loss and bandwidth is vital in order to […]
At TV Connect 2013, Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance experts, will present cutting edge business supporting services QA for IP, cable and OTT video. At stand 179, Agama will showcase live end-to-end monitoring set-ups for video distribution, including for multiplatform and multiscreen environments. Visitors can preview the upcoming Version 4.4 of the Agama […]