Consumer electronics specialist Vestel and UK subscription-free TV service Freesat, have announced a strategic partnership to provide Freesat’s Freetime service via satellite on a range of Vestel’s new smart TVs and set-top boxes. The third largest TV manufacturer in the world, Vestel makes TVs for a variety of major Japanese and European brands as well […]
Eutelsat Communications has revealed that the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has concluded a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 21B satellite that provides reach of the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The capacity will be used for broadcast content exchanges between ASBU member broadcasters in a region extending from Morocco to […]
Mediaset, Italy’s largest commercial broadcaster, has turned to global consulting firm Accenture to create and manage its Mediaset Infinity service, which delivers film and television shows on-demand to a wide array of IP-enabled devices such as set-top boxes, PCs, tablets, connected TVs and gaming consoles. Leveraging the Accenture Video Solution (AVS), Mediaset launched its new […]
Vubiquity, the provider of multiplatform video services, and cloud services specialist Akamai have agreed a partnership designed to help network service providers or content owners efficiently and cost-effectively launch over-the-top (OTT) video services. The content-as-a-service offering combines Vubiquity’s AnyVU Cloud and the Akamai Intelligent Platform to offer a robust licensed content library along with cloud-based […]
The Opera TV Store application platform is set to land on Swisscom set-top boxes. It is the first European pay-TV operator to bring the Opera TV Store on board. The partnership also marks the Opera TV Store’s first fully customised and co-branded deployment. “A retail-grade TV app platform, combined with a browser engine readily available […]
Viacom-owned kids channel Nickelodeon has just opened its first-ever retail store in Panama City and says it will shortly be opening other Nick-branded stores including Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this year and Moscow next year. Viacom’s International Media Networks unit is looking after the investments, and these initial ventures will be followed by at least one […]
Xstream, the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, has announced its launch of company operations in Australia, with offices both in Melbourne and Sydney. Following the company’s growing success and demand for their award winning video management system, Xstream MediaMaker in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, the launch of Xstream in Australia, […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management solutions for the satellite, broadcast, IPTV and HFC broadband industries, has announced a milestone contract with a major US broadcaster for the end-to-end management and full automation of their new generation satellite news contribution network. The new satellite platform connects close to 200 affiliates across […]
Genexis, the independent FTTH home gateway supplier, has announced the official launch of its new Digital Residential Gateway (DRG) product line. The DRG700 version 2 introduces a visual redesign as well as new features such as dual-concurrent and 11.ac Wireless-LAN. Multiple European customers have already ordered the 11.ac variant of the DRG700v2. Deliveries will start […]
Ericsson will demonstrate at NAB Show 2014, April 5th-10th April, Las Vegas (booth #SU721) how it is making TV Anywhere a reality with its unique blend of innovative solutions, services and deep industry knowledge and vision. The company will highlight how it is enabling the creation of compelling TV Anywhere experiences through the delivery of […]