Jaunt XR has announced that Verizon has acquired its software, technology, and certain other assets for an undisclosed amount. Jaunt XR is a specialist in the immersive industry with a focus on the scalable creation and distribution of volumetric video of humans. “We are thrilled with Verizon’s acquisition of Jaunt’s technology,” said Mitzi Reaugh, President […]
Discovery and FreeWheel, a Comcast company, have announced a multi-year agreement under which FreeWheel will provide their unified decisioning platform to enable holistic advertising management for Discovery’s full roster of cable networks. “As we are building the advertising solutions of the future, the industry needs to accelerate the innovation around technology, measurement and targeting. There […]
Fincons Group, an IT business consultancy with a significant footprint in media and broadcast, has published a new whitepaper to help European broadcasters understand the benefits emerging from the adoption of ATSC 3.0 across the US. The aim of the whitepaper is to serve as a guide to European broadcasters to ensure they are equipped […]
Sony has cut the price of its PlayStation Now subscription video-game service in half reflecting the increasing competition. The service will now cost $9.99 a month in the US (or $59.99 annually), £8.99 a month in the UK (or £49.99 annually), and €9.99 a month (or €59.99 annually) throughout Europe. Sony said it’s also adding […]
In a move that will significantly expand the reach of interactive television services in markets worldwide, standards-based watermarking provider Verance has revealed plans to bring its Aspect watermarking technology to Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV). Aspect uses Verance’s high-performance implementation of the standards-based watermarking technologies sanctioned by the HbbTV Association – a global initiative dedicated […]
Vidgo, a prepaid live television streaming service, and Kiswe Mobile, a specialist in mobile video audience engagement, have published a new mobile app in the US that delivers a live social-streaming experience for sports, entertainment, family, and Latino programming. Vidgo’s latest solution provides social features for live video that allow friends and family to interact […]
Harmonic has announced CableOS Central, a new AI-enabled service that features data analytics, 24/7 operational support and engagement tools for cable operators. Designed to complement Harmonic’s CableOS virtualised CMTS solution, CableOS Central provides operators with an intelligent and customisable way to proactively identify and address technical issues and network capacity opportunities, enabling delivery of superior-quality […]
MOBITV, a global player in app-based TV video delivery solutions, has announced that Consolidated Communications has selected the MOBITV CONNECT Platform to power its new TV service, CCiTV, providing TV programming to customers in New England, US when they want, where they want, and how they want it. This new service will deliver content from […]
VeEX, a global player in innovative test and measurement solutions for next-generation networks, has announced the NET-BOX, a multi-port HTTP/TCP test set for the emerging Gigabit Internet market. Driven by an intuitive tablet or smartphone app, this compact, yet advanced battery-operated test set (Patent #: US008902607) offers four simultaneous 1GE ports, along with one 2.5GE […]
Vecima Networks has announced continued innovation in its Entra Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) node portfolio today with the addition of support for two Remote PHY Devices (RPDs) in a single node. Vecima, with its highly flexible Entra Access Node for DAA, is able to provide a low barrier to entry today with a single RPD […]