ARRIS (now part of CommScope) and US -based TDS Telecom have announced plans to deploy an Android TV set-top solution for the TDS Cloud TV Platform called TDS TV+. TDS plans to launch the cloud-based, IP video delivery solution later this year, beginning in its cable footprint in central Oregon. The solution addresses consumer demand […]
SSIMWAVE, an innovator in the science of perceptual video quality measurement, has unveiled SSIMPLUS VOD Monitor Production, a new cloud-based tool that harnesses the power of the human visual system to optimize quality for high volumes of video assets across complex delivery chains. SSIMPLUS VOD Production is a viewer-centric technology that allows video businesses – […]
Leader Electronics has chosen IBC 2019 as the European launch venue for its LV5900 HD/4K/8K multi-standard waveform monitor. First announced at the Las Vegas NAB 2019 Show in April, the LV5900 is designed for content producers, broadcasters and equipment manufacturers progressing into the Super Hi-Vision standard. “8K is a forward-looking standard which will carry the […]
Portugal’s modest DTT offer, consisting of only seven TV channels, could soon be expanded with two regional TV channels from public broadcaster RTP. The arrival of RTP Açores and RTP Madeira may end up being a compromise solution, as for the past three years the Portuguese government has promised the arrival of two new commercial […]
Virgin Media has declared it has the cheapest prices – and is the most convenient way – to watch all of the Premier League, Champions League and Europa League action in one place. Virgin Media’s Bigger+Sports bundle is currently priced at £65 (€72) per month for new customers and is home to all Sky Sports […]
Amazon has cancelled four of its original scripted series. Its Prime Video service will not offer new seasons of comedy-drama Patriot (which ran for two seasons) or comedy series Forever (which comprised of just one season). Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, also revealed that The Romanoffs, from Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner, and Too Old […]
Spain’s football TV war and its low cost promotions have hit Vodafone’s results in the first quarter with a 10.3 per cent fall in its revenues to €1.08 billion. Revenues per service also dropped by 9.3 per cent to €988 million. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone ended June with 1.29 million pay TV subscribers, losing […]
Cord-cutting in developed Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to offset gains in DTH and IPTV in emerging APAC (South and Southeast Asia) and as a result, the overall region is forecast to witness a marginal decline in pay-TV household penetration from 67.4 per cent in 2018 to 67 per cent by the end of 2023, according […]
Spain’s fifth largest telco group, Euskaltel – owned by UK investor Zegona – saw its net profit fall by 20.5 per cent in the first half of the year to €23 million. Total revenues fell by 1.86 per cent to €342.8 million until June. The company, however, points out a change of trend in the […]
Data from Juniper Research found that the number of voice assistants used to access smart home devices will reach 555 million by 2024; up from 105 million in 2019. By 2024, Juniper Research expects more than 90 per cent of voice assistants to be used to control smart home devices; driven by increased participation from […]