Advanced Television

Never.no delivers visualisations for MTV’s Madonna world premiere

Never.no, the social engagement platform specialists, has announced the company’s brand new Real-Time Social Graphics solution was used to deliver advanced visualisations and social content for MTV’s exclusive globally televised unveil of “Madonna’s Live and Exclusive: ‘Medellín’ Video World Premiere” on April 24th. Broadcast live from five studios – Milan, Sao Paulo, Miami, New York […]

May 1, 2019

Raskenlund debuts in San Francisco

Raskenlund, based in Porsgrunn, Norway, is making its debut into the US with its initial presence to be located in San Francisco, California. Having an establishment in the US, now allows direct access to current and future clients within the North American market. This now permits localized identification, customization and rapid response to client needs. […]

May 1, 2019

Akamai, SSIMWAVE talk to highlight value of “Good” at Streaming Media East

Akamai Technologies’ Thomas Stark and SSIMWAVE co-founder Dr. Zhou Wang will discuss how optimizing consumer Quality of Experience (QoE) can increase subscriber satisfaction and boost media industry revenues during a Streaming Media East panel open to all registered attendees. Stark, Product Marketing Manager for Media in EMEA for Akamai, and Dr. Wang, the Emmy Award-winning […]

May 1, 2019

Mediaset dropping DTT distribution

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has announced it will stop broadcasting its pay-TV service Premium on digital terrestrial from June 1st. Distribution will continue via its premium online platform Infinity. Following the progressive scaling down of Mediaset Premium and the loss of the sports channels, the service has become less appealing to potential subscribers. This means that […]

April 30, 2019From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Intelsat revenue slides

Intelsat explained that the recent ‘total loss’ of its IS-29e satellite has meant a loss of some business. “Many of our customers were transitioned to services on other Intelsat satellites, including Intelsat 32e and Intelsat 37e, as well as our wide-beam satellites. Given the high utilization of Intelsat 29e in certain connectivities, we were unable […]

April 30, 2019By Chris Forrester

Christian Fuchs opening eSports arena in New York

Leicester City’s Premier League winning footballer Christian Fuchs has revealed he is opening an eSports arena in New York City. Speaking at the SportsPro Live event at The O2 in London, Fuchs said he has already secured 36 acres of land for the project which will comprise of an eSports staidum and a hotel – […]

April 30, 2019Nik Roseveare @ Sportspro Live

Samsung debuts ‘portrait’ TV as it misses forecast

Samsung has unveiled a TV that switches from a landscape orientation to a vertical portrait  so that it can easily display smartphone content. The 43in set is called Sero and comes with an integrated easel-like stand on which the screen pivots. Sero will come with a microphone and Samsung’s virtual assistant Bixby built in. It […]

April 30, 2019

8K display sales to see strong growth

Sony’s price tag of $70,000 for its giant 8K LCD display is a big ask, but prices will soon fall.  A Research and Markets study said that today’s typical 4K displays will be “immediately succeeded in the fullness of time” by these new 8K units – and quickly grow in value. Their forecast says that […]

April 30, 2019By Chris Forrester

MoCA introduces MoCASec

Addressing the requests for stronger secured links between networked devices, MoCA has developed MoCASec, a robust security layer for MoCA links that is available for its entire portfolio of specifications. MoCASec enhances network configurations where peer to peer privacy is required. MoCASec provides point-to-point link privacy that specifically allows for seamless integration of the MoCA […]

April 30, 2019