Virgin Media Ireland launches Smart Home packages
Virgin Media Ireland has launched its Smart Home packages, offering customers ultimate flexibility of devices in the home. Partnering with Google and TP-Link, Virgin Media are offering customers a range…
Tru Optik unveils Privacy.TV solution
Tru Optik, an audience intelligence and data-management platform (DMP) across Connected TV (CTV), has announced plans to power a free privacy compliance solution for CTV and Advanced Media called Privacy.TV.…
CCS predicts sport on Netflix; Alexa to umpire tennis
Global analyst firm CCS Insight has revealed its predictions for 2020 and beyond. Covering topics from the future of 5G, through the rise of bias testing in AI and the…
TrendForce: “AI, 5G to revive global semiconductor market”
TrendForce, a global provider of development, insight, and analysis of the technology industry, has published its predictions for the information and communication technology industry for 2020, focusing on 10 key…
Harmonic unveils CableOS Central
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,…
Amazon Alexa adds celebrity voices
Amazon has announced that its AI virtual assistant Alexa will soon be able to communicate in the voice of celebrities – with Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson being the first…
Eros Now, Microsoft OTT collaboration
Eros Now, a South Asian entertainment OTT video platform by Eros International, a global Indian entertainment company, has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to build a next generation online video…
FranceTV Publicité launches ad solution with Mirriad
Computer vision and AI-powered platform company Mirriad, is partnering with FranceTV Publicité who announced this week it has launched three tailored offers of next generation product placement using the Mirriad…
Deutsche Telekom selects ThinkAnalytics
ThinkAnalyticstoday has announced that Deutsche Telekom AG is deploying ThinkAnalytics for personalised content discovery on its pay-TV and OTT services in what will be one of Europe’s largest rollouts of…
GrayMeta adds time-based metadata to Iris Media Platform
GrayMeta, an AI powered metadata company that delivers enterprise efficiency and monetises assets, has integrated time-based metadata into their Iris Media Platform, which it says increases media supply chain efficiencies…
Tremor Video AI upgrade
Tremor Video, the programmatic video platform, has expanded its demand-side platform’s (DSP) advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning technology. The move positions Tremor Video at the forefront of the industry…
Survey: Early adopters lead for VR, smart speakers
Early adopters in various economies are dominating demand for leading-edge electronics devices, with these elite consumers owning 61 per cent of all virtual reality (VR) headsets and 43 per cent…
BBC planning Alexa rival
The BBC has revealed it is planning to launch a digital voice assistant next year similar to Amazon’s Alexa service. It will not be a hardware device in its own…
Research: Google third in smart speaker market
The global smart speaker market grew 55.4 per cent in Q2 to reach 26.1 million units, according to Canalys. Amazon continued to lead with 6.6 million units shipped. Google, however,…
Analyst: Big 3 dominate cloud, but could change
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) dominate the cloud market, but the demand for edge computing could shift the balance towards operators believes analyst Chetan Sharma. In Edge Internet Economy The…