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Australia: Linius to protect Roadshow Films content

Australian software company Linius Technologies has been appointed by Roadshow Films, a division of leading Australian content producer Village Roadshow to provide the company’s anti-piracy technology solution, centred on its patented Video Virtualization Engine (VVE) with IBM Corporation coordinating the design and integration of the Linius VVE anti-piracy solution with existing Roadshow Films infrastructure. Linius […]

October 4, 2017By Colin Mann

Korea Telecom deploys Alticast’s Apex

In a continuation of its relationship with South Korea’s leading IPTV service operator, Alticast has announced that Korea Telecom is using Apex, Alticast’s new user experience virtualisation platform. KT is using Apex to deliver a graphics-rich UX for both linear and on-demand content, completely virtualising STB functionalities across nearly 5 million already-deployed IPTV set-top boxes […]

October 4, 2017

Limelight increases NPS results

Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has announced that the company’s Net Promoter Score (NPS), which is a benchmark for customer satisfaction, has increased by 84 points since 2013, up 14 points since last year, and has increased in each of the last 7 consecutive surveys. The NPS is an index ranging […]

October 4, 2017

Vewd for Kaon Media STBs

Vewd (formerly Opera TV), a global player in enabling OTT, has announced that Kaon Media, the South Korea STB manufacturer, has selected Vewd products for its next generation of set-top boxes. “Pay-TV operators need their set-top boxes to deliver the experiences consumers demand today, whether they consume traditional broadcast content or OTT content,” said Chulmin […]

October 4, 2017

Italian government orders increased local content

The Italian government has issued a decree imposing increased local content quotas on national TV channels. Italian TV channels must now increase their output of Italian movies and TV series aired during primetime hours (6pm to 11pm), and also make compulsory content investments, subject to severe sanctions. In practice, this means that each national TV […]

October 3, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Eurodata TV: Young viewers continue to shift online

Viewers watched on average for 3 hours and 48 minutes per day per person in the first half of 2017 in the top 5 countries in Europe (France, Germany, UK, Spain and Italy), with TV unquestionably remaining the preferred screen,  states the mid-year review from Eurodata TV Worldwide and TAPE Consultancy. However, the trend to […]

October 3, 2017

Global pay-TV subs up 0.9% in Q2

The informitv Multiscreen Index of 100 leading pay-TV service providers saw an increase of just under four million subscribers worldwide in the second quarter of 2017. That is a gain of 0.9 per cent. The increase is very similar to the second quarter rise for the previous two years. It compares to a gain of […]

October 3, 2017

MPs to quiz Ofcom on Sky takeover

UK communications regulator Ofcom is to face questions from parliament’s House of Commons Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee on October 10th. It is expected that the session will cover the Fox/Sky merger, BBC regulation, and the impact of Brexit. Representing Ofcom will be Sharon White, Chief Executive of Ofcom and Dame Patricia Hodgson, Chairman […]

October 3, 2017By Colin Mann

MX1 appoints new CEO

Wilfried Urner is the new CEO at SES-owned media services and playout division MX1. The former CEO, and part of the team running the former RR Media which SES acquired last year, Avi Cohen, leaves immediately. Cohen joined RR Media in July 2012 and supported the merger of RR Media with SES Platform Services. “With […]

October 3, 2017By Chris Forrester

Intelsat suggests ‘transferring’ C-band capacity to 5G

Satellite giant Intelsat says it is working with Intel and is prepared – for cash – to cede some of its allocated C-band spectrum for use by wireless operators. The move is expected to financially benefit Intelsat and potentially other satellite players. The move sees Intelsat and Intel proposing to the USA’s Federal Communications Commission […]

October 3, 2017By Chris Forrester