A Soyuz rocket, part of the Arianespace fleet, successfully launched SES-15 from French Guiana on time (at 07.42 EDT) May 18th and from where it will start its slow but steady journey to its orbital slot. The ‘slow but steady’ explanation does not apply to the actual launch which was flawless and saw the spacecraft […]
Critical information, analytics and solutions specialist IHS Markit expects total consumer spending on home video in Western Europe to increase with a CAGR of 3.5 per cent per year, to reach €8.7 billion by 2020. The market demonstrated confident expansion over 2016 at 2.6 per cent, reaching €7.9 billion. The home video sector is defined […]
Prior to presenting a session on ‘Advanced Content Strategies’ at the Connected TV World Summit in London, UK content consultancy 3Vision conducted an industry-wide survey with senior executives on OTT and Content Distribution Trends, which revealed that 72 per cent of respondents consider features which enable Content Discovery to be the most important UI capability […]
At the 2017 Connected TV World Summit in London, AirTies, a provider of premium in-home wireless systems announced a strategic alliance with analogue and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions specialist Broadcom, to provide carrier grade, whole-home Wi-Fi solutions to service providers worldwide. Specifically, the two companies are collaborating on managed Wi-Fi Mesh systems designed to satisfy […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM is widely reported to be again looking to buy streaming service Pandora. Last summer the pair were said to be in talks but the rumoured $15 a share placed on the table by SiriusXM was apparently rejected despite valuing Pandora at some $3.4 billion. Now, if the reports are accurate, Pandora is […]
NBCUniversal is now using ‘picture-in-picture’ technology during commercial breaks on WWE SmackDown on the USA Network. ‘Picture-in-picture’ means that when the show goes to commercial, the sound from the show goes ‘off’ and the broadcast window is shrunk down, but viewers are still able to see what’s happening while the commercials play with sound and […]
Advertisers seeking targeted consumer segments across premium OTT video can now bid in real time on anonymous targeted impressions on Sling TV using one of the newly introduced top addressable data segments. In a new partnership, Sling TV’s premium inventory is now available programmatically through video ad serving platform SpotX, along with addressable consumer segments, […]
Airbus Safran Launchers, the joint-venture created at the initiative of aerospace giants Airbus and Safran groups in order to reorganise the European rocket launch sector, is now to be known as ArianeGroup. The change in corporate name will be effective as of July 1st. The name ArianeGroup is accompanied by a new logo and a […]
Amino, the IP/Cloud video software and device specialist, has announced that its new Amino Enable virtual set-top box software is empowering TV operators to migrate to an all IP/Cloud future. By upcycling existing set-top boxes and eliminating installation costs, Amino says Enable will save TV operators “billions of dollars in CAPEX and help them keep […]
Viavi Solutions has released an updated version of Gigabit Monitor, the company’s visual database referencing current and planned gigabit deployments around the world. Analysis of deployments reveals that 219 million people globally now have gigabit internet available to them, equating to roughly 3 per cent of the global population. There are currently 603 gigabit internet […]