Advanced Television

Articles

Thomson unveils ViBE EM4000 encoder

Thomson Video Networks has unveiled the ViBE EM4000 multichannel HD encoder, the latest addition to the company’s range of MPEG broadcast reference-grade encoding solutions. Incorporating a substantially more powerful evolution of Thomson’s renowned Mustang compression engine, the ViBE EM4000’s performance delivers significant operational cost savings through better use of satellite or terrestrial bandwidth. Designed for […]

August 30, 2011

Faroese Telecom selects Agama monitoring

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Faroese Telecom, the incumbent Telco in the Faroe Islands, has selected Agama to provide a complete monitoring solution for its linear IPTV service distribution. The deployed end-to-end solution will support Faroese Telecom in ensuring their customers’ TV experience and in achieving operational excellence in their […]

August 30, 2011

Waoo! selects RGB Networks for OTT delivery

RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has revealed that Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider delivering fibre-based network services to nearly 200,000 households, has selected and deployed RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) and TransAct Packager, to provide a complete transcoding and packaging solution for its new OTT video service. Waoo! is […]

August 30, 2011

Pace launches Elements software platform

Pace has announced the launch of Elements, a new software platform for the broadcast and broadband industries. Elements supports the design, delivery and management of digital content and services into and around the home, enabling operators to provide an outstanding consumer experience anywhere, anytime, across any device. The platform’s open, modular design gives control to […]

August 30, 2011

Google TV to launch in UK

Google is to launch its web-TV service in the UK within the next six months, according to reports. The launch was confirmed by CEO Eric Schmidt speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. Schmidt said Google TV did not threaten broadcasters and would enable them to experiment with new formats online. He defended the company’s […]

August 26, 2011

Pace takeover target?

The Pace share price has jumped as the London stockmarket is alive with rumours that the world’s largest supplier of STBs is a firm take-over target and BSkyB, Cisco Systems and private equity firms are reportedly interested in acquisition. Pace’s share price has been highly volatile this past week, at one stage on August 25th […]

August 26, 2011By Chris Forrester

“Google should buy Hulu”

Veteran US media analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG Research, says Google should buy Hulu – though he still refers to the decision to sell as a “mistake of epic proportions”.   Hulu, owned by Comcast, News Corp., Disney and Providence Equity, has reportedly extended the deadline for initial bids to this weekend (Aug 26th). Those […]

August 26, 2011

Sky Italia introduces Sky Go for iPads and tablets

Sky Italia has launched Sky Go, a service which allows streaming of sports, football, news and entertainment on the iPad and the iPad2. The service, which represents Sky Italia’s first attempt to provide content on alternative platforms and emerging portable devices, will be extended to Android tablets in the coming weeks. With Sky Go and […]

August 26, 2011From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Deutsche Telekom fibre plans?

Deutsche Telekom is planning a new subsidiary to look after high-speed fibre-optic networks and compete more effectively with the country’s cable operators in the high-speed access market, according to Financial Times Deutschland. It says that the new company, FTTH GmbH, could employ up to 1,500 people in the medium term, beginning with several hundred in […]

August 26, 2011

BBC to demo DVB-T2-Lite

BBC Research & Development will conduct its first public demonstration of DVB-T2-Lite, the new T2 profile which will enable cost reduced receiver implementations for applications such as mobile broadcasting, at the IBC show in Amsterdam on 9-13 September. DVB-T2-Lite is the latest version of the DVB-T2 specification, the technology standard that enabled High Definition on […]

August 26, 2011