Survey results from ABI Research suggest HbbTV is having an impact on consumer demand for connected TVs. In Germany and France, where HbbTV has the greatest traction, connected TVs enjoyed healthy support. In France, connected TV penetration was highest amongst the surveyed countries – 22 per cent of respondents who have a home network. In […]
MBNL, which provides shared infrastructure for the UK mobile operations of Orange, T-Mobile and Three, is moving its data backhaul to Virgin Media’s business division. The company will use Virgin Media Business’s Sync-E service, which will enable faster access to mobile data on the move for users of Everything Everywhere — the joint-venture company which […]
Kabelkiosk is launching an HbbTV interactive service ‘interaktiv’ on Eutelsat. The ‘headend in the sky’ platform offer will include VoD, catch-up TV, and local information with VoD services delivered on a platform operated by Rovi. Individual channels delivered by KabelKiosk will also be able to use interaktiv for catch-up TV, VoD, EPG services and red […]
Cryptography Research (CRI), a division of Rambus and MStar Semiconductor, a leader in silicon solutions for the consumer and communication markets, has announced that MStar will license CRI’s CryptoFirewall security technology for integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-top box chips. The advanced security core will help MStar’s customers provide robust hardware security in their […]
KIT digital, a provider of end-to-end video management software and related services, has confirmed the first major multiplatform deployment using technology from ioko, acquired by KIT digital in April 2011. BSkyB, the multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland, has selected ioko, now rebranded and part of KIT digital – to support and […]
PHXX, a platform development company with expertise in OTT, new media, and gaming services, has received funding to further enhance their ReachOTT platform. Alfalak Electronic Equipment & Supplies, a provider of technology-based end-to-end solutions in the Middle East, has invested $250,000 into PHXX to support this OTT initiative. PHXX developed the ReachOTT platform to provide […]
Synacor, a specialist in powering next-gen portals and TV Everywhere solutions, has partnered with Grab Networks, the Web’s premier content network for delivering and monetising streaming media, to expand their video library and monetise user experiences. “Nielsen recently reported that heavy streamers of online content spend nearly twenty minutes a day viewing video and on […]
Concurrent, a specialist in video, media data and advertising solutions, has confirmed that Kabel Deutschland (KD), Germany’s largest cable provider, has signed an agreement with Concurrent to implement the MediaHawk VX video delivery platform for its 8.7 million subscribers. Concurrent’s MediaHawk VX enables KD to deliver high quality video content to multiple screens from a […]
NDS has entered into a technology partnership with Morega Systems, a developr of content portability solutions. NDS has integrated VideoGuard Connect, its next generation DRM for multi-platform pay-TV, with Morega’s content delivery solution for multi-channel operators. Morega’s technology enables payTV operators to deploy TV Everywhere services that allow subscribers to consume premium content on a […]
AirTies, the innovative wireless networking and set-top box company is launching a range of new hybrid STBs and home media gateways based on the next generation of Intel System-On-A-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4200. The new range targeted at the operator market place, is a dual purpose IP and cable/satellite PVR STB and home […]