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Televes at800 filters

Televes UK has announced it is one of the companies who will supply high quality RF filters to at800 to help mitigate potential interference to terrestrial digital TV reception from 4G mobile phone services that will soon launch at 800 MHz. at800 is the consumer brand of Digital Mobile Services Limited, the organisation responsible for […]

April 16, 2013

CEA opposes proposed STB regulation

US consumer electronics trade body the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has voiced its opposition to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding a test procedure for set-top boxes. Doug Johnson, vice president of technology policy, described the department’s rulemaking for set-top boxes as “wasteful and unnecessary” in light of industry leadership and […]

April 11, 2013

Teleste buys Asheridge

Finland’s Teleste has acquired 100 per cent of Asheridge Communications Ltd, the UK provider of access network equipment for cable operators. Asheridge has a particularly strong offering in HFC network passives products and customised solutions. Asheridge is strengthening Teleste’s position as the leading supplier of access networks for European cable operators. With offices in the […]

April 8, 2013

Digisoft and Dune partner to combat Cord Cutting

Digisoft.tv, a global provider of HTML5 set-top box (STB) software and Dune HD, a global leader in full HD media players and connected boxes, announced at NAB a new cost-effective consumer platform aimed at carriers and retailers. Based on the award-winning Dune HD Connect StickSTB with additional support for the company’s full line of IPTV […]

April 8, 2013

Ericsson closes Mediaroom buy

Ericsson is buying Microsoft’s TV solution Mediaroom business. This will make Ericsson the leading provider of IPTV and multi-screen solutions with a market share of over 25 per cent. The deal, first reported here a couple of weeks ago, is expected during the second half of 2013.   Mediaroom employs more than 400 people worldwide. Per […]

April 8, 2013

Encoder purchases enable pay-TV distributor bypass

Content owners, including HBO, Disney/ABC, and Fox are rapidly growing in importance as customers for video encoder and transcoders, according to findings from analyst firm ABI Research. Content owners have always purchased some video encoders for primary distribution – which feed into existing pay-TV systems; however, their investment is increasingly in multi-format transcoders that support […]

April 4, 2013

2nd-generation Video Multiprocessing Gateway from RGB

RGB Networks, the provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has confirmed the availability of its Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) Gen 2, the second generation model of its VMG product line. Building on the field-proven capabilities of the first-generation platform, the VMG Gen 2 is the heart of RGB’s ’Multiscreen 2.0’ live streaming solution, […]

April 4, 2013

Ericsson débuts video processing platform chip

Communications technology specialist Ericsson is launch a new high performance compression platform which it claims raises the bar for efficiency and flexibility in the delivery of TV services over all networks. The AVP 4000, powered by Ericsson’s first-ever in-house developed programmable video processing chip, addresses multiple applications, regardless of codec, resolution or network. “The AVP […]

April 4, 2013

KT and Akamai expand partnership

KT, the Koreaan telco, and cloud infrastructure services provider Akamai Technologies, have confirmed they will expand their strategic partnership. KT has agreed to leverage technology from Akamai to provide CDN services to its customers in Korea. Using Akamai’s Aura Managed CDN, KT will have dedicated CDN capacity that is available for its own content applications […]

March 28, 2013

Wasu Media selects Envivio

Wasu Media Group, a cable and new media service provider in Huangzhou province, China, has selected Envivio Muse transcoders on the 4Caster appliance for its cable and multi-screen services. Today, the service supports transcoding of MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) for DVB-C video services delivered to 800,000 subscriber homes in Huangzhou, and will be extended […]

March 21, 2013