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Verismo, Verimatrix partner for secure broadband content delivery

Verismo Networks and content revenue protection specialist Verimatrix have revealed a global partnership that secures and protects all content delivered via Verismo’s broadband television platform. Prakash Bhalerao, Chairman and CEO of Verismo Networks, said the collaborative relationship and integration, in addition to its existing DRM solutions, illustrated the company’s strong commitment to protecting content and […]

July 21, 2011

Peer TV STB enters customer testing phase

PeerTV, a provider of technology solutions for the OTT market, has announced the immediate availability of evaluation samples of its Android-based Internet TV STB, ES-550. The product is now entering its customer testing phase and is expected to be formally released during the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam in September. “Android is expected to become the […]

July 21, 2011

Morega awarded patent for portability technology

Morega Systems, a developer of content portability solutions, has received patent approval for its breakthrough content portability technology. This unique content delivery solution gives satellite, cable and IPTV service providers, and equipment manufacturers an alternative way to extend premium, multimedia content beyond the television and the set-top box to support the Connected Home and TV […]

July 20, 2011

CTAM unveils EuroSummit themes

CTAM Europe, the premier cable marketing organisation for European cable television marketers, has unveiled the topics to be addressed at EuroSummit 2011, the annual cable marketing conference, at the Westin Dragonara Resort in Malta, September 22-23, 2011. “This year we will tackle the challenges facing cable marketers across the globe,” said Krisztina Homolay, Managing Director […]

July 20, 2011

Belgian MSOs challenge cable regulations

Belgian cable operators Telenet and are to appeal the decision by regulator group CRC to regulate the country’s broadcast market. The CRC, which includes regulators the VRM, BIPT, CSA and Medienrat, has submitted that the Belgian analogue and digital TV and broadband Internet markets must make access available to competitors on a wholesale basis. The […]

July 19, 2011

Triple-play subscriptions to quadruple

More than a quarter of the world’s TV households will subscribe to triple-play services of TV, broadband and telephony by 2016, according to Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Triple-Play Forecasts report, which covers 73 countries, estimates that this is up from only 7.1 per cent penetration at end-2010. Report author Simon Murray said that the […]

July 18, 2011

SES-3 launch success

Satellite operator SES has confirmed that its SES-3 craft was successfully launched into space on board an ILS Proton launch vehicle. The ILS Proton Breeze M was launched from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5:16 a.m. local time Saturday July 16 (1:16 a.m. CET). After an eight-hour, one-minute mission, the Breeze M successfully […]

July 18, 2011

Gogo launches in-air multimedia platform

Airline Internet access specialist Gogo is to launch a new, in-air multimedia platform that will extend the company beyond Internet connectivity to offer passengers exclusive access to online services that include real-time travel information, destination content, news and information, exclusive shopping deals and social network integration. The platform will also give airlines the opportunity to […]

July 18, 2011By Sanjeev Bhavnani

BBC surveys UK 3G coverage

The BBC is conducting a major survey into the state of mobile phone coverage in the UK. Over the course of the next month, the project will attempt to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services up and down the country. Mobile operators offer their own coverage maps but no independent survey has yet […]

July 18, 2011

Hamlet award winning DigiScope DS900 now delivering

Summer vacations are almost upon us, but Hamlet never rests. It’s our 25th Anniversary at IBC this year, so why not check out our latest instruments – it’s your party! Hamlet are very pleased to announce, that the NEW, award winning DigiScope DS900 test, measurement, monitoring and multi-viewer is now shipping. With orders to complete […]

July 18, 2011