Tektronix, the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, has announced its theme of “Video Content Quality Assurance”.  Highlights for this year’s show include the launch of a new master sync pulse generator, future additions to the award-winning Sentry family for the early detection and diagnosis of video and audio content errors, […]

India’s government is getting tough over its analogue-to-digital plans. Two Delhi-based cable operators have just had their licences revoked because of their failure to report progress – if any – on their obligations. India’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry has cancelled the licenses held by Home Cable Network and Swami Cable Network, citing their failure for […]

Pace has announced that its pre-integrated software, conditional access and set-top box solution has been selected by three Indian cable operators, Delhi Distribution Company (DDC), Faction Digital, and New Delhi and Kozhikode Cablecommunicators Ltd.(KCL), Calicut, to support their move to digital services. Pace has designed its pre-integrated solution to provide a cost-effective alternative to operators […]

Verimatrix has announced that Russia’s TVzavr is securing its OTT VoD service with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System  (VCAS) for Internet TV.  Moscow-based TVzavr is an online aggregator of professional video content that welcomes more than two million visitors per month, with a 60 per cent return rate. Alexander Belenov, general director of online […]

Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator, has reported that over 1 million digital TV customers are now subscribing to its HD package. The HD package was launched in October 2011 and will be expanded to 35 channels by October this year – with the addition of Cartoon Network HD, AXN HD and Kinowelt HD.

Farncombe, a specialist provider of Digital TV technology, has announced a new initiative to overcome the problem of delivering Wi-Fi products with a guaranteed quality of service (QoS) for wireless-video applications in connected multi-screen homes. To date the industry has focused on solving Wi-Fi’s inherent unpredictability and instability by adopting technology advances that support higher […]

Pixelmetrix, a specialist in video and television solutions, and Verimatrix, the expert in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services, have announced a collaboration to integrate the Pixelmetrix OTT Media Grinder (OMG) QoS/QoE solution for OTT video with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS). The combined solution would integrate the key element […]

Arqiva, a UK based communications infrastructure and media services company, has selected the T-VIPS TNS547 DTT Monitor for key transmitter sites in the UK DVB-T2 network. With the deployment of the TNS547, Arqiva will deliver state of the art monitoring to ensure the highest quality viewing experience. “Transmitting HD video over the DVB-T2 Freeview HD […]

Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, today announces that Norwegian triple-play service provider Altibox expands its existing end-to-end IPTV quality monitoring solution from Agama into the over-the-top space. The extended Agama solution will help ensure that ‘Altibox Chill’, a TV Everywhere service to multiple viewing devices, is always available with the right quality […]

The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium has announced the first release of its HbbTV Test Suite. Covering a wide selection of aspects of the HbbTV 1.1.1 specification, the Test Suite will be used as part of the HbbTV Certification Program. The HbbTV Test Suite represents more than a year’s work from leaders from across […]