Broadcast specialist Vision247 has revealed how broadcasters can now secure global commercial distribution of TV channels and VoD programming to major international hotel chains. Using the company’s unique content distribution network (CDN), broadcasters have access to a platform agnostic delivery mechanism to present live content to guests in more than 7,000 hotels worldwide. Vision247 seamlessly […]

A failure to understand content has been a key factor in holding back telcos from becoming successful ‘mediacos’ according to Gerry O’Sullivan, Vice President of Global TV and Entertainment at Deutsche Telekom (DT). In a keynote address at the IP&TV World Forum, O’Sullivan admitted that telcos often struggled with the specific needs of content owners […]

Broadband and IPTV growth spiked to a high in 2011 with rates higher than at any time in the last five years, according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum. Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596 lines, bringing the global total to 597,322,636, a quarterly increase of 2.6 per cent – and an […]

Oprah Winfrey, not for the first time, is discovering that having your name above the station’s door is no guarantee of success. Her Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been on air in the US since the start of last year, but losses continue.  Winfrey assumed the CEO and Chief Creative Officer role last summer. She […]

The social and political turmoil that has rocked the Middle East and North Africa region has resulted in liberalisation measures which will open up the pay-TV sector, according to research firm Digital TV Research. Digital TV penetration for the 16 countries covered in its Digital TV Middle East & North Africa report is already approaching […]

Agama announced that Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected an Agama quality assurance solution for automated QoE and QoS monitoring and testing of over-the-top video services. Supporting linear, VOD and event delivery models, the deployment will help Maxisat assuring the quality of its nationwide HLS based OTT service to connected TVs.   “The decision to […]

Motorola Mobility and EdgeCast have formed an agreement where Motorola will distribute EdgeCast’s comprehensive portfolio of content delivery network (CDN) solutions to service providers worldwide.  This new relationship combines Motorola’s leading portfolio of on-demand, network DVR and IP CPE solutions, driving the evolution of multiscreen TV and the smart, simple connected home, with a leader […]

nangu.TV has revealed a newly established partnership with RGB Networks, a supplier of multiscreen and IPTV video delivery solutions.  In a recent customer implementation, the nangu.TV IPTV and OTT solution has been paired with RGB’s Video  Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) transcoder to build a complete adaptive streaming video delivery architecture. Compatibility of the nangu.TV/RGB solution was […]

Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announces that Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected an Agama quality assurance solution for automated QoE and QoS monitoring and testing of over-the-top video services. Supporting linear, VoD and event delivery models, the deployment will help Maxisat assuring the quality of its nationwide HLS based OTT service […]

GroupM and Nielsen have formed a partnership to create a new measurement service that will integrate media planning and measurement across television and the Internet. The goal is to overcome challenges posed by separate media planning, buying, and analysis processes for TV and the Internet, and to answer a growing demand by advertisers for cross-platform […]