Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has a small technical team at the Sochi Winter Olympics testing and recording events in 8K, Super Hi-Vision. The engineers have built a special theatre in the main Olympic complex at Sochi and equipped it with a Panasonic 145” display, plus 22.2-channel surround sound. Viewers can see recordings made at the […]

Media technology services provider Farncombe has shipped 23 OpenTest automated consumer device testing systems in the last 12 months. Systems have been delivered worldwide to customers including pay-TV operators and CPE manufacturers. Farncombe attributes OpenTest’s success to its simple cost model. It requires a fraction of the capital investment needed for similar offerings and the […]

Orange Polska is working with Aethra Telecommunications to test the possibilities offered by the Fibre-to-the-Distribution-Point (FTTdp) technology. The FTTdp architecture is based on the concept of using the last tens of meters of copper to overcome the issues related to fibre cabling inside existing buildings, giving the operators lower costs and guaranteed deployment times. Fibre […]

Tektronix has been selected to provide video test and network monitoring to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6-February 23. The announcement was made today by Terry Adams, Vice President, IBC Engineering, NBC Olympics, and Eben Jenkins, General […]

Witbe, the next generation quality monitoring company, has announced that Amino, a manufacturer for digital TV technologies, has deployed Witbe’s quality assurance solution to automate testing of their digital TV set-top boxes. With customers and end-users’ ever increasing expectations, Amino has long been aware of the significance of high quality standards in the IPTV Industry. […]

comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, in collaboration with the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM), has revealed plans to expand its cross-platform measurement service. This next phase will enable media companies, marketers and advertising agencies the opportunity to experience the service for their brands and will be open to participation from CIMM […]

Middle East broadcasters have complained for years about the lack of formal audience measurement in many Arab nations. GfK is set to remedy this, at least for Saudi Arabia. The market research group has signed a contract with Saudi Media Measurement Company to introduce a new TV audience measurement service for the Kingdom. GfK will […]

TMS, the specialist in entertainment navigation, and Shazam, the media engagement company, have announced that ‘Shazam for TV’ is now powered by On Entertainment data from TMS. Shazam’s second-screen service relies on TMS data to provide TV viewers with show descriptions, cast information, images and related content to enhance their viewing experiences. The Shazam App […]

Beachfront Media, the video technology company, has unveiled its next-generation video ad mediation platform for TV apps.  With Beachfront.iO, video publishers and developers who have created TV apps can now monetise them and mediate all of their video ad networks, trading desks, and direct campaigns using Beachfront.iO. With Beachfront.iO, publishers and app developers can use […]