Twitter and GfK have formed a partnership to introduce GfK Twitter TV Ratings in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The new service will provide insights into the frequency and reach of messages from Twitter users associated with television programmes and campaigns. This information is essential for media groups and agencies to gain insight into the […]
Digital TV Labs, the digital media and device testing company that specialises in testing tools and services for validating digital media and device conformance, has announced that Spanish DTT network operator, Abertis Telecom, has been using its leading Ligada iSuite test harness and test suite to ensure uniform HbbTV receiver conformance for the new Spanish […]
SMiT, a global player in the design and development of conditional access modules (CAMs), has announced the successful launch of the Irdeto CI + 1.3 Unified Client CAM to the MENA market, only on My-HD. The Unified Client CAM has been integrated with both Cloaked CA and Softcell. The Irdeto Cloaked CA solution with a […]
Bimand, a smart TV technology specialist, will demonstrate its OnScreen Cloud Technology at CES. Bimand’s OnScreen technology is a cloud-based TV information system that delivers contextual information about what the viewer is watching and will allow the viewer to interact with it through the TV screen. The system offers rich interactive capabilities such as information […]
Rovi Corporation has announced the availability of new predictive analytics products that enable the use of audience segmentation in managing advanced advertising campaigns and targeting on-air promotions. The new Rovi Audience Management Solution products — Ad Optimizer – use proprietary algorithms to analyse a wide variety of consumer and behavioural data, enabling broadcast networks, cable […]
Technicolor, a specialist in the media and entertainment sector, is launching Virdata to provide businesses with cloud-based monitoring and management services for “Internet of Things” (IoT) and M2M (machine-to-machine) services. Virdata’s device and application monitoring and management service features a real-time and historical big data analytics stack. Initial industries targeted by Virdata are consumer electronics, […]
Sprint and DISH Network plan to jointly develop and deploy a fixed wireless broadband service, on a trial basis, in Corpus Christi, Texas that will be available in the middle of 2014. The service will initially be available in limited areas of Corpus Christi with a plan to expand into additional markets in the future. […]
VeEX, a global player in Telecom and CATV test solutions, has announced the availability of the Multi-Protocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) and Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) rates from 614.4 Mbps to 9.8304 Gbps for its TX300 test set. MPLS-TP, a Layer 2 packet-based transport mechanism, is gaining momentum as a transport of choice […]
Medialogic Pakistan, the national TV ratings provider, has formed a partnership with Kantar Media to enhance the TV audience measurement service in Pakistan. Medialogic will deploy Kantar Media’s Rapid Meter technology, phasing out the current DFM (Direct Frequency Measurement) technology supplied by GfK. First unveiled at the 2011 asi TV Symposium, the Rapid Meter has […]
Canal+ Group, the pay-TV provider, is in advanced deployment testing using a new software solution co-developed with Wyplay based on the Frog By Wyplay service. Frog, the first independent Open Source solution targeted for television operators, allowed Canal+ to: · Develop a high performance graphical user-interface in HTML5, · Create partnerships with third-party software solution […]