Despite proactive reductions in streaming quality by many of the largest OTT providers, European business hours broadband consumption has risen at varying levels, with a blended growth rate of approximately 65 per cent and overall usage growing more than 30 per cent, according to broadband industry analytics and technology solutions provider OpenVault. The insights comparing […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has issued a recommendation for public service media organisations to continue their efforts to avoid Internet congestion and manage the potential impact of streaming media consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic. The full text of the EBU Technical Recommendation is available on the EBU T&I website. The Recommendation was approved by […]
Netflix has fixed a temporary outage that affected some users in the US and Europe during the evening of March 25th, according to the SVoD service. The website refused to load when users navigated to the site. Problems were also reported by those using the app, although some who were unable to access the website […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has announced that it will now provide certified, third-party testing services to help developers and manufacturers earn Amazon’s ‘Alexa-Built-in’ Badge. Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice service available on more than 100 million devices from Amazon and third-party device manufacturers. The Alexa […]
Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, Telefonica and Orange are jointly testing a blockchain solution for the automated management of inter-operator roaming discount agreements. The trial, carried out through the GSMA, is of a solution initially designed by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs) and Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the operator’s international wholesale unit. The partners say the solution […]
Liberty Global has expanded its relationship with Smart Home Services specialist Plume to give consumers more control over devices connected to their home network. Liberty Global will roll out Smart Home Services from Plume across its footprint during 2020. A first selection of these services were made available to Virgin Media customers in 2019 and […]
Ebiquity, an independent marketing and media consultancy, has announced the acquisition of Digital Decisions, a digital media monitoring and optimisation service, for an initial consideration of €0.7 million. The acquisition is complementary to Ebiquity’s Media division and will enhance the services that it offers to its global client base. Launched in 2017, Digital Decisions provides […]
Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has announced its Cybersecurity Division will offer media companies a suite of supplemental cybersecurity services to further bolster the DPP’s Committed to Security programme. Specifically, Eurofins’ CyberSecurity Framework: Media Edition provides a suite of customisable services designed to increase cybersecurity robustness […]
Witbe, the specialist in Quality of Experience monitoring, has announced a new partnership with PT Sofrecom Indonesia a consulting and engineering firm specialising in telecommunications. This partnership will allow Sofrecom to offer support and consulting services on Witbe Technology to telecommunications companies, cable operators, broadcasters and OTT providers in Indonesia. Witbe has developed an approach […]
SSIMWAVE has revealed will be demonstrating publicly for the first time its capability to inspect Dolby Vision enabled content for file-based streaming environments. At its stand, SSIMWAVE will show how its SSIMPLUS VOD Monitor Inspector provides full-reference SSIMPLUS viewer scores of Dolby Vision source and output files. VOD Monitor Inspector helps customers take control of […]