Digital TV Labs, the digital media and device testing company, has announced a conformance testing service for the new HbbTV logo program for hybrid devices. As the first HbbTV Registered Test Centre, the company will provide a fast and efficient service to deliver the official HbbTV test report required by manufacturers to license the logo. […]
Media technology services provider, Farncombe, has confirmed the launch of its OpenTest automated consumer device testing solution. OpenTest is based on the MiriATE assets Farncombe acquired in 2012. Farncombe’s OpenTest platform is designed to be the most cost-effective test solution for any size platform in any configuration. With a simple cost model and no software […]
Leonard Blavatnik’s Perform Group is set to acquire sports data firm Opta for £40 million (€47m). The digital sports rights group, which owns assets including Goal.com and real-time data firm RunningBall, made a share placing to raise £115 million to fund the acquisition. Founded in 1996, Opta, which has clients including BSkyB, USA Today and […]
VeEX, a global specialist in telecom and CATV test solutions, and Sunrise Telecom Incorporated a provider of test, monitoring and workflow management solutions for cable, telecom, wireless operators, and equipment manufacturers, has confirmed that VeEX has closed on its acquisition of substantially all of the operating assets of Sunrise Telecom. With the addition of the […]
Digital TV Labs, the UK digital media testing company that specialises in testing tools and services for validating digital media and device conformance, has launched a service that enables Freeview receivers to be tested for susceptibility of interference from 4G LTE mobile services. The new 4G services broadcasting in the 800 MHz band can interfere […]
ViXS Systems has successfully completed and passed MoCA Certification on its MoCA chip set. The MoCA chip set consisting of the XConnex 1000 and XConnex 1030 passed the MoCA Certification Test Plan (CTP) at MoCA’s authorised independent test facility of National Technical Systems (NTS) in Culver City California. “We are excited to have ViXS join […]
Shazam, the media engagement company, has launched the “Shazam Engagement Rate”, a new TV advertising metric that enables brands to more accurately gauge the effectiveness of television advertising campaigns. Exclusively available to Shazam for TV advertisers, Shazam combines third-party industry data on the number of people viewing a particular ad with the number of people […]
Barb, the official UK TV ratings body, will commence measuring usage of online catch-up services such as the BBC iPlayer, 4oD and Sky Go alongside traditional small screen viewing, from August. The move will provide the first official measurement of the number of viewers downloading or streaming TV shows on PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. […]
Accedo, a specialist in TV application solutions, has announced an extension of their partnership with Verimatrix, experts in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, with an integration of Accedo’s TV Everywhere (TVE) solution to include Verimatrix ViewRight Web client security. The integrated solution will enable secure video delivery to a broad […]
MEASAT Satellite Systems has begun trials with communications technology and services specialist Ericsson to demonstrate the ability to provide live Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) video contribution over MEASAT’s satellite network. According to Ericsson, as UHDTV gains momentum and operators explore how it can become part of the future roadmap, there remains the challenge of […]