As it gears up for the ABTA trade show in São Paulo, Brazil, Conax, the global provider of content security solutions for pay-tv operators and digital multi-channel distribution, has revealed strong growth figures in the Latin American pay-tv market. The technology provider displayed 40 per cent growth in 2010 and is anticipating an additional 50 […]
Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, and Kantar Media, a unit of Kantar, an information, insight and consultancy group that is part of WPP, have inked a multi-year agreement providing Nielsen with STB data from Kantar Media’s DIRECTView service for use in local TV audience measurement. Nielsen has developed a proprietary, hybrid methodology for […]
Skylink, an operator of satellite television broadcasting in the Czech and Slovak markets, has approved SMiT’s Irdeto Advanced Security Dual Mode CAM for its digital satellite network services. New product will be launched on the market via local partners on July. SMiT VP Stephen He noted that SMiT had been supplying secure CA modules to […]
Verismo Networks and content revenue protection specialist Verimatrix have revealed a global partnership that secures and protects all content delivered via Verismo’s broadband television platform. Prakash Bhalerao, Chairman and CEO of Verismo Networks, said the collaborative relationship and integration, in addition to its existing DRM solutions, illustrated the company’s strong commitment to protecting content and […]
PeerTV, a provider of technology solutions for the OTT market, has announced the immediate availability of evaluation samples of its Android-based Internet TV STB, ES-550. The product is now entering its customer testing phase and is expected to be formally released during the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam in September. “Android is expected to become the […]
The BBC is conducting a major survey into the state of mobile phone coverage in the UK. Over the course of the next month, the project will attempt to chart the availability of 3G and 2G services up and down the country. Mobile operators offer their own coverage maps but no independent survey has yet […]
Summer vacations are almost upon us, but Hamlet never rests. It’s our 25th Anniversary at IBC this year, so why not check out our latest instruments – it’s your party! Hamlet are very pleased to announce, that the NEW, award winning DigiScope DS900 test, measurement, monitoring and multi-viewer is now shipping. With orders to complete […]
OneSeg is the mobile phone TV service that piggybacks on to the ISDB-T hybrid digital terrestrial transmissions system. Brazil is installing ISDB-T throughout the country. Ibope Media, which is partnered with Nielson Online in Brazil, has been contracted to start measuring the impact and viewership of the ISDB-T OneSeg mobile transmissions. OneSeg is being transmitted […]
Google is funding a multi-million pound planning tool that helps brands understand consumer behaviour across TV and online media and most effectively leverage their spend. It is working with research firm Kantar to build the first panel that will measure TV and online media habits from a single source. Kantar will recruit a 3,000-strong panel, […]
Oregan Networks, a developer of Internet TV technologies, has unveiled its new software module that enables monitoring and management of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), and is based on the widely adopted guidelines stipulated by the Broadband Forum, namely TR-111,TR-69, and TR-135. Oregan’s device management solution allows deploying operators to perform bidirectional monitoring and diagnostics of […]