Adaptrum, a Silicon-Valley company developing wireless broadband solution using unlicensed TV whitespace, demonstrated its radio system at the Cambridge TV Whitespace Trial. Adaptrum’s innovative cognitive radio technology uses any available spectrum below 1 GHz with a fully flexible architecture to support different types of services and applications, while meeting stringent interference requirements established by the […]
UK rating agency BARB is rolling out a new measure of TV viewing on PCs and tablets to provide more accurate information about the increasingly digital TV audience. It will launch the web TV viewing meter in 100 of its panel homes over the coming months. The agency aims to have about half of its […]
The digital media and online measurement service comScore has launched Device Essentials, a new service that measures digital traffic for all digital devices, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, music players, e-readers, gaming devices, and other web-enabled devices. “Using comScore’s proprietary global UDM data set, we have been able to develop an expansive profile of traffic […]
Yang Xinshuang, deputy director of the IPTV division of CCTV’s national online TV station CNTV, has disclosed that CNTV, in conjunction with local cable TV and telecom operators has completed construction of IPTV broadcast and control sub-platforms in China’s network convergence trial cities, with broadcasting scheduled to begin some time this year. Yang said that […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has revealed that Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama’s complete end-to-end monitoring solution for its managed IPTV service. The installation enables full control and understanding of the service quality from creation to consumption, supporting Netstream in efficient problem discovery and SLA follow-ups with wholesale partners. Since 2006 Netstream […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama’s complete end-to-end monitoring solution for its managed IPTV service. The installation enables full control and understanding of the service quality from creation to consumption, supporting Netstream in efficient problem discovery and SLA follow-ups with wholesale partners. Since 2006, Netstream […]
Media Broadcast, a company of the TDF Group and a European service provider to the broadcast and media industry, has been selected by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to conduct a DVB-T2 technical trial in the city state. This technical trial sets the groundwork to enable free-to-air digital terrestrial TV reception using the […]
At Communicasia, Conax will launch its new entry level security solution for content distribution: Conax Contego Lite. The provider of advanced solutions for protecting digital content launched the completely new Conax Contego platform last year at IBC. Details of the “Lite” version will be announced at a press briefing on the Conax stand at Communicasia. […]
Alcatel-Lucent has launched AppGlide Video Analytics, a new managed service to help broadband service providers measure the quality of experience (QoE) for both free and paid online video from an end-user viewer’s perspective. Developed and commercialized by Alcatel-Lucent’s Ventures organisation, which is part of Bell Labs, it arms service providers with a comprehensive set of […]
David Abraham, the chief executive of Channel 4, has called on Ofcom to investigate the control of audience data after warning that valuable information is being “controlled and commercially exploited” by others. Abraham said that audience data is the “new oil, or soil, of television” and that as viewing behaviour becomes increasingly measurable through interactivity […]