Nielsen has launched VideoCensus, a tool to measure the performance online video. VideoCensus allows media owners and advertisers to measure the size and demographic composition of audiences viewing video online, across the web and for specific sites. It also produces metrics like the total number of videos viewed and the average time people spend doing […]
The Testing and Development Center for Castilla-La Mancha Digital Television Foundation chose the VSNIPTRANSFER solution to make available to digital media companies from La Mancha all necessary technology for exchanging media contents over the Internet. NRDmultimedia, VSN’s official integrator, won the project bid. The VSNIPTRANSFER technology was selected by the Testing and Development Center for […]
Bridge Technologies has announced a partnership with leading South African broadcast and telecommunications system integrator Concilium Technologies. Based in Centurion, Concilium represents many of the world’s leading broadcast video, audio, and monitoring equipment manufacturers, and now includes the VideoBRIDGE line of digital media monitoring products in its portfolio. VideoBRIDGE is the most comprehensive advanced headend […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has revealed that the Dutch cable operator Kabel Noord has deployed a cutting edge Agama head-end video monitoring solution for its digital cable TV service, all to ensure high level of TV service quality and customer satisfaction. The deployed solution includes the Agama Analyzer H-E, with support for […]
Lyfe Communications, a technology expert in the development of next generation media services, has completed software development of a virtual Set Top Box (vSTB), and are creating a program to deploy that technology in trials with partner operators. Greg Smith, CEO of Lyfe Communications commented: “We have blended industry accepted conditional access security with standard […]
The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided not to prosecute BT and Phorm for secretly tracking the online habits of 18,000 Internet users. BT and Phorm sparked controversy in 2006 and 2007 when it emerged that the companies were covertly trialing software tracking users behaviour in order to deliver targeted advertising. BT ditched the […]
Akamai Technologies, provider of cloud optimisation services, has unveiled a prototype for Akamai Anywhere TV, a cloud-powered platform for enabling next generation digital business strategies for broadcasters, including TV Everywhere. Akamai’s solution provides an end-to-end solution, based on industry standards, that lets programmers and system operators quickly respond to new digital media opportunities and further […]
Nagra, the independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has revealed that a growing numbers of pay-TV service providers are deploying over-the-top services on existing devices and chipsets utilising Nagra content protection solutions. Mediaset, Italy’s leading pay-TV provider and current Nagra customer, is the latest European operator to utilise Nagra to securely deliver […]
TRA, a media measurement and analytics software company, and NDS have formed a partnership to market TV advertising accountability solutions. TRA will integrate NDS Dynamic Audience Measurement data into TRA’s patented Media TRAnalytics software to enable advanced reporting and analysis of return on investment for advertisers, agencies, networks and platform operators. “With TRA’s solution, advertisers […]
Rovi Corporation has announced the Rovi Smart TV Field Trial, an initiative created to explore new and emerging advertising opportunities on television and other devices connected to the Internet. The programme enables companies to test campaigns across a wide variety of platforms including TVs, Blu-Ray Players and other devices. By participating, the companies will not […]