Advanced Television

Test & Monitor

Cabot debuts Robotester

DVB middleware solution provider Cabot Communications is leveraging its experience in TV services by introducing Robotester, an automated hardware and software testing framework for the digital TV industry. Robotester’s automated system performs key tests on DVB-enabled devices in five per cent of the time it takes a person to do it manually, reducing time to […]

April 4, 2011

Cabot streamlines digital TV testing with launch of Robotester

Cabot Communications, the DVB middleware solution provider, has launched Robotester, a revolutionary new automated hardware and software testing framework for the digital TV industry. Robotester’s automated system performs key tests on DVB-enabled devices in five per cent of the time it takes a person to do it manually, reducing time to market and the associated […]

April 4, 2011

Civolution watermarking solution

Civolution has announced two new additions to its NexGuard watermarking technologies that enables watermarking of pre-release content in the Apple ProRes 422 codec. The new NexGuard technologies are a software plug-in for Final Cut Studio and a standalone software solution to process ProRes.mov files. NexGuard’s watermarking plug-in for Final Cut Studio allows users to embed […]

April 1, 2011

Online video advertisers need to measure performance

It is critical that online advertisers independently track the efficacy of the billions being spent on Internet advertising, according to Anthony Rushton, co-founder of Telemetry. Commenting on the release of figures that reveal that the value of online advertising broke the £4 billion barrier in 2010, Rushton pointed out that the main sector of growth […]

March 30, 2011

CMMB demos mobile multimedia broadcasting

CMMB America, together with Canadian technology provider Unique Broadband Systems and Hong Kong affiliate CMMB Vision, have announced the successful demonstration of CMMB mobile TV signals for over mobile network frequencies in a trial demonstration near Denver, Colorado. The field demonstration is the first ever for CMMB in the US and signifies the Company’s first […]

March 29, 2011

Agama launches 4.0 DTV monitoring solution

Agama Technologies, the quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of version 4.0 of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for cable, DTH and IPTV operators – which includes a system-wide remake of the GUI, and a foundation restructure to strongly increase the solution’s openness and scalability. The Agama DTV Monitoring Solution is a complete and […]

March 21, 2011

Agama launches fourth generation of its DTV monitoring solution at IP&TV World Forum

Agama Technologies, the quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of version 4.0 of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for cable, DTH and IPTV operators. Visitors to Agama’s stand 179 at IP&TV World Forum will be able to see live demonstrations of v4.0, which includes a system-wide remake of the GUI, and a foundation restructure […]

March 21, 2011

Virgin service ‘try out’ club

Virgin Media is to open a ‘private members’ club in a bid to increase awareness of its 100Mbps broadband and TiVo TV service. It will open ‘Our House’ at homelessness charity House of St Barnabas’ W1 venue on March 28th. In seven rooms Virgin Media will demonstrate products, including the TiVo and broadband lounge. Partners […]

March 16, 2011

Hamlet assures quality and compliance with new product launches at NAB2011

Hamlet, celebrating its 25th anniversary year of providing excellent, practical and affordable test and measurement solutions, is launching three new products at NAB2011. Together they provide a complete range, with test tools for production and for file-based workflows, and high quality, image-critical monitors. The new DS900 test and measurement platform is a new way of […]

March 11, 2011

Netflix ranks broadband delivery

Cable operators — led by Charter Communications — delivered superior performance for the Netflix movie streaming compared with telcos over the last three and a half months, according to the video-rental company’s ranking of 16 US Internet service providers. Netflix plans to publish the rankings monthly to shine a spotlight on which ISPs are capable […]

January 28, 2011