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Witbe launches QoE Snapshots

Witbe, a specialist in Quality of Experience Monitoring, has announced the launch of its QoE Snapshots. In the same way that a consumer report tests a product and publishes an analysis of its overall quality, the Witbe QoE Snapshots tests digital services to make available to the market information on the true Quality of Experience […]

November 28, 2018

Eurofins launches Cyber Security Division

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, has launched a new Cyber Security Division to serve the media and entertainment industry, Internet of Things providers, and other key markets. Concurrently, the company announced the appointments of Marcel Mangel, Erik Rutkens, and Sean Walls as Managing Directors of Cyber […]

November 14, 2018

EE 5G Canary Wharf trial

Mobile telco EE, part of the BT Group, has switched on its first live 5G trial site in Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf, London. This will be the UK’s first live 5G trial, and is a major milestone in the roll-out of the next generation of mobile networks. With 150,000 people coming to the Canary Wharf […]

October 8, 2018By Colin Mann

Report: Netflix 15% of downstream net traffic

Findings from Network Intelligence solutions provider Sandvine’s installed base of 2.1 billion subscribers worldwide suggests that video is almost 58 per cent of the total downstream volume of traffic on the Internet, with Netflix making up 15 per cent of the total downstream volume of traffic across the entire Internet. The firm’s H1 2018 Global […]

October 3, 2018

Conviva unveils Ecosystem Module

Conviva, the real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, has launched its Ecosystem Module, an enhancement to the company’s Video AI Alerts technology that will enable publishers to route alerts in real-time, with granular diagnostics, to approved content delivery networks (CDNs) and other ecosystem partners for faster resolution of streaming quality degradations. Conviva notes […]

September 14, 2018Colin Mann @ IBC

CenturyLink gives content providers access to AWS

CenturyLink has announced that its Vyvx suite of fibre-based broadcast services now provides secure connectivity into Amazon Web Services (AWS), including AWS Elemental Media Services, via AWS Direct Connect. Branded Vyvx Cloud Connect, CenturyLink says the new network service provides broadcasters as well as studios and stadium venues across the US an easy path for […]

September 12, 2018

Gracenote boost for mobile video analytics

Gracenote, a Nielsen company, has announced a new Mobile Video Analytics solution aimed at providing visibility into the quality and performance of the most popular mobile video streaming applications. The performance analytics solution is designed to provide mobile operators, MVPDs, video streaming services and hardware manufacturers a means better to understand how mobile app performance impacts […]

August 16, 2018

Nielsen, FreeWheel expand measurement to OTT & VoD

Nielsen and FreeWheel, a Comcast company, have revealed plans to expand measurement to OTT and STB VoD inventory. This effort aims to enhance the value of the television ecosystem through additional data-enabled, targetable premium digital video platforms for programmers, MVPDs, agencies and advertisers to effectively reach consumers. This news comes six months after Nielsen announced […]

June 20, 2018

Eurofins acquires Insite Security

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global player in end-to-end quality assurance and testing services, has acquired Insite Security, a specialist in information security services, to reinforce its portfolio of cybersecurity services offered to companies around the globe. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Insite Security provides insights into the security level of IT systems […]

June 20, 2018

Tru Optik OTT measurement & validation solution

Tru Optik, the audience intelligence and data-management platform across OTT and connected TV (CTV) has announced the full release of its Cross-Screen Audience Validation (CAV) service which provides de-duplicated household-level reach and frequency, device authentication, and advanced audience validation for OTT and CTV campaigns. This announcement marks the end of an 18-month closed beta period […]

June 18, 2018