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Vodafone TV Competence Centre for Portugal

Vodafone Portugal will host Vodafone Group’s Competence Centre for the development and management of Next Generation Television. TV Hub will be the innovation laboratory creating the Television of the Future for the various markets where the Group operates. It employs 80 engineers from Portugal, working closely with a team of over 100 multidisciplinary personnel drawn […]

October 12, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome

ISPs, cable score low for customer experience

A survey of US consumers identifying the ‘Most Recommended’ companies has revealed ISPs and cable TV companies to be among the lowest scorers. The report, Net Promoter Score Benchmark Study, 2016, from customer experience research and consulting firm Temkin Group, uses the Net Promoter Score (NPS) customer experience metric, and measures the likelihood of consumers […]

October 12, 2016

Millennials want their own content on hotel TVs

An ADB White Paper has revealed critical research about what hoteliers and guests deem important in a hotel’s in-room entertainment offerings, specifically relating to the guestroom TV experience. Titled the 2016 In-Room Entertainment (IRE) Preference Study, this report reveals eye-opening conclusions, including the fact that hoteliers consider several IRE services to be more important than […]

October 12, 2016

Google acquires FameBit

Google has acquired FameBit – “a technology platform company that helps creators and brands find and work with each other through sponsorships and paid promotion”. Digital creators can set up profiles using FameBit’s software. Then, via a web-based marketplace, brands can search for potential matches among thousands of creators, based on various criteria such as […]

October 12, 2016

ASA bans Ryan Reynolds BT ad

The tit for tat war of word between UK’s various broadband providers goes on. A BT ad campaign fronted by Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds has been banned following a complaint from rival Virgin Media.  The campaign promoted its “up to” 52Mb Infinity fibre service as the “fastest speeds vs standard entry-level fibre products of major […]

October 12, 2016

Sky Q now standard

Sky customers who sign up for any TV package will now receive a Sky Q set top box as standard. Customers can opt for a 1TB or 2TB model. For a £15 (€16.6) installation charge, the 1TB box (500 hours storage) enables users to watch Sky TV simultaneously on two TV sets and stream recordings […]

October 11, 2016

Vodafone, MEO top Netflix Speed Index

Netflix has released September data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In India, Spectranet took first place with an average monthly speed of 2.17 Megabits per second (Mbps), up from 2.13 Mbps in August. YOU Broadband fell three spots […]

October 11, 2016

India likely to miss DSO again

The switch-over to all digital, and mandated, addressable set-top boxes have been something of a struggle for India. Almost all of the nation’s cable MSOs will have made the change by December 31st, and the country’s DTH players are already all-digital. The worry now is that India’s Doordarshan public broadcaster will badly miss the deadline. […]

October 11, 2016By Chris Forrester

ATSC calls for next-gen TV testing input

With the goal of assuring quality consumer experience and interoperability between next-generation receivers and broadcast content, standards body the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programmes to support the implementation of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast […]

October 11, 2016

InfoSat-Laos DTH platform on Thaicom

Thaicom – one of Asia’s leading satellite operators – has signed a contract with InfoSat-Laos, DTH) satellite TV operator in Laos- for the launch of its new DTH platform on the Thaicom 8 satellite. Under the agreement, InfoSat-Laos has signed a multi-year transponder agreement for Ku-band capacity on Thaicom 8. The deal emphasises Thaicom’s ASEAN […]

October 11, 2016