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Rapid adoption for Adobe TV Everywhere pass

Adobe Systems has announced at the IBC that Adobe Pass service has gained substantial traction since it launched in March 2011. Adobe Pass makes it easy for TV programmers and media companies to validate that customers are entitled to view online content based on their pay TV subscription package. With Adobe Pass, pay TV subscribers […]

September 8, 2011

SkyStream expands its reach with Intelsat

Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services, announced that it has signed two contracts with SkyStream FZ LLC, a Dubai-based provider of connectivity and satellite services solutions. SkyStream has contracted for nearly 40 MHz of new C-band capacity on Intelsat 17 at 66°E to offer GSM backhaul, Internet access and On-Demand video service to […]

September 8, 2011

SMiT Irdeto Dual Secure CAM dually certificated by Skylink & CS Link

Czech and Slovakia leading satellite TV operators Skylink and CS Link, have both approved the SMiT Irdeto Advanced Security Dual CAM for their digital satellite network services. The CAM is compatible with the two DTH platforms that have over 2.2 million active smart cards totally, and will be launched on the market via local partners […]

September 8, 2011

Freesat hits 2m sales

Freesat has sold its 2 millionth unit, far exceeding original sales projections made when the company launched three years ago, and taking gross retail sales to nearly £1 billion since launch in 2008. According to Freesat customer research, a record 47 per cent of its customers have come from Sky households so far in 2011. […]

September 7, 2011

Kabelkiosk HbbTV on Eutelsat

Kabelkiosk is launching an HbbTV interactive service ‘interaktiv’ on Eutelsat. The ‘headend in the sky’ platform offer will include VoD, catch-up TV, and local information with VoD services delivered on a platform operated by Rovi. Individual channels delivered by KabelKiosk will also be able to use interaktiv for catch-up TV, VoD, EPG services and red […]

September 7, 2011

Sky on the Go with KIT digital

KIT digital, a provider of end-to-end video management software and related services, has confirmed the first major multiplatform deployment using technology from ioko, acquired by KIT digital in April 2011. BSkyB, the multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland, has selected ioko, now rebranded and part of KIT digital – to support and […]

September 7, 2011By Colin Mann

SES links with Russia’s Gazprom

SES has struck up another of its special relationship agreements. This time it is Russia’s Gazprom and its Gazprom Space Systems division. SES now has a “strategic partnership” with the giant Russian company to provide new satellite capacity to serve the fast-growing Russian market.   The deal was announced at the Euroconsult Paris satellite conference. […]

September 7, 2011

Arion select RedKey 2 MHEG solution for South Africa DTT markets

Strategy & Technology (S&T), the leading specialists in interactive TV playout systems and MHEG-5 middleware, is announcing that it has licensed its RedKey˙2 MHEG solution to Arion for products destined for the South African DTT market where MHEG will be used for the delivery of interactive information services and the Electronic Programme Guide. “S&T has […]

September 7, 2011

Inverto to include videos in full HD from cloud7movies

Inverto Digital Labs and iTV solutions announce cooperation in marketing the  cloud7movies portal for VoD in FullHD on selected models of Inverto’s Volksbox hybrid  receivers.  The Volksbox platform is a HDPlus embedded, HD set top box, integrated with  WiFi capabilities and HbbTV complaint. “Inverto is committed to consistently innovate with its product offering towards its […]

September 7, 2011

Astra reaches 17m German homes

SES Astra says it has further boosted its reach in Germany, with 17.1 million homes, a record, now receiving satellite TV. In its latest study of German viewing – Astra’s largest market – it says that while IPTV connections are rising, cable and DVB-T are losing viewers. The numbers were presented at the IFA technology […]

September 6, 2011By Chris Forrester