Australian consumer electronics retailer chain JB Hi-Fi answered the increasing consumer demand for premium digital video content by implementing business support solutions specialist CSG’s CSG Content Direct integrated with digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet. “JB Hi-Fi wanted to be first to market with UltraViolet to sustain our brand leadership,” said George Papadopoulos, Technology Director for […]
NOOK Media, a subsidiary of retail group Barnes & Noble, has launched a suite of free NOOK Video Apps for iOS, Android and Roku devices. The apps enable customers to watch movies and TV shows from NOOK Video instantly on a wide variety of mobile devices, including iPads iPhones, Android tablets, Android smartphones, as well […]
Media protection, multiscreen and revenue assurance solutions specialist Irdeto has confirmed that My-HD, a leading satellite pay-TV platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), has selected its Media Protection to secure the launch of over 30 premium HD channels via Arabsat to the region. My-HD partnered with Arabsat in March 2013 to launch […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content distribution, has announced an all-inclusive strategy for the Latin America pay-TV market. In addition to the recent announcements of secure DRM deployments at Cablemas, Nuevo Siglo and Montecable, content protection specialist Conax is partnering with systems integrator Bold MSS for a hosted […]
Microsoft is changing the name of Skydrive, its cloud storage service, after a legal challenge by BSkyB. The High Court ruled in June that the name infringed the broadcaster’s trademark. The judge had said there was evidence Skydrive’s name had caused confusion among the public. Microsoft had originally said it would appeal. The tech company […]
MediaTek and Discretix Technologies have announced a partnership to offer fully-integrated DRM and Link Protection solutions on MediaTek’s latest Smartphone Platforms. The partnership provides MediaTek’s customers a comprehensive range of content protection solutions ready for worldwide premium video services. HD video with Hollywood studios approved content protection is enabling new applications and services in the […]
DVR specialist TiVo is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that consumers can continue to access cable content on retail devices using CableCARDs until a successor solution is available. TiVo has filed a petition asking the FCC to reinstate procedures aimed at guaranteeing that cable customers continue to have the ability to use […]
Sony has confirmed that it will no longer be using digital rights management (DRM) in the video section of its PlayStation Store, allowing users to download purchased movies and TV shows as many times as they desire on PlayStation 3 consoles, PS Vitas, and Xperia smartphones and tablets. Previously once video content was purchased it […]
Trade bodies DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) and Media & Entertainment Services Alliance Europe (MESA Europe), in association with the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), have confirmed that a second ‘Academy’ on digital content ownership UltraViolet ecosystem is to take place. This year’s industry event, to be held in London on September 11th, will […]
Following the announcement that digital content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet is set to launch in France and Germany later in the year, a senior executive at Sony, one of its main backers, has suggested its take-up in those territories will be good. Speaking at the Futuresource Entertainment Summit 2013 in London, Magnus Hollo, Managing Director, Sony […]