BluFocus, an advanced testing and certification facility specialising in the assurance of quality media products, has announced its membership today in the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE). DECE is responsible for the development and operation of UltraViolet, a digital rights authentication and cloud-based ecosystem that allows consumers unprecedented access to their home entertainment collections. “DECE […]
MPAA Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd, addressing CinemaCon 2012 – The Official Convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) in Las Vegas – has underscored the importance of protecting creative content, and emphasised that all parties, in both the creative and tech communities, must work together to find a shared solution. He also […]
Broadcom has announced the BCM7014, the industry’s most integrated single chip standard definition MPEG2 cable set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. Broadcom’s new platform is designed to accelerate India’s cable TV digitisation initiative by providing a cost-efficient system capable of rapid, wide-scale deployment. For more news, visit Broadcom’s Newsroom. Broadcom’s technology can quickly transition India’s […]
The Mobile500 Alliance, a broadcast consortium comprised of 50 member companies covering 94 per cent of US television households, has detailed the business model and enhanced features for Mobile DTV, including new interactive advertising and an improved user experience that features social media integration with Twitter and closed captioning for the hearing impaired. The Mobile500 […]
A further executive involved in the Australian pay-TV industry has denied allegations made by The Australian Financial Review about NDS’s conduct, reports The Australian. Former Foxtel chief technology officer Peter Smart – responsible for managing the pay-TV company’s contract with News Corporation subsidiary NDS – worked at the broadcaster from 1995 until last year, during […]
Following comments made by his predecessor Kim Williams that coverage of an alleged pay-TV piracy in The Australian Financial Review, was “shameful” and “nothing more than an exercise in tar and feathering,” current Foxtel chief executive Richard Freudenstein has described the publication’s reports on the pay-TV market “one of the poorest pieces of journalism I’ve […]
Vimond Media Solutions announced that it has successfully completed the training program with Google and has become a certified Widevine™ implementation partner (CWIP). As a CWIP, Vimond is able to integrate Google’s Widevine DRM technology into its range of video OTT services, enabling its customers to protect and distribute content across multiple platforms and Internet-connected […]
Fransat, Samsung and Neotion have combined their skills to integrate a satellite receiver and a DTT module for Fransat into Samsung televisions in its 2012 range (ES series), thereby ensuring reception of available free DTT channels with no external tuner. The pack comprises a decryption module produced by Neotion and an access card for subscription-free […]
The Open Authentication Technology Committee (OATC), a non-profit industry association of programmers/content owners, multi-channel video programme distributors (MVPDs), technology companies, and system integrators, has confirmed its Online Multimedia Authorization Protocol (OMAP) draft specification is now available for public comment and download. The OATC OMAP specification is a voluntary open standard that provides MVPDs and programmers […]
Civolution announces agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, which will employ Civolution’s media monitoring service, Teletrax, to monitor the broadcast of its video content in the international marketplace. The media intelligence provided by Teletrax will allow Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution to accelerate rights windows for the overseas broadcast of its content, monitor on-air […]