Irdeto, the specialist in in digital platform security, has been selected by Tata Sky, the Indian content distribution platform providing pay-TV and OTT services, to enhance its end-to-end solution for OTT services. Tata Sky aims to launch the most innovative online video service in India to give consumers greater choice and convenience. Irdeto’s OTT solutions […]

GeoGuard, the geo-piracy prevention experts and Sportsfix, a new OTT platform offering live sports in Asean, have announced that GeoGuard’s anti-fraud toolkit will be used to protect the new platform from the growing threat of geo-piracy. “Premium content drives consumers to seek out cheaper – or even free – ways of accessing that content online,” […]

Digital video consumption is viral and, according to a new study released by IBM and IBC, with more than half of the 21,000 consumers surveyed using mobiles every day to watch streaming videos, and that number is expected to grow 45 per cent in the next three years. Today, the

According to a study by Eurodata TV Worldwide, in 2016 France was ranked third in the TV export rankings globally (excluding one-off programmes), up one place from 2015. English language exporters are largely ahead: the US exported more than 1,600 programmes and the UK over 1,100. Germany and Canada are ranking fourth and fifth with […]

Video delivery technology and services specialist Harmonic has declared itself well- placed to work with its broadcaster customers seeking to offer OTT services in addition to their linear services. Outlining the company’s product and service launches at a pre-IBC briefing, Andy Warman, Director of Market Development, suggested that Harmonic was leading the OTT charge, in […]

Viacom and Cisco have announced their collaboration to build a versatile video network foundation that will enhance Viacom’s distribution of its premier branded content across multiple linear, digital and mobile screens for viewers in the US, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Working together with Cisco, Viacom and its affiliates will be able to leverage the […]

Interra Systems, a global provider of quality control (QC) and monitoring solutions to the digital media industry, has formed a partnership with Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services. Broadcasters, pay-TV, and OTT service providers can now use Interra Systems’ ORION content monitoring suite to deliver superior quality of […]

MX1, a global media services company, has been chosen by German TV station eoTV to handle all content management, playout, uplink, and distribution services via satellite for free-to-air TV. MX1 is also managing the broadcaster’s signal supply for HbbTV applications and to livestream online platforms such as freenet TV connect and Zattoo. Additionally, by using […]

Securing a 30 per cent share of Conditional Access spend, NAGRA emerged as market leader laying claim to significant share of Cisco’s foregone content security revenue, according to the IHS Markit Content Security: Vendor Analysis 2017 report According to the critical information, analytics and expertise source, 2016 was a pivotal year for the content security […]