Time Warner Cable customers now have another way to enjoy Viacom programming anytime, anywhere. In addition to watching Viacom networks via TWC TV, which brings live TV at no additional cost to customers on their computers, iOS and Android devices within the home, they can now access an expanded line-up of full-length episodes from BET, […]
Italian telecommunications operator Fastweb has officially announced that its IPTV service will close down on November 5th. In a letter to customers, Fastweb confirmed the news that had been already circulating from this spring, informing fibre optic subscribers they will stop receiving the service already from October 4th. Fastweb originally launched its IPTV service in […]
The Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) and the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) Consortium have announced their collaboration on the testing of technologies common to IPTV and enhanced broadcast environments. These include testing the Declarative Application Environment (colloquially referred to as the “OIPF browser”) and the Media Formats specifications that are currently being implemented in retail […]
QuickPlay, a provider of managed solutions for the distribution of premium video to IP-connected devices, has announced enhanced support for the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform. QuickPlay now enables IPTV service providers using Mediaroom and other leading IPTV middleware platforms to quickly and cost-effectively extend their multiscreen services to iOS, Android and other OTT, IP-enabled platforms […]
Advanced video services provider Avail-TVN is to provide content for the Google Fiber broadband TV service. Launched in July 2012 in Kansas City, Google Fiber offers connection speeds 100 times faster than traditional broadband and delivers both Internet and TV into the home. Avail-TVN will provide a range of content including studio, broadcast and cable […]
Scandinavian telco TeliaSonera and Samsung are jointly developing a smart TV service that will allow IPTV access offering full support for linear, catch-up and on-demand content – without the need for a set-top-box Once a Samsung Series 7 or 8 smart TV is connected to the Internet in applicable markets, it will recognise the local […]
Espial, a specialist in on-demand TV software and solutions, has joined the Open IPTV Forum (OIPF), an industry organisation dedicated to creating a mass market for IPTV by defining and publishing free-of-charge, standards-based specifications for end-to-end IPTV services. As one of the newest members of the OIPF, Espial will actively align the company’s strategic focus […]
DISH, the US pay-TV provider, has improved the DISHWorld IPTV experience by expanding content to computers through a new application, improving its viewing flexibility and by debuting new programming. Launched in May, DISH’s over-the-top IPTV international channel service was initially available only on the Roku platform. “We’ve made significant enhancements that expand consumer choice and […]
Pace is providing the Pace Helium Unified Gateway Software and professional services to support the rollout of Bouygues Telecom’s gateway platform. Bouygues Telecom, one of France’s major mobile, fixed line, Internet and TV communications providers, will install Pace’s Helium Unified Gateway Software platform across all if its new BBOX Sensation gateways, as well as legacy […]
TV Everywhere and OTT video, including Comcast Xfinity, HBO Go, Netflix, iPlayer, and Sky Go are growing rapidly. Making this possible are several groups of companies responsible for video delivery and management. The companies, including online video platforms (OVPs), managed video platforms (MVPs), content management systems (CMSs), and content delivery networks (CDNs) are all growing […]