Advanced Television

Middleware

GLDS Winscribe for Clearleap

Great Lakes Data System (GLDS), a provider of billing, subscriber management and provisioning systems for global broadband providers, has revealed that its flagship WinCable subscriber management and billing system has been integrated with Clearleap’s Stream On Demand Solution. The Stream On Demand solution is a cloud-based IP content management and delivery system that enables television […]

November 16, 2011

TiVO and ONO implement multiscreen

ONO, the largest cable operator in Spain, and TiVo have announced their next generation hybrid television offering is now available to ONO subscribers in major Spanish cities, Madrid and Barcelona. ONO plans to also extend TiVo to its entire fibre optic network within the coming months. ONO will deploy a set top box offering their […]

November 15, 2011

Netflix new Android interface

Netflix has unveiled a new interface for Android-powered tablets that makes browsing and instantly watching unlimited TV shows and movies streaming from Netflix ‘better than ever.’ It says the redesigned Netflix experience is much more immersive and provides more focus on the growing Netflix catalogue by displaying twice as many titles than the previous interface. […]

November 15, 2011

OneVantage TV Everywhere solution partnership

Verivue announced that it will join forces with itaas, RGB Networks and Verimatrix to deliver a fully integrated solution to network operators seeking to deploy a live multiscreen TV Everywhere service. Verivue is offering its OneVantage content delivery solution, which when used in conjunction with RGB Networks’ multiscreen transcoding and packaging solution, with DRM from […]

November 15, 2011

Toshiba adopts MStar HbbTV solution

MStar Semiconductor, a semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, has revealed its solution is being adopted by Toshiba in its new TL & RL TV series which are currently being released. With MStar’s solution and support, the TL & RL series will enable the user to merge broadcast TV network and broadband contents […]

November 15, 2011

Digital Rapids solutions for TBS

Digital Rapids has announced that Turner Broadcasting System is using a large-scale deployment of Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD multi-format encoding systems and the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated transcoding software to transform live feeds and on-demand content for delivery to multiple viewing platforms in support of Turner’s multi-screen video offerings and the pay television industry’s “TV […]

November 10, 2011

Adobe cuts 750 jobs, drops mobile Flash?

Adobe Systems is cutting 750 jobs, while reports say it is halting development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. The firm said the job cuts were being made in Europe and North America and represented more than 7 per cent of the company’s workforce. The Flash mobile plug-in works on Android devices and […]

November 9, 2011

Netgem for Netia hybrid IPTV

Netgem has announced that Netia will start rolling out its new TV service based on Netgem’s technologies in Poland, a telecom market that was previously operated as a monopoly and has just opened to competition. Netia is bundling subscriptions offering high-speed broadband access with unlimited calls and now, using Netgem services, the Polish operator will […]

November 9, 2011

Digiguide.tv Premium Service

Digiguide TV has launched Digiguide.tv Premium, an online customisable TV guide aimed at busy TV fans who need a TV guide that they can tailor to their tastes and sends them only information on programmes they are interested in watching. Digiguide.tv Premium offers a mix of personalised recommendations, TV-related content, reminders, extended search functionality on […]

November 8, 2011

Gilat Satcom selects Tvinci for OTT

Gilat Satcom has announced that – together with Tvinci, the Pay OTT video platform provider, – it will offer, for the first time, a full duplex satellite-based OTT TV solution. Launched at AfricaCom, the solution utilises Gilat Satcom’s satellite-based connectivity services and Tvinci’s pay OTT platform to deliver accessible OTT TV content across PC, Connected […]

November 8, 2011