A new report on UK cable operator Virgin Media’s prospects (from investment bankers Morgan Stanley) says that TiVo’s functionality will make life very hard for YouView or BSkyB. Virgin’s senior staffers say that their TiVo box, now rolling out to its customer base, will beat to the punch the UK’s digital terrestrial service YouView and […]
Multi-screen video solutions specialist SeaChange has confirmed that Liberty Global has selected SeaChange’s Adrenalin multi-screen video back office and client publishing solutions for Liberty Global’s Horizon media and entertainment platform rollouts. Following current field trials, the multiple system operator is targeting commercial launch of Horizon at UPC in the Netherlands first, to be followed closely […]
YouView has published its draft User Interface and Search Policy for consultation with industry, setting out how content will be presented to viewers in a way that makes it easy for them to discover. The policy also details YouView’s approach to allocating EPG positions to video on demand content providers in the YouView User Interface. […]
US telco SureWest Communications has upgraded its VoD service, enabling it to launch an on-screen commerce application branded ‘Watch & Buy’ that enables subscribers to purchase DVDs and Blu-ray discs for home delivery. The telco has upgraded its VoD platform to the latest generation of SeaChange International’s VoD software applications platform, VoDlink 5.0. SureWest will […]
BT Vision has launched a new interactive online guide to showcase all the features and benefits available to users. The application developed by LBi, the digital marketing and technology agency, takes customers on a guided tour of the service led by virtual character. The character has been developed using logic and data acquired through the […]
Neotion, the French company specialising in the design and manufacture of DVB-CI & CI Plus modules for pay-TV operators (Broadcast & Telecommunications), has become the first pay-TV access module manufacturer worldwide to have implemented GSM technology into a CAM. Once inserted into the DVB-CI Plus slots of all digital television sets and STB decoders, Neotion’s […]
Irdeto has announced the launch of its open standards cloud-based TV Services platform complete with reference applications for tablets, smartphones and other iOS and Android devices. Irdeto also announced the launch of its next generation content management solution, Irdeto MediaManager. Together, the end to end solution enables Pay TV operators to deliver on the TV […]
Red Bee Media has been selected as the sole supplier of TV and radio listings metadata for Saorview, Ireland’s free digital TV service. Under the deal, Red Bee Media will create and deliver the electronic programme guide (EPG) for the eight TV channels and ten radio stations currently available on the Saorview platform. Saorview is […]
KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider for multiscreen video management and delivery, has announced a broad ranging partnership with LG Electronics to provide IP-video platform technology, content and professional services to the company’s Home Entertainment Division for its Smart TV platform. Under the terms of the agreement, KIT digital and LG […]
Liberty Global, the international cable operator, has selected KIT digital, a cloud-based software solutions and technology services provider, to design, build and host the platform driving its new IP-based VoD and live streaming service. The Horizon online service will see the creation of an ecosystem that provides a single and flexible, multi-lingual, multi-tenant, and multi-currency […]