TV technology specialists NDS says it now has more than 45 million active encryption smart cards in Latin America.  Enzio Sanchez, NDS sales director for the region, says new agreements and extensions signed in the past 3 months, including a contract renewal with DirecTV, means that the region is now one of the main markets […]

Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. The Nintendo 3DS was launched in Japan on Feburary 26th, […]

MPP Global Solutions, provider of Payment Services and eCommerce Solutions to the Media and Entertainment Industries, has been acknowledged as the Best Northern eCommerce Tech Company at the 2011 Northern Tech Awards. The Northern Tech Awards is an inaugural award ceremony to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Tech companies in the North of England. […]

Verimatrix has announced the successful deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for IPTV solution on Etisalat’s advanced IP-based pay-TV service in the United Arab Emirates. As Etisalat upgrades its infrastructure to an advanced FTTH network that will reach millions of homes and businesses in the UAE by 2011, VCAS for IPTV will […]

AirTies, the wireless networking vendor, has revealed the company’s new media player application which runs on AirTies’ set-top boxes as a retail user experience or provided as a valued added service to enrich  third party User Interface offered by a service provider.  The application is able to browse and play audio, video and photos from […]

Netgem has confirmed it will implement its software platform on the Intel Atom processor CE4100, leveraging the power of Intel’s Multi-Application Framework (MAF). Christophe Aulnette, CEO of Netgem said: “Our customers now expect their boxes to do much more than TV: multi-screen, open web browsing, gaming, videoconferencing, app stores… No single application framework can claim […]

Motive Television’s subsidiary Adecq Digital (TV Anytime) has filed for a new patent for its Bestv technology. The patent, filed in Spain on February 11th but with plans to be extended throughout the EU, allows for “Ad Insertion Solution in a Push Environment”, says Motive. A statement from Motive says: “This highly developed technology enables […]

IP Vision, a UK provider in the DTT/IPTV over-the-top (OTT) TV sector, has unveiled FetchTV Guide, a HD UI that displays hybrid content from linear TV, IPTV and connected devices in an easy-to-use, vertical grid. FetchTV Guide features a Backwards EPG and displays thumbnail images of content, enabling the viewer to snack on trailers and […]

Netgem, an IPTV technology specialist, and Tvinci, a provider of centralised cross-device content and user experience management platforms, have developed a joint Over-the-Top TV (OTT TV) solution for the delivery of linear and on-demand video. The new turnkey solution enables operators to extend their reach beyond their traditional boundaries and allow new value added services […]