Opera Software and TARA Systems, the independent provider of flexible software solutions for TVs and other devices, have announced the availability of a fully-integrated HbbTV solution for connected TVs and STBs. The released solution gives manufacturers improved flexibility and planning reliability. Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) brings viewers the richness of broadcast interactive services combined […]
Jungo, an NDS Group company and provider of unified software solutions for residential gateways, has launched Panorama, its next generation remote management system for DSL, Cable and Fibre service providers. Jungo Panorama enables the management of home Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) as well as broadband and video services, handling the connected home as a whole […]
Entone, provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, and Edgeware, a technology leader in distributed video delivery, have announced that Entone’s Hybrid TV and over-the-top (OTT) devices are fully integrated with Edgeware’s Orbit Fast Channel Change solution. Fast Channel Change gives IPTV operators a competitive advantage by dramatically reducing the channel changing times usually […]
Netgem has made its Home Cloud software development kit (SDK) available to application developers, Internet service providers and operator partners. Netgem is further developing its partner ecosystem to enable third parties to take advantage of its IPTV 2.0 open architecture. This application framework is designed for the development of live and on-demand TV and multimedia […]
NDS has renewed its agreement with DirecTV, the US satellite pay-TV operator, to continue to deliver STB software and DVR technology to DirecTV US and DirecTV Latin America through January 2016. The contract sees the extension of the relationship between NDS and DirecTV to supply set-top box software across the platform, originally established in 2005. […]
ZeeVee has announced a new version of Zinc: a white-labelled, programmable platform that enables third parties to create private-branded Internet TV services. The Zinc Platform offers a unique suite of cloud based apps which enables operators to build an Internet television platform that can find and manage content, program custom user experiences, and deliver it […]
VDS, developer of broadcast automation software, content design and plug-in products, has introduced its first automated social media tool for television, called Watercooler. With Watercooler, broadcasters can engage viewers and create additional revenue opportunities. Watercooler incorporates exact timing information from station automation, enabling synchronised tweets or Facebook posts throughout the broadcast, engaging viewers with programme […]
Telus has launched a new application that allows users to access Facebook on their TVs without missing a second of their favourite shows. At a click of their remote control, viewers of the Vancouver-based company’s Optik TV service are now able to share their views on the programme they are watching with friends on the […]
Speaking at a Journée Infopresse conference on the new television landscape, Manon Brouillette, Executive Vice President, Strategy and Marketing at Videotron, confirmed Videotron’s determination to remain an industry leader and gave an overview of the Company’s innovation roadmap. With the launch of its new, optimised illico TV ecosystem featuring a string of innovations, Videotron will […]
BSkyB and Channel 4 have confirmed they have submitted expressions of interest in the proposed national TV network that’s at the centre of UK Culture Secretary’s Jeremy Hunt’s plan to deliver local news. BSkyB said it is interested in assisting local television through broadband distribution, by viewers using the existing yellow button on the electronic […]