Motive Television US patent application titled “Place-shifting apparatus and system” has been approved and will be granted. This patent application was originally filed in 2006 by NXVision Ltd and was acquired by Motive Television in 2010 along with the rest of the assets of NXVision. The patent discloses an embedded place-shifting system which allows transfer […]
Rovi Corporation announced at NAB DivX Video Service, an end-to-end video solution for high-quality multi-screen video delivery that is designed to integrate with and enhance TV Everywhere and over-the-top entertainment services. Building upon core DivX video technologies and DRM, as well as MainConcept professional encoders, DivX Video Service offers components for managing the entire video […]
Video management software and services company KIT digital is extending the functionality of its VOD Store solution with PerSys, the personalisation system. PerSys gives clients the ability rapidly to deploy a recommendation engine, calling on internal and external data to drive consumption, and therefore revenues, through better access to the right content. PerSys is a […]
Freeview has re-launched its website and has introduced links to catch-up TV services provided by the main broadcasters. Visitors to the site will now be able to scroll backwards through the online programme guide and click straight through to catch up content on BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand Five. Adrian Mack, New Media […]
ruwido has launched its mono remote control, uniquely designed to focus on the central aspects of search and navigation by touching the emotions of the user. TV Connect 2013 marks the debut of the Austrian company’s latest innovation in remote control design, its mono architecture. The body of the remote is formed of one solid […]
httv, an international solution and technology provider for digital TV, announces that, “httvLink”, its open-middleware for connected TV receivers, implements Intertrust’s Marlin DRM for the coming HbbTV 1.5 markets. httvLink is an innovative open middleware solution for Connected TV receivers. It addresses all Digital TV, Free to Air and Pay TV platforms. It is based […]
blinkx, the Internet Media platform powered by CORE, the world’s most advanced video engine, has announced a partnership with Penske Media Corporation (PMC), a digital media company with a unique and growing portfolio of media brands that provide original content in categories including entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, and technology. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx […]
Hillcrest Labs has announced that Intel’s newest reference design kit for IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) and media servers will use Hillcrest’s patented Freespace in-air pointing and motion control technology. With the Freespace Motion Engine™ software embedded on the Intel Media Server Reference Design (MSRD) kit and controlled by a handheld remote control, TV operators can […]
Operators can now benefit from the power of social TV thanks to an extended partnership between Dune HD and Beenius. At this week’s TV Connect Dune HD will showcase its new range of advanced set top boxes, now available pre-loaded with Beenius’ Beesmart interactive TV middleware platform. This includes the newly upgraded BeeSocial TV functions […]
Teleste is to cease development of its own IPTV Middleware offering and to seek partnerships in this area. The Finnish company has begun re-structuring negotiations covering company’s development team in Tampere. It says the move is improve its competitiveness for multiscreen solutions. Teleste has decided to focus its activities in the future on OTT product […]