Korean manufacturer Humax has licensed Intertrust’s Marlin Client SDK for its development of digital STBs for YouView in the UK. Humax is one of the largest manufacturers of Internet and digital television STBs for network carriers, broadcasters and service providers around the world. “The market for IPTV services in the UK is growing rapidly 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 […]
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 […]
The BBC World Service is to receive a “significant” sum of money from the US government to help combat the blocking of TV and Internet services in countries including Iran and China. In what the BBC said is the first deal of its kind, an agreement is expected to be signed later this month that […]
Samsung Electronics has revealed that its Smart TVs will soon offer immediate access to more than 1,400 titles of HBO programming through an upcoming HBO GO app to be offered via Samsung Apps later this year. The app, which can be installed onto a Samsung Smart TV or Smart Blu-ray player, will be available at […]
Accedo Broadband, provider of IPTV and Connected TV applications, and Ekioh, provider of browsers and SVG engines have confirmed the availability of casual games in 3D using Ekioh’s latest SVG software. Accedo’s Funspot game service is the most widely deployed IPTV game service in the world and contains more than 100 casual games in various […]
Agama Technologies, the quality assurance expert, has announced the launch of version 4.0 of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for cable, DTH and IPTV operators – which includes a system-wide remake of the GUI, and a foundation restructure to strongly increase the solution’s openness and scalability. The Agama DTV Monitoring Solution is a complete and […]
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 […]
AirTies is incorporating support for Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) standards into its future and existing range of set-top boxes. AirTies will be supporting both the Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming approach to live video streaming which cuts the video traffic into chunks and adapts it dynamically to available bandwidth to offer an […]
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 […]