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TW 'TV Everywhere' for Verizon

Time Warner and Verizon are making new television programming available online to Verizon’s FiOS TV customers. As Time Warner expands its online TV content, the company is partnering with Verizon to bring FiOS TV subscribers TV Everywhere. Beginning in June, FiOS TV customers will automatically receive free, unlimited online access to popular content from Time […]

May 14, 2010

Sony streams World Cup content

Sony has confirmed that it will start streaming the FIFA World Cup Collection to Bravia TVs and Blu-ray Disc players across Europe via its BRAVIA Internet Video platform from late May. Owners of a BraviaTV, Bravia Home Theatre or Sony Blu-ray player with BRAVIA Internet Video will be able to view the Top 20 World […]

May 14, 2010

Ericsson helps consumers navigate VOD libraries

Ericsson has unveiled the OpenStream Catalogue Gateway to help operators better promote the content in their VOD libraries and help differentiate their TV offerings. The OpenStream Catalogue Gateway is part of a complete Ericsson on-demand solution that features the award winning OpenStream Digital Services Platform. The gateway is an open interface that works with third-party […]

May 13, 2010

SeaChange Intelligent Video Platform 2.0

SeaChange has confirmed the availability of its Intelligent Video Platform 2.0, which includes support for Adobe's new Flash Player 10.1 software and Flash Access 2.0 content protection, integrates Envivio's 4Caster C42 encoders and enables HTTP live and on-demand streaming to the Apple iPad. The open Intelligent Video Platform combines SeaChange's Axiom On Demand content delivery […]

May 13, 2010

Magyar Telekom IPTV prospers

Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has reported it now has 677,932 customers for its pay-TV services delivered within its home market via IPTV, cable and satellite – up 34 per cent from one year previously. This makes it the second largest pay-TV operator in Hungary. The telco said that it had 78,980 IPTV customers in Hungary […]

May 13, 2010

NDS extends Cox contract

NDS has extended its contract to continue professional services and integration work with Cox Communications. The NDS team will maintain its role as the prime integrator for next-generation applications and services for such solutions as Cox's Trio, the tru2way-enabled advanced user interface and interactive program guide.

May 12, 2010

Orange TV back on after BT deal

Orange has revived its long-held ambition to offer TV services over the broadband network. The mobile operator, which has access to almost 30 million customers after a merger with T-Mobile's UK arm in March, outsourced its fixed-line network to BT last month. It will now piggyback on BT's more advanced network that extends its coverage […]

May 11, 2010

Increased investment and growth for online video

Brightcove and TubeMogul have teamed up to develop a new quarterly research report with data and analysis focused on the online video market. For Q1 of 2010, the report suggests that the media industry is investing aggressively in online video initiatives, driving usage and engagement, and seizing new monetisation opportunities. Among the findings: – With […]

May 10, 2010

Hathway chooses NDS

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that it has signed a new agreement with Hathway, the leading Multi System Operator (MSO) in India, which will enable Hathway to rapidly accelerate deployment of digital STBs and significantly boost its digital cable TV subscriber base over the next 12 months. NDS […]

May 7, 2010

Finecom deploys security from Verimatrix

Verimatrix, provider of software-based digital video security, has announced the deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for DVB Hybrid on the Finecom Telecommunications DVB-C / IP hybrid network. Combining an IP-based fibre to the home (FTTH) network with its existing DVB-C plant enables Finecom to offer its triple-play Quickline service line for […]

May 6, 2010