Irdeto has confirmed that Netflix has licensed Irdeto's Cloakware Embedded Security as part of its suite of content protection tools for the tens of thousands of TV episodes and movies it streams instantly to its members. Irdeto provides an advanced content protection solution that allows application developers to rapidly deploy leading software security.
Kyte, the 360° social video platform for live and on-demand content, has extended the Kyte Platform to support Boxee. The Kyte Boxee App Framework provides an easy way to deliver fully-brandable content to Boxee, which audiences are then able to browse and view through the Boxee interface on their PC or television. Content can be […]
Infonetics Research has released the fourth quarter editions of two video-related market share and forecast reports: Video Infrastructure and Subscribers and Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers. “In the ongoing battle between cable and telco IPTV operators, both continue to spend furiously to add video-on-demand and streaming content server capacity to support the rollout of on-demand HD […]
AirTies, the wireless home networking vendor, has signed a strategic partnership with GooMe Interactive, a provider of over-the-top (OTT) media solutions for operators, to deliver an end-to-end, content-rich TV experience. The combined solution offers a STB with advanced graphics capabilities, supporting Pause-LiveTV and progressive download using Flash memory without the need for costly hard drives. […]
Civolution and Gracenote have announced an expanded long-term agreement by jointly launching and selling Mediahedge, the next generation audio and video content identification platform that enables content filtering, monitoring and monetisation for content owners and service providers. The Mediahedge platform combines Civolution’s video fingerprinting and Gracenote's audio fingerprinting identification technologies with extended content registration and […]
Football fans will be able to watch English Premier League games on IPTV under a new three-year agreement between ISP Etisalat and du, and Abu Dhabi Media Company, which owns the screening rights for EPL.
Widevine, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, has revealed that Funai Electric, manufacturer of consumer electronics sold in the US under the brands Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson, will incorporate Widevine's adaptive streaming, virtual DVD/Blu-ray-like controls and DRM solution on their Internet connected devices. With Widevine’s video optimisation and DRM platform, telecom, cable, satellite and […]
International research firm Parks Associates has found that consumer interest in Web-on-TV applications is so strong that households are making their own connections via PCs and game consoles. From 2008 to 2009, the number of US households using Web-connected game consoles increased by 64 per cent, and the number connecting a PC to a TV […]
According to research from TDG less than half of broadband users view their favourite TV programmes when initially broadcast. “With the advent of the DVR, the primacy of programming schedules was forever diminished,” notes Michael Greeson, founding partner and director of research at TDG. “The DVR, however, simply signalled the first stages of a prolonged […]
Ooyala, a provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services, has announced the integration of token-based authentication for the delivery of premium video content online. Unlike other well-known video platforms, Ooyala allows publishers to restrict the delivery of a video based on pre-defined user and server-side rules. Ooyala offers several ways to protect content including […]