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 […]
Project Canvas has set a deadline of April 23rd for taking on any further partners in the venture. Meanwhile the project has hired Anthony Rose as Chief Technology Officer. Rose is sometimes called the iPlayer guru following his key role in its development as Head of Digital Media Technology at the BBC. Canvas has also […]
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG and RTL Germany want to create a new open internet platform for catch-up TV across Germany and Austria that would be open to all broadcasters, according to local reports. The two companies already run their own catch-up TV platforms–which allow viewers to see some content via the internet for several days after […]
Time Warner’s HBO is in talks with additional distributors about offering its programming in a “TV Everywhere” scenario, where subscribers to a digital TV service would also gain access to HBO shows online, according to reports. HBO has already experimented with the offering with Comcast, and Verizon’s FiOS TV service, where subscribers can access more […]
STMicroelectronics has introduced a new variant of the STi5197 single-chip STB IC, a feature-optimised version targeting markets in China and Asia. This new variant, called the STi5197L is designed for cable STBs and enables efficient development and fast time-to-market for OEMs developing basic zapper STB products. The STi5197L includes a QAM cable demodulator and is […]
YouTube, one of the world's most popular websites, was offline for more than an hour yesterday. Google's video sharing site had an internal fault, according to the company, it denied there was any link to Chinese hackers – Google has withdrawn from China after a disagreement with the government. “YouTube is up again following a […]
Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior predicts a brave new world of Internet TV and video-conferencing cell-phones. Speaking at CTIA she said “the mobile device and the Internet are fast converging.” She said that just three years ago, data equivalent to 1.4 billion DVDs were sent across global networks. By 2013, she added, this will equal a […]
Subscribers in China to IPTV will double in 2010, the result of an official government push to accelerate convergence among the country's various telecommunications, broadcast and Internet operators. Subscribers in China to IPTV will jump to 8.5 million in 2010, rising by a hefty 96 per cent from 4.4 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. […]
Edgeware, specialist in distributed video delivery, has announced that Danish operator, Smile Content, has deployed a next-generation distributed video delivery system from Edgeware to power its newly launched Catch-Up and Restart-TV services.
From IPTV World Forum in London ruwido of Austria has been selected as a technology partner to supply remote controls for UK cable operator Virgin Media's new HD STB the V HD Box. The deal extends the 10 year relationship between Virgin Media and the Austrian remote control specialist. Julia Smith, head of TV product, […]