PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has won the Moving Pictures Award at the prestigious World Communication Awards 2017 in London, England. The Awards recognised our deployment of the world’s first full end-to-end, real-time, multi-camera, 360°, 3D virtual reality (VR) live video service, a practical demonstration of […]
Wochit, the social video creation platform, has announced the appointment of Colm Curneen, as the company’s Director Of Business Development. Curneen, who is a media industry veteran with over 15 years of experience, joins from Storyful, a social media intelligence and news agency, acquired by News Corp in 2013. During his three years with that […]
Mirada, a provider of products and services for Digital TV operators and broadcasters, recently saw the first commercial launch of its brand new OTT application for younger viewers, Mirada Kids. The application has been launched by Mirada’s existing client and Tier 1 Mexican pay TV operator, izzi Telecom, under the brand name izzi kids, and […]
Inside Secure, at the heart of security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has announced the availability of its most-advanced secure players to date: Content Protection Client HD for Desktop, meeting the increasingly demanding security requirements for browser-based viewing; and Content Protection Client Premium HD,protecting early-window movies (that audiences can watch within a few weeks […]
VeEX, a global player in Telecom, CATV, fibre, transport and broadband access, has announced the release of the RXT-4100+ OTDR module for the RXT platform, the world’s first field portable OTDR supporting up to 500,000 data sampling points with 3 cm resolution. VeEX OTDRs already provide best-in-class event and attenuation dead zone performance, however the […]
Interest in online video is reaching record levels across the Nordics. More time is spent watching video online than ever before, and household spend on digital video is accelerating, according to a report from digital media consultancy firm Mediavision. But, it is now becoming clearer and clearer that the ones mainly capitalising on this development […]
You.i TV, a global player in video app experience platforms, is extending the benefits of the React Native development framework to streaming devices, consoles and smart TVs, dramatically increasing the utility of the Facebook-backed open source JavaScript project. At CES 2018, You.i TV will show how You.i Engine One can bring superior user experiences to […]
ARRIS International has introduced two new, next-generation broadband gateway devices – the NVG578 and NVG558. Both are future-ready, offering a flexible platform for network migration. The platforms are also powered by ARRIS’s feature-rich, industry-proven, secure and reliable firmware. The NVG578 is a customisable Passive Optical Network (PON) Gateway platform. It offers service providers a range of options […]
A new Swiss sports channel is broadcasting live coverage of all ice hockey matches in the Swiss National League, along with matches from the Russian KHL and the Swedish Hockey League. Called MySports, it also carries Bundesliga football, handball, basketball, winter sports and large eSports events broadcasts. Having begun broadcasting from its headquarters in Erlenbach near […]
Kids channel OKIDOKI has launched on Amazon Channels in the UK. Amazon Channels, available for Amazon Prime members in the UK and Germany since May 2017 with more than 40 subscription TV channels, welcomes OKIDOKI kids channel in the UK for £3.99 per month. OKIDOKI offers an original selection of cartoons, shows and films for […]