SaskTel will soon be one of the first providers in North America to introduce a new recommendation feature to its IPTV service, Max Entertainment Services. The feature will be powered by Gravity R&D’s Gravity IMPRESS engine. Gravity R&D is one of the leading providers of movie recommendation systems. SaskTel is the leading communications service provider […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, the innovative wireless home networking and Set-top box vendor, has announced the appointment of Nadeem Ullah as Director of Hardware Engineering. Nadeem Ullah is promoted to the position, Director of Hardware Engineering, where he will manage AirTies’ growing Hardware Engineering Team that works to deliver next generation Hybrid Set-Top Boxes and wireless […]
Broadcast International, a provider of video management software and services for next-generation video IP networks, joined the DASH Promoters Group (DASH-PG), a new organisation comprised of technology leaders dedicated to driving the broad adoption of MPEG’s DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) specification (ISO/IEC 23009), which was ratified in November 2011. DASH addresses the evolution […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announces that Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected an Agama quality assurance solution for automated QoE and QoS monitoring and testing of over-the-top video services. Supporting linear, VoD and event delivery models, the deployment will help Maxisat assuring the quality of its nationwide HLS based OTT service […]
Online kids channel Toon Goggles has signed a licensing agreement with software pioneer PacketVideo that gives Toon Goggle viewers the ability to beam programming from iPads and Android devices to their home TVs with the Twonky Beam Browser video streaming app; it was announced today by Stephen Hodge, Executive Vice President of New Media at […]
Espial, an expert in on-demand TV software and solutions, has announced the latest enhancements to its Espial Media Service Platform, a TV service management and delivery solution that enables operators to deliver TV services over managed and OTT networks. The Espial Media Service Platform provides operators with a single platform to manage and deliver TV […]
Broadcast industry veteran Mike Antonovich has joined the Executive Board at ScheduALL. ScheduALL is the leading global provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the media, broadcast and transmission industries. The addition of Antonovich builds on ScheduALL’s continued investment in deep industry expertise across an industry in transition. Antonovich, with more than 30 years […]
Comigo, an Israel-based company, has announced the introduction of a feature-rich Smart TV platform that will considerably enhance the TV experience by uniquely extending viewing across all types of handheld devices, opening up revolutionary personalisation and interactive socialisation capabilities. Comigo’s advanced Smart TV platform includes applications for Smartphones and Tablets (Android and iOS based), an […]
After the success of Guadalajara Pan American Games coverage, leading Brazilian broadcaster Rede Record enters into a deal with WASP3D for London Olympics 2012. The touch screen based interactive technology will be used for illustrating and analyzing the sports event in a real-time environment. The broadcaster has already been using the WASP3D graphics technology for […]
In one of the earliest deployments of its kind, AirTies Wireless Networks, a supplier of advanced technology to the Broadcast and Broadband industry, will deliver OTT STB’s to International Latin Broadcasting, through its ILBtv pay-as-you-go service. This new service targets the Spanish language communities residing in the United States. The AirTies and ILBtv partnership makes […]