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Broadband Forum architects an ultra-fast future

Work that enables service providers in deploying ultra-fast broadband to homes and businesses around the world has been completed by the Broadband Forum during its quarterly meeting in Porto, Portugal....

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Freeview Play set for October launch

UK subscription-free TV service Freeview and Digital UK – the company that manages the development and strategy of DTT and supports viewers – have confirmed that the new Freeview Play connected TV...

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Spain speeds deployment of optic fibre

Telefonica is speeding up the deployment of its optic fibre network to reach a 97 per cent coverage of all Spanish households by 2020, with a remaining 3 per cent out of the plans due to technnical or...

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Amazon acquires Elemental

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud technology infrastructure platform unit of Amazon, is to acquire software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies. The acquisition brings together...

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Global TV subs increase

The 100 leading pay-television services in the informitv Multiscreen Index gained almost four million subscribers in the second quarter of 2015. The total number of subscribers rose by 3.94 million or...

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Verimatrix expands VideoMark range

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has introduced an expanded range of VideoMark content tracking and watermarking...

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Conax signs StarTimes deal

Conax, part of the Kudelski Group, and an expert in total service protection for digital TV and entertainment services, has entered a contract with StarTimes to co-develop a media gateway solution for...

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Accenture to acquire S3 TV Technology

Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire S3 TV Technology, a business unit of Dublin-headquartered S3 Group that delivers consultancy, automated testing, service monitoring and diagnostic...

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SES Liquid VOD, Lucid OVP

SES Platform Services is presenting a live showcase of Liquid VOD, a new solution for VoD services via satellite, at this year’s IBC. Liquid VOD is an way to distribute video content over satellite,...

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Rovi enhances video metadata in India

Rovi has made significant enhancements to its entertainment discovery portfolio for India. Rovi has expanded its metadata coverage to the top OTT and Indian pay-TV providers, including more than 20 of...

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Humax secures exclusive Netflix STB deal

Digital set-top box specialist Humax is partnering with Internet TV network Netflix to provide easy access to the popular service across its range of set-top boxes in the coming months. Through the...

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Apple TV all about apps (and games)

Apple CEO Tim Cook has unveiled a new set top TV box with its own app store and new operating system. The device features a remote control with a touch-sensitive panel and a microphone that allows it...

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VTVcab selects Nagra solutions

Nagra, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has been selected by Vietnam largest cable operator, VTVcab, to...

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Vodafone Germany chooses AirTies

Vodafone Germany has chosen AirTies as the wireless home network partner for its IPTV and broadband Internet services via the AirTies WLAN bridge with MESH technology. This follows Vodafone Germany’s...

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Friend MTS protects Premier League

Friend MTS has been appointed by The Premier League to help secure its pay TV licensees’ OTT and TV Everywhere streams across the globe. Using its global monitoring system and network forensics...

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22% US cable homes have an OTT service

Around 22 per cent of US cable subscribers also pay for an OTT service, according to a study from Millward Brown Digital. While Netflix is the biggest provider, Millward Brown Digital reports HBO Now...

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Rovi: ‘Cord-cutting mainly just talk’

Rovi has released findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT content subscribers in the US, Europe, and Asia. The study aimed to uncover trends in viewer behaviour related to discovery, search,...

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France: D17 cements audience engagement strategy

French music television channel D17 has enriched the viewing experience for its audience with a new app that forms a major element of its second screen strategy.  ‘D17 Connect’ feature synchronises...

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Tele Columbus buys Pepcom

Tele Columbus, Germany’s third-largest cable network operator, has agreed to buy rival Pepcom to create a combined company reaching 3.7 million homes, in a deal valued at €608 million (including debt)....

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France bans STB tax, but ups telco tax

Fleur Pellerin , the French Minister of Culture and Communication, has confirmed government plans to increase the telco tax from 0.9 per cent to 1.2 per cent of their annual revenues and limit to €1...

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