Singapore – NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and the world's leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, announced that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the leading multi-system cable operators in Taiwan, has rolled out a newly digitised platform powered by OpenTV 5. NAGRA has been a key partner in TBC’s ongoing digitisation efforts providing the operator with both OpenTV 5 advanced set-top box software and system integration services … [Read more...] about TBC launches newly digitised platform
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Accedo and Verimatrix extend partnership to secure TV Everywhere
Singapore - Accedo announced an extension of their partnership with Verimatrix with an integration of Accedo’s TV Everywhere (TVE) solution to include Verimatrix ViewRight Web client security. The integrated solution will enable secure video delivery to a broad range of end user devices in conjunction with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV solution. Integrated with Accedo’s TVE solution, the combined solution can support both adaptive … [Read more...] about Accedo and Verimatrix extend partnership to secure TV Everywhere
Microsoft and China’s PPTV forge alliance
Shanghai – Microsoft and PPTV, China's leading Internet TV service provider, have signed a strategic partnership memorandum to launch PPTV Asia TV Networks (ATN) platform on Windows Azure. This one-stop Internet TV service platform will offer content and service providers a new scale of business opportunities. This is also Microsoft's first cloud-based collaboration with a local Chinese new media company. According to the memorandum, PPTV will adopt Windows Azure as the core infrastructure … [Read more...] about Microsoft and China’s PPTV forge alliance
Moving online
Reuters recently launched Reuters TV, a new YouTube channel featuring ten news, commentary and analysis programmes covering hard news, finance, politics, technology and special Reuters investigations. This marks the news agency’s entry into the rapidly growing business of online video programming. According to comScore, 182 million US internet users watched online video content in December 2011 for an average of 23.2 hours per viewer, adding up to a total of 43.5 billion videos viewed. The … [Read more...] about Moving online
No go for Hulu
Hulu, the US catch-up TV portal is no longer up for sale. In a joint statement from its owners News Corp., Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company and the Hulu senior management team, the company said the sale process had been terminated. “Our focus now rests solely on ensuring that our efforts as owners contribute in a meaningful way to the exciting future that lies ahead for Hulu.” The partners said they looked forward to working together towards greater success. … [Read more...] about No go for Hulu
Content woes delay KT internet TV
Seoul - A KT senior executive has said that the launch of internet-based TV may need to be delayed until November, due to continued content negotiations. This confirms whispers at the BCWW Conference & Exhibition early September that certain Korean terrestrial channels were playing hard-ball regarding re-transmission deals. While recent regulatory changes now permit internet-TV to offer linear channels in real-time, rather than just pre-IPTV services, the telcos are precluded from programming … [Read more...] about Content woes delay KT internet TV
