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IBC: An all-adaptive bit rate world is realistic, says RGB Networks
RGB Networks believes all video delivery will migrate to adaptive bit rate streaming (ABR), which is a particular approach to IP video where content is encoded at multiple bit rates and resolutions and then split into very short chunks, allowing the client device to decide every few seconds...
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Android set-top boxes provide a simple and cost-effective way to make popular apps that consumers are used to seeing on tablets and mobiles available on TV. At IBC2011, EchoStar Europe was demonstrating how the Angry Birds game and…
Connected home technologies have struggled to keep pace with expanding ambitions among operators and broadcasters, but that may have changed, judging by various announcements at IBC2011. The home network initially evolved across two parallel but initially separate movements,…
Socmedia has boosted live viewing by making it impossible to record sports and avoid hearing the score. Even closer integration of ‘social’ and ‘TV’ could change how we discover content, as well.…
Tablets are boosting interest in linear viewing on smaller screens and though much of the consumption is over home Wi-Fi, it does raise the question whether there is a role for a second generation broadcast mobile technology if…
The boom in OTT and TV Anywhere services is underlined by rapid growth in IP video transmission at all stages of the content lifecycle, and this is expanding greatly the scope and demand for quality assurance (QA) products.…
The tablet boom has already transformed the TV Anywhere and OTT strategies of some Pay TV operators but the real disruption is yet to come. The tablet market has so far been dominated by Apple with the iPad,…
The introduction of IP services as part of a hybrid satellite/IP offering has boosted the offer of Israeli satellite operator YES, which is also benefiting from all the VOD consumer education that went before. But as Itzhak Elyakim,…
There is increasing interest in HTTP video. This protocol and its adaptive bit-rate (ABR) cousins have yet to conquer the world. But at least one major vendor thinks all video entering the home will become HTTP-based.…
The increasing availability of fibre points that can be harnessed for outside broadcasting is leading to more interest in JPEG2000 among contribution providers who traditionally relied on satellite. Meanwhile, despite the benefits of using IP fibre links, satellite…
The announcement by the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) of support for premium video during IBC2011 heralds the coming of age for home networks. The extension of DLNA’s Interoperability Guidelines to include premium video including HD content plugs…
Pay TV security is an ongoing battle between operators and not just pirates but also individuals who would rather not pay for the service. At the same time, operators have one hand tied behind their backs because unlike…
The trend towards cloud-based service delivery is creating a need for products that enable Quality of Service (QoS) over unmanaged networks, according to Swedish owned distributed video network technology vendor Edgeware. The company has developed a strategy called…
NDS provided the ‘blow you away’ demonstration for IBC2011 with its Surfaces concept, which takes the best of the big screen and companion screen experiences and throws them onto a single wall-sized display (or multiple walls) to create…
There was a positive mood at IBC this year, based on our conversations with vendors and the amount of business they were doing at the show, and not surprisingly, multi-screen TV was the big theme again. It is…
The MoCA coaxial cable home networking standard is gaining traction in Europe among cable and satellite operators, according to silicon vendor Entropic. As a maker of MoCA chips, Entropic would say that, but the company can at least…
Targeted advertising is catching on with brands and advertisers while there are growing signs of acceptance by viewers. This was the collective view of an NDS Perspectives Panel, ‘Advanced Advertising’, held on the company’s stand at IBC 2011.…
As TV sets get even bigger over the next few years, they will present opportunities for apps surrounding the main picture, but for now the main apps activity will be around companion devices and small screens. At the…
Social media can increase content engagement and consumption with potential for revenue generation if deployed wisely. But it can also act as a deterrent if it intrudes into the viewing of premium content, particularly sports and entertainment. The…
We used to bring the world to people’s living rooms and now we will bring the world to their pockets. That is how Bill Roedy, former Chairman and Chief Executive of MTV Networks, now retired, sums up the…
Consumers will play a key role in the battle between service providers and content owners over digital rights. That is the view of Cisco’s VP and General Manager for Digital Media Networks, Bart Spriester, who suggests: “Consumers will…
Metadata does not get the attention it deserves in conference sessions about the future of TV, but it was fully recognised on a mini panel at IBC 2011 on the NDS stand titled ‘The Changing Media Landscape’. “The…
Doubts over the ability of OTT (over-the-top) services to deliver broadcast quality TV are being dispelled by increases in bandwidth and advances in adaptive bit rate streaming (ABRS) technologies, but there are still concerns over security. This emerged…
Liberty Global has revealed what the cable TV experience will look like in future for its customers across all its European cable systems. Mike Fries, the company’s CEO, used the first day of the IBC conference to demonstrate…
The complete one-stop shop that delivers all utilities, including energy and water as well as entertainment, will never arrive and may not be desirable, but there is a definite desire for a single source of content. This finding…
One point of agreement among the three members of a mini panel on Design & Usability on the NDS stand at IBC 2011 was that operators should not consult customers over the design of the UI (User Interface)…
Mike Fries, CEO at Liberty Global, has admitted that comments by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs during the 2010 D8 Conference inspired his company to deliver what it believes is the next generation of cable TV with its new…
Conax announced its Conax Contego Unite content protection solution today at IBC, a platform that provides umbrella management of its conditional access for set-top boxes, its own Conax DRM client and multiple open market DRMs starting with Microsoft…
UK cable operator Virgin Media will continue its cautious approach to deployment of the TiVo set-top box, integrating IP and web based content with broadcast DVB-C services. Speaking at IBC 2011, the TV industry’s leading trade fair, Virgin…
In the digital age, the cable industry can hedge its bets on whether they can maintain their dominance as content aggregators by exploiting their broadband infrastructure for alternative over-the-top (OTT) viewing, according to Bill Roedy, Former Chairman and…
The new Electra 9000 encoder from Harmonic Inc, which was launched today at IBC, will help service providers build the unified video headends they need to scale multi-screen TV offers cost-effectively, thanks to the combination of high-end broadcast…
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