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ARRIS prepares for the all-channel multiscreen line-up
Pay TV platforms need complete channel line-ups on multiscreen devices to differentiate themselves from OTT services. ARRIS is paving the way, from dense transcoders to ABR clients that are less ‘selfish’....
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If Pay TV operators want to stream more video to their STBs or into connected TV devices, they need the audio quality to match what you get on broadcast. That means 5.1 and now Dolby Digital Plus.…
Harmonic has been helping customers cope with sudden increases in their transcoding requirements using cloud services, and went public with the Amazon Web Services offer this spring. …
The broadcast group explains its connected and on-demand strategy, including catch-up TV, connected devices, HbbTV, and a determination to create win-win-situations for both broadcaster and platform operator.…
Traditional middleware providers could play a greater role in the Connected TV market looking ahead, working with best-of-breed client apps that can reach all devices, while there is a trend towards virtual STB implementations that put multicast video…
The Swedish triple-play provider is confident it can thrive in the competitive Scandinavian market because its new platform will provide more of what customers want in one place, with single billing.…
When combined with LTE/4G networks, the new HEVC video codec is likely to enable Wi-Fi like quality and reliability for mobile TV. Download-to-view is an interesting development but it is the 'always on' user experience that matters.…
Mark Freedman at TELUS believes lifetime revenue from loyal customers is the big win from mobile TV. And while session-shifting is a great feature, it is too expensive to justify today.…
The U.S. cable operator has deployed a file-based transcoding solution that harnesses new NVIDIA and Intel processors to double video processing performance. The on-demand content is used for Xfinity multi-screen.…
A number of media companies have been testing the cloud transcoding service offered by Elemental Technologies and the company claims the concept is a natural extension of on-premise transcoding.…
The new compression standard will enable platform operators like Stofa to increase the quality of multi-screen video, including on mobile networks. The codec will change the rest of the TV market too.…
More details are emerging about how this innovative Broadpeak technology works, replacing unicast ABR requests with multicast but avoiding new CPE. …
Cisco has combined its own cloud and networking capabilities with the multi-platform and UEX client expertise it acquired through NDS to expand the capabilities of Videoscape, ready for more unified and personal video experiences.…
The 4G service covers streaming and downloads and is part of a holistic offer that includes content discovery and the Orange Wednesday cinema offer. Early release dates will help to differentiate it.…
However much the iPad may dominate, complexity in the multi-screen market is driving countervailing efforts, such as proposals for a common DRM framework that would leverage and enhance existing standards.…
As the numbers behind TV Everywhere rise, the cable industry is turning to operational challenges, some of which (advertising, identity, etc.) can be addressed by robust signaling protocols. …
Nick Thexton, CTO at NDS, has hailed the DNA match between the engineering teams at NDS and Cisco. The companies feel better placed now to help operators move to a more IP, multi-screen, cloud-based world.…
As people get used to 'TV Everywhere' services from Pay TV operators they will come to expect all the same linear channels on multiscreen devices that they get via the STB, as well as all the same on-demand…
The playout and distribution company has already dipped its toe into the water with encoding for the Sport1 app and is project managing the Film1 multi-screen movie service, both in the Netherlands. This could be just the start.…
Cloud computing offers Pay TV operators the potential to accelerate innovation, reduce operational costs and explore new opportunities including those surrounding ‘big data’. Comcast and Liberty Global are already convinced of the benefits.…
The German Pay TV operator is enjoying strong uptake for its multi-screen TV service, which is bundled free with an HD subscription. In-home viewing dominates. It is still deciding whether it needs to be on Smart TVs.…
Stofa says customers expect 100% quality even if multi-screen TV is free and Deutsche Telekom has been revealing its customer care strategy. Ben Reneker at SNL Kagan reckons customer support is an opportunity to differentiate.…
The Belgian public broadcaster, backed by DASH Promoters Group members and EBU, are using the adaptive bit rate streaming standard to deliver live sports to multi-screen devices in an important step towards commercial deployment.…
The company has been demonstrating its DivX Plus Streaming technology and believes it can displace established formats because of its quality, Blu-ray features, device reliability and download-to-own capabilities.…
Consumer research has convinced the German IPTV provider that customers will pay a little extra for multi-screen TV and the company believes that if you do not charge from day one it will be hard asking for fees…
The set-top box serves as a kind of barometer for the Pay TV industry. Over the past decade, its evolving features spawned hundreds of channels of digital television, mainstreamed digital video recording (DVR) technology and advanced the cause…
OTT is not always the right solution for Pay TV operators that want to offer live TV on tablets at home. With a $100 BOM, NAGRA’s broadcast-to-IP gateway uses transcoding and CA-DRM conversion to provide an alternative.…
BSkyB led consumers to PVR and HD in the UK but Mike Darcey has admitted that the demands for ‘anytime, anywhere’ viewing has left Sky, as well as the industry generally, rushing to catch up. …
Barbados-based Columbus Communications is staging a multi-screen rollout that leverages efficiencies in transcoding technology and unified services software. Starting with 30 live linear channels, the operator will deploy in stages to a full 250 channels, turning tablets and…
YouSee TV Everywhere customers never have to log-in to access content. This kind of detail matters if you want to reach beyond early adopters to the mass-market viewer, who hates hassle.…
Christian Bombrun at French broadcaster M6 believes that now Microsoft is transforming the game console into a general entertainment hub it will boost connected TV services. Console users are generally web-connected.…
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