July 3, 2008

Neptuny announces ContentWise 2.0

by Jan Harris

Neptuny, the IPTV performance management specialist, plans to launch ContentWise 2.0 at IBC 2008, the broadcasting and media technology event, which will be held at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam, from 12 to 16 September.
ContentWise addresses the problems faced by users in accessing IPTV content.
This can have a significant impact on customer retention rates […]


July 2, 2008

The world of IPTV

by Grant Draper

The deployment of IPTV on a global scale by local telecom operators has had an increase, helped by them working together with electronics manufacturers and network providers as members of the Open IPTV forum, which will be releasing details on its first specification.
Telefónica headquarters, Madrid, was the location for the Open IPTV Forum’s meeting, where […]


July 2, 2008

Oki Audience Rating Information System

by Grant Draper

A new “Audience Rating Information System” has been developed for the Japanese IPTV market, which will collect data which will then be used to improve companies’ services for their consumers, thanks to Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
The Rating Information System will be introduced across IP networks via eVideo technology, and Oki plans to present the […]


July 2, 2008

Asia Pacific Expansion For Orca Interactive

by Rohan Parker

IPTV middleware provider Orca Interactive Ltd., today announced plans to move into the Asia Pacific market.
The subsidiary of Viaccess was established in 1996, and is based out of Ra’anana, Israel, in spite of being owned by France Telecom.
Chief Technology Officer at Orca, Ofer Weintraub, is to speak at the CommunicAsia conference about the company’s […]


July 2, 2008

PMC-Sierra Releases 10G EPON Study

by Rohan Parker

A study detailing new 10G Ethernet Passive Optical Network technology was released today by PMC-Sierra, titled 10G EPON Brings Advantages to the Fiber Access Network.
This new 10G EPON is expected to encourage advanced technologies in next-generation high-definition IPTV solutions, along with high-bandwidth programs.
With the advent of IPTV, and other bandwidth heavy applications becoming […]


July 2, 2008

ATIS & MSF Overhaul IPTV Standards

by Rohan Parker

October is set to see the biennial Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) conference take place, from the 20th to the 31st.
This year the scrutiny is on, because ATIS will be collaborating with MultiService Forum (MSF), and the two will be testing the essential aspects to authentication and initialization of IPTV services.
A list of vendors […]


June 30, 2008

USTelematics acquire U.S Patent

by Grant Draper

USTelematics have aquired the U.S. Patent Number 7,079,633, which is a high security digital media watermarking algorithm.
The announcement comes as part of a deal for an exchange, for UTLM stock valued at $1.50 per share.
USTelematics, Inc believes that corporate organizations are afraid of the possible implications of the growth of online services, such […]


June 30, 2008

Harmonic 4 star rated IPTV Solution

by Grant Draper

Harmonic Inc, have achieved 4 star ratings, from the Broadband Gear Report’s (BGR) 2008 Diamond Technology Reviews.
The announcement includes the Direct-to-Edge cable IPTV solution, MediaPrism™ on-demand content preparation software, and PWRLink™ 1310 nm DWDM transmitters, and the Harmonic’s DiviCom® Ion™ encoder achieved 3.5 stars.
Harmonic Inc, are no strangers to success.
At the Diamond Technology Reviews […]


June 30, 2008

Wyndstorm Launches SocialFrames Destination Widget

by Alan Harten

Wyndstorm Corporation, a social media company, announced today the release of Socialframes, a destination widget designed to extend online social marketing and online promotions.
Socialframes is the social network industry’s first and only “destination widget” a small snippet of code that provides a user one-click access to a promotional Web site including a virtual world.
Socialframes […]


June 26, 2008

Next-gen iPlayer revealed

by Jan Harris

The BBC is launching a beta version of the next-generation iPlayer, a service which allows viewers to access catch-up television programmes via a PC.
The new version, which fully integrates television and radio, will run alongside the original version for a while.
It will give users free access to BBC TV and radio programmes, on-demand and […]


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