"pay TV" articles
Netgem has made a number of announcements regarding hybrid set-top boxes and multi-screen solutions at IBC.
* It announced a device that enables consumers to watch a mix of broadcast and internet TV services within a unified experience. The N5000 series Netbox works with any internet source, regardless of connection type. It comes pre-loaded with various web applications including versions of YouTube, Facebook and Flickr. The UI can also be personalised by the operator or service...
On September 13, Verimatrix and Harmonic announced a solution that leverages the HTTP Live Streaming adaptive bitrate standard to securely deliver video services to the iPhone®, iPad, PC and a range of other devices. The solution is an integration of Harmonic’s MediaPrism Convergence Suite with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for Internet TV to create a unified headend that delivers protected standard (SD) and high definition (HD) content over unmanaged...
PlayJam is a company that we covered in a recent report titled Gaming ARPU: Games & the Service Provider, and we concluded that there is a significant opportunity for games-on-TV as a value-added service through pay-TV operators and connected TV players. With DTT set-top boxes becoming hybrid, however, there are also opportunities in this space.
PlayJam has expanded the availability of its network across UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview through set-tops sold by retail...
Television services in Latin America will grow by double digits over the next five years, outpacing service growth in Asia and other emerging markets.
The report Television Services: Global Outlook (2nd Edition) reveals the Latin American region will achieve a cumulative annual growth rate of 10% through 2014, compared to less than two percent in Western Europe and North America. Already major players are seeing better-than-expected results. DirecTV recently tripled its...
There is value in Google's solution (the ability to initiate searches across all kinds of content, including a pay-TV provider's channel lineup), but there are drawbacks. First, will users want to use a keyboard in their TV search experience? (Logitech says that the Harmony software can be downloaded as an app to Android smartphones, so that would be another option.)
Second, without the blessing of the pay-TV providers (DISH Network is the only service provider to work with Google...
My first summer at Parks Associates (twelve years agao this month) was characterized by a monthlong heatwave and zero rain for several weeks in a row. It was also my first introduction to consumer-oriented home networking technologies - it seemed that there was a new announcement regarding powerline, wireless, coax, twisted-pair or other types of home networking technology. It was quite an introduction into the dynamic consumer technology space.
I'm reminded of the milestones of...
In a CONNECTIONS™ wrap-up post last week, I had predicted that we would see many more announcements regarding the linkages between premium video services (from pay-TV providers) and the connected CE world. Widevine's announcement this week with Samsung speaks to the technology relationships being formed to enable just these types of features on connected TVs and Blu-ray players.
With the agreement, Widevine will provide Samsung with live and on-demand adaptive streaming, virtual...
The popularity of online video consumption is forcing service providers to reposition as media companies with new offerings such as TV Everywhere, according to this report, Online Video and Broadband Provider Strategies.
The number of U.S. broadband households watching premium online content doubled in the last year. Over 25 million U.S. broadband households regularly watch full-length TV shows online, and over 20 million watch movies online.
Connected CE devices are...
