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Is Smart TV better in the TV or in the Cloud?

by Bob Raikes

The other day, I was reading an article that was complaining about the relative lack of development in Smart TV technology recently. It got me thinking about how Smart TV is developing but also …

Tags:Cloud TV| Smart TV| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ABox42 & Zattoo Collaborate

by Bob Raikes

Although they are independent companies, ABox42, which makes STBs and Zattoo, which is a TV service provider, they are both based in Germany and collaborate a lot, so were sharing a booth at the …

Tags:Cloud TV| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 08

WIND Hellas Chooses ZAPPWARE Cloud-based TV

by Milos Pavlovic

WIND Hellas announced today that it will cooperate with Zappware to offer high end TV services to its customers. Thanks to Zappware’s turnkey technology solution WIND Hellas will launch a new multiscreen video service …

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Wind Chooses Zappware for Cloud-Based TV Rollout

by Alan Spencer

Wind Hellas has signed an agreement to use Zappware’s NeXX 4.0 cloud-based TV solution to launch multiscreen video service by the end of the year to Wind’s customers in Greece. Zappware’s solution provides client …

Tags:Cloud TV| Greece| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

VTR Sees Growth In Customers in Chile

by Alan Spencer

Liberty Global’s subsidiary in Chile, VTR, has reported significant growth in customer numbers for the company’s enhanced services. The enhanced service includes VOD with enriched graphics, TV previews and the ability to browse and …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| VOD| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Liberty Uses Metrological for Cloud-based Netflix

by Bob Raikes

Liberty Global is to use new cloud-based technology from Metrological to introduce its support for Netflix. Metrological defined a hybrid architecture, using an application framework that acts as a device and a software-agnostic abstraction …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| Netflix| Vol 23 - Issue 51

TV Operators See Cloud as Complement, Not Competitor

by Tom Allen

Pay-TV operators are facing growing pressure from OTT operators, and bundled offerings from telecom companies. These companies must provide new application experiences that can reach the market quickly and be delivered consistently across devices. …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 27

ARRIS, Charter Acquire ActiveVideo® Through New Joint Venture

by Helen Vince

ARRIS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) (ARRIS) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (Charter) announced today that they established a joint venture that has agreed to acquire ActiveVideo® for approximately $135 million. ARRIS will own …

Tags:Cloud TV| Mergers & Acquisitions

Elemental Says Content Delivery Providers Starting to Adopt More Sophisticated Methods

by Bob Raikes

Broadcast & Distribution – Elemental Technologies delivered a webinar titled, “Creating scalable workflows for file-based video delivery.”  It laid out several architectures that content delivery providers are able to configure – with Elemental products, …

Tags:Advertising| Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Rovi Acquires Fanhattan

by Raverstead

Rovi has acquired venture-backed start-up Fanhattan, inventor of cloud-based Fan TV branded products, in an all-cash transaction. Fanhattan pioneers ways to discover media and entertainment on any screen, from any source, through Fan TV. …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Rovi| Vol 21 - Issue 44