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Links Week Starting 24th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue …

Can Software “Eat” 5G Hardware?

by Steve Sechrist

There is an old saying in the technology mind space that any hardware that can be replaced by software, will be. It’s an observable fact in technology evolution… Now, faced with the quandary of …

Cogeco Connexion to Introduce MediaFirst IPTV Platform in Canada

by Andrew Fenn

Cogeco Connexion, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, has entered into an agreement with MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) to offer its IPTV platform to customers in Canada. The platform allows for the customisation of …

Fox Teams with Ericsson, Intel, AT&T to Deliver 4K Over 5G at 2018 U.S. Open

by Damir Lokas

FOX Sports, in cooperation with the Fox Innovation Lab and partners Ericsson, Intel and AT&T, will use 5G technology to stream 4K video over 5G for broadcast nationwide at this year’s 118th U.S. Open …

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Fox to Deliver UltraHD and HDR Video Over 5G at 2018 US Open

by Andrew Fenn

Fox Sports, in cooperation with the Fox Innovation Lab and partners Ericsson, Intel and AT&T, will use 5G technology to stream Ultra HD and HDR video over 5G for broadcast nationwide in the US …

Ericsson Media Solutions Launches End-to-End UHD Content Platform

by Andrew Fenn

Media Solutions has announced the launch of its MediaFirst End-to-End Ultra High Definition solution, a software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform to deliver UHD content from camera to consumer. The new solution leverages …

Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform Available on Amlogic’s Set Top Box Chipset

by Damir Lokas

Next-generation TV operators can cost-effectively take their customers to new levels of personalized consumer experience satisfaction as a result of collaboration between Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Media Solutions and Amlogic to make Ericsson’s MediaFirst middleware available …

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Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform Available on Amlogic STB Chipset

by Andrew Fenn

Ericsson Media Solutions has announced a collaboration to make its MediaFirst TV middleware available on system-on-a-chip provider Amlogic’s S905X chipset, which uses a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU and a penta-core ARM Mali-450 GPU to …

Ericsson Sells Majority Stake in Media Solutions

by Andrew Fenn

One Equity Partners has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Media Solutions from Ericsson. Ericsson will continue to own a 49% stake in the company. Additional terms …

Tags:Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

TV in 2020: 50% of Viewing Will be Mobile

by Damir Lokas

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) unveils the eighth edition of its annual ConsumerLab TV and Media report, which details the massive growth in TV and video viewing and the ongoing shift in the way consumers watch content. …

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HFR On the Back Burner – for Now

by Bob Raikes

In my preview of IFA a couple of months ago, I said that I expected to see quite a lot of high refresh rate (HFR) technology. However there was little to see at IFA, …

Tags:Ericsson| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Ericsson Report Highlights VR Trends and Content Crisis

by Bob Raikes

Every year for the last eight, Ericsson has conducted a big user survey on TV viewing and published the result and this year is no exception. The survey included online interviews were conducted with …