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V-Nova and Sky Win Best of NAB

by Tom Allen

Sky Italy’s IPTV platform, which is powered by V-Nova’s Perseus codec (Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy), won Newbay Media’s Best of Show award at NAB 2016. V-Nova also used the show to announce the …

Sky Subscriptions Continue Upwards

by Isaac Oburu

Sky has recorded 177,000 new customers and 686,000 more products in Sky homes during the company’s fiscal Q3.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Sky Takes V-Nova in Italy

by Tom Allen

Sky will use V-Nova’s Perseus codec on its IPTV platform in Italy, resulting in a halving of the average bitrate from 8Mbps to 4Mbps. One of the most important points about the news is …

UltraHD Coming for Formula 1

by Isaac Oburu

It is now official that the UK’s Sky has secured rights to broadcast Formula 1 racing in UltraHD in the UK and Ireland, between 2019 and 2024. Beginning next year, every Formula 1 race …

Sky Gets Into VR

by Tom Allen

Sky has created a dedicated in-house VR production unit, called Sky VR Studio. Content produced – two films shot at the Formula 1 testing in Barcelona – was first released on the 18th March, …

Sky Promises 4k This Summer

by Tom Allen

Sky will roll out its own UltraHD content to the new Sky Q set-top box, the Sky Q Silver, this summer. The company’s strategy director, Nick Hern (speaking at the Connected TV Summit in …

4th FAI World Air Games 2015 Opening Ceremony

by Isaac Oburu

Working with Dynamic Motion, Protec delivered expert video design services and technology including BlackTrax real-time motion tracking at the grand opening ceremony of World Air Games 2015 held at the beachside coastal location of …

Tags:Air Traffic Control (ATC)| Events| Sky| Video Walls

Sky Q Officially Available

by Milos Pavlovic

Sky Q can be purchased in the UK and Ireland now. The first Sky Q customers will have their STBs installed by the end of the month.

Tags:Ireland| Large Display Monitor| Sky| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Roku Developing Hybrid STB

by Tom Allen

Roku is developing a hybrid STB, which will deliver both linear and streaming services for its partners. Sky will be the first Roku partner to deploy the new box, as part of its Now …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Sky| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Sky Prices SkyQ

by Isaac Oburu

Sky has revealed the price of its SkyQ set-top box (Sky Overhauls STB, Prepares for UltraHD). The STB will cost £100 ($145) for installation, with monthly payments of £42 ($60) for the subscription. Non-Sky …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pricing| Sky| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Sky Meshes With AirTies

by Tom Allen

Sky will use AirTies’ Mesh technology (designed to increase WiFi coverage throughout the home) to ‘supercharge’ WiFi on its SkyQ devices. Mesh maps the home network as mobile devices move throughout the home, monitoring …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| Vol 23 - Issue 03| Wi-Fi

Cisco & MaxLinear In SkyQ

by Bob Raikes

It has been confirmed that the new SkyQ UltraHD STB will be based around MediaHighway middleware from Cisco and will include a MaxLinear MxL5x2 satellite receiver and EN5520 Channel Stacking IC. The receiver can …