Mismatch between content delivery and consumption highlighted by Akamai report December 30^th 2014 - 02:37 PM

Content consumption and provision seem to be diverging in the age of multiscreen delivery, according to a recent survey by CDN and cloud services provider Akamai. The report, State of CDN Services, compiled by Akamai in conjunction with services company Streaming Media with the help of IT management analysts Unisphere

EBU Urges Broadcasters To Support Multiple Distribution Networks December 30^th 2014 - 10:27 AM

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has ended 2014 by publishing a high level document aimed at helping broadcasters develop a consistent unified strategy for content distribution in the era of multiple screens and transport methods. In keeping with the time of year this has involved gazing into the crystal ball to

GatesAir Recognizes Digital Broadcast Patent Innovations December 19^th 2014 - 09:01 PM

GatesAir is highly active on the patent front with more than 238 patents and two Emmy awards.

Applied Technology: Cloud Technology for TV Broadcasters December 19^th 2014 - 08:25 PM

Cloud computing and broadcasters—they are made for each other. Cloud computing enables global scale of operations, brings tremendous cost savings and enables the worldwide distribution of content.

ITV’s Netflix Criticism is Veiled Flattery December 5^th 2014 - 01:36 PM

ITV, the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, has been over obsessed with Netflix even since the latter’s launch in the country almost three years ago at the start of 2012. This highlights the growing status of OTT and the fact that the battleground is increasingly centred on content rather than met

Smart TVs get more secure December 1^st 2014 - 04:50 PM

One of the challenges for smart TV makers has been to avoid throwing the baby of content security out with the bathwater of the unwanted set top box (STB). Surprisingly this was not properly addressed by smart TV makers at the outset, but now they are starting to incorporate security

Poland’s nc+ picks ADB for multiroom software November 28^th 2014 - 09:34 AM

Polish DTH operator nc+ has selected ADB’s Wi-Fi enabled set top box, along with software and associated integration services, to underpin its multiroom and multiscreen strategy. Nc+, an ADB customer since 2006, will be first to go live with the new ADB-4740SF Wi-Fi satellite set-top box, with deployment already u

Rai Way’s New Terrestrial Contribution Network November 28^th 2014 - 07:44 AM

Rai Way is Italy’s DTT transmission tower operator, a unit of the state broadcaster Rai, which has just gone public. It operates a Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) distribution network serving thousands of transmitter locations via terrestrial and satellite infrastructures. But it also owns the country’s national terrestrial contribution netwo