At the DEMOfall 08 conference in San Diego earlier this month, a company called beeTV unveiled a platform which it says allows viewers to choose the TV shows they want to watch by presenting them with a “personal content channel.” According to the company, the platform can be used by IPTV, cable, satellite, and DTT [...]
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At the IBC show in Amsterdam earlier this month, iPoint-media, a provider of interactive video application delivery platforms for Web and 3G mobile, unveiled a UGC management solution called GOliveTV. The solution, which is an integrated component of IBM’s MediaHub platform, is billed as offering broadcasters a comprehensive means for utilizing user-generated content in their [...]
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–Secures New Deal with the Associated Press
Comcast-owned white-label broadband video publishing company, thePlatform–which earlier this year launched a partner program, called thePlatform Framework, which it bills as the “industry’s largest collection of integrated partners for serving the professional online video market” (note: program members include companies providing ad campaign management systems, ad sales networks, content [...]
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Red Bee Media (note: the company was originally a BBC business unit, called BBC Broadcast, that was sold off by the Corporation to Australian venture capital firm, Macquarie, in 2005 for £166 million) has renewed its contract with the BBC’s Future Media & Technology arm to enable the latter’s interactive services. The new contract, which [...]
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–Launches OCAP Development Toolkit
–Launches New Set-Top Platform Offering Media Mobility
–Secures Deals with T-Home, Ziggo
At the IBC show in Amsterdam earlier this month, Motorola unveiled various enhancements to its VOD product portfolio that make use of adaptive media management (AMM). AMM is a technology framework that is billed as creating a flexible and cost-effective platform for [...]
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At the IBC show in Amsterdam earlier this month, Dutch technology giant, Philips, offered demos of 3D on IPTV, VOD and Blu-ray. The demos were designed to show how the company’s 2D-plus-Depth content format (note: for more on the latter, see [itvt] Issue 7.41) can be distributed easily over existing distribution infrastructures and playout devices [...]
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–Integrates its SDV Solution with Digeo’s Moxi HD DVR
Video networking specialist, BigBand Networks, has launched a network-based media-processing platform, which it says will help broadband service providers transition from a broadcast video distribution model to personalized video delivery, and which it bills as cost-effectively delivering a range of personalized video services, including IPTV, addressable advertising, [...]
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VOD technology provider, Concurrent, says that Portugal’s largest cable operator, ZON TV Cabo, has chosen its flagship MediaHawk Content Delivery System to power its expanded VOD service. The expanded service is scheduled to launch in Lisbon and Porto in the fourth quarter. “Concurrent’s innovative technology, exemplified by the unique resilient streaming feature, was one of [...]
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