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Welcome to New Video Technology
IBC preview: Mobile TV exhibitors can point to summer trial successesDespite a relatively quiet year for broadcast mobile TV, there are still new trials being announced every few weeks and a significant number of vendors at this year’s IBC will be able to point to delivery solutions that are being used in commercial deployments or running live, but non-commercial, services. |
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Europe will overtake Asia-Pac HDTV by 2011, driven by satellite Europe is expected to surpass the Asia Pacific region to become the second largest HDTV market in the world by the end of 2011, according to IMS Research. The growth will be fuelled by reduced MPEG-4 AVC set-top box costs for both operators and consumers, higher availability of local HD content, more competitive pricing for HD services, the growing popularity of flat-screen TVs, and sports-driven demand for HDTV. |
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UTStarcom’s IPTV platform supports majority of China’s subscribersUTStarcom, Inc. has announced that its end-to-end IPTV platform, RollingStream, now supports nearly 311,000 live subscribers in China, shared between 19 commercial deployments with both China Telecom and China Netcom. According to the company’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Brian Caskey, that is over 60 per cent of all commercial IPTV subscribers in China today. |
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Multikabel’s M-CMTS deployment now serves over 50,000 subscribersBigBand Networks, Inc. stated towards the end of July that its Modular CMTS (M-CMTS) deployment with the Dutch cable operator Multikabel was serving over 50,000 subscribers. Multikabel has begun to leverage BigBand's support for DOCSIS 3.0 downstream channel bonding, which is designed to give the operator the option of offering subscribers data speeds of 100Mbps. |
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Harmonic acquires Rhozet Corp. and its universal transcoding solutionsHarmonic Inc. completed the acquisition of Rhozet Corporation at the start of August. Rhozet is a privately-held company based in Santa Clara, California that offers software-based universal transcoding solutions that facilitate the creation of multi-format video for Internet, mobile and broadcast applications. The deal is worth $15.5 million. |
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IBC preview: Skyline unveils significant network management innovationsSkyline Communications, Stand 1.414
Skyline Communications will unveil some dramatic innovations in network management at IBC as part of its 5.0 release for the DataMiner multi-vendor network management platform. These include DMS Customer Premises Equipment Manager, which - the company claims - makes DataMiner the first solution in the industry capable of managing every single active component in the technical ecosystem. |
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Arqiva builds high-power DTT network for SDN multiplexSDN Ltd, one of the UK's digital terrestrial multiplex operators, has contracted Arqiva to design, build and operate a new high-power DTT network in preparation for digital switchover. The 27 year deal is worth around £500 million and will support a range of free-to-air channels currently available on Freeview and pay channels marketed via Top Up TV, the Pay TV digital terrestrial operator. |
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ARRIS data-over-cable solutions enable triple-play in CyprusCypriot cable operator Cablenet Communication Systems Ltd has deployed a number of C4 CMTS’s (Cable Modem Termination Systems) in Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca as part of a push into triple-play services. The company already offers cable TV and its nationwide high-speed Internet service is being transported across its IP-based fibre backbone serving the three cities. |
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IDway acquisition means Irdeto can now offer middleware with its CAContent security specialist Irdeto has acquired IDway SAS, a company that provides open software solutions for digital TV consumer devices. Irdeto says that by combining IDway's advanced, DVB standards-based middleware solutions with its Conditional Access, it will be able to provide a wider range of integrated solutions to operators and set-top box manufacturers. |
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Technicolor manages BBC Worldwide playout for Singapore IPTVTechnicolor Networks Services, part of the services division of Thomson, has been awarded a long-term contract to manage the ingest, quality control, playout and monitoring for a number of BBC Worldwide branded channels destined for distribution on SingTel’s IPTV service in Singapore. Technicolor/Thomson will provide the services from its new digital media facility in that country. |
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GlobeCast begins playout services from Central London GlobeCast’s transition from a satellite services company to a full service content management and delivery operation took another step this summer with the introduction of complete playout and media management capabilities at its London facility. |
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Thomson adds another mobile TV trial to its list, this time in HungaryAntenna Hungária and T-Mobile Hungary have been conducting a DVB-H pilot using Thomson’s mobile TV headend solution and the French company’s SmartVision interactive service platform. During the tests, four live national TV channels have been broadcast to mobile phones, secured with Irdeto Conditional Access. |
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Nationwide IPTV for the UK - from Inuk Networks and Cable & WirelessCable & Wireless today announced its intention to be the first company to deliver national IPTV services via broadband in the UK through a wholesale deal with Inuk Networks, the triple-play provider currently offering its Freewire service to student accommodation at universities. Cable & Wireless will provide access to its nationwide multicast network and will also offer Inuk's IPTV platform as a white label solution to other wholesale DSL customers who want to provide digital TV. |
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KPN Broadcast upgrades Net Insight based DTT transport networkKPN Broadcast Services has placed orders to upgrade its Net Insight based video transport network, which is being used for digital terrestrial television and real-time contribution services. The company is currently using Net Insight's Nimbra One platform and is now deploying the company's Nimbra 680 switch, which is said to provide the lowest cost-per-bit switching in the industry and rigorous 100 per cent QoS and availability. |
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Australia’s SBS aiming for web syndication with help of MediaModeler Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) Corporation, Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster, has selected TANDBERG Television’s solution for Internet TV asset ingest, transcoding, management and distribution. As part of the integration, SBS will access TANDBERG’s Alloy and MediaModeler technologies through a managed services model to publish SBS content and user-generated video via the Internet. Initially the broadband video will be available on sbs.com and eventually across multiple platforms and syndication partners. |
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SingTel rolls out IPTV with help of Microsoft Mediaroom SingTel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited) has deployed its IPTV service in Singapore, providing the first commercial showcase in Asia for Microsoft TV’s Mediaroom IPTV/multimedia platform (the evolved Microsoft IPTV Edition service delivery platform). SingTel’s ‘mio TV’ service will include DVR, VOD and EPG. |
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Thirty five per cent home network growth in 2007, according to In-StatThe worldwide installed base of home networks is expected to grow by over 35 per cent in 2007, according to research group In-Stat, which attributes the trend to increasing numbers of residential broadband subscribers, the desire to share bandwidth and falling prices for networking equipment. The company says Asia is a significant contributor to this growth. |
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IBC preview: NDS offers comprehensive toolkit for multi-screen convergence NDS, Stand 1.171
NDS has emerged as a leader in real-world convergence solutions with a portfolio of products that support cross-platform, multi-screen services and increasing content portability inside and beyond the consumer home. At IBC the company is demonstrating a range of solutions to support TV over the Internet, PC-TV content protection, content transfer between PC and DVR, and secure peer-to-peer content sharing, among other things. |
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Pre-integrated Switched Digital Video solution “will accelerate roll-outs”Harmonic Inc. and C-COR believe they will help accelerate the roll-out of Switched Digital Video services with what they claim is the first comprehensive, pre-integrated SDV solution for cable. Their cooperation brings together C-COR’s expertise in on-demand video delivery and advertising management and Harmonic’s proven compression and edge-QAM solutions, illustrating how SDV fuses broadcast and on-demand cable infrastructure. |
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Terayon claims a first for software rate shaping of real-time HD/SD AVCTerayon Communication Systems claims that its new CAP-1000 video processing platform is the first product to offer a software application for rate shaping of real-time, broadcast quality MPEG-4 AVC streams in standard-definition and HD. It also enables grooming, de-jittering and seamless localised advert insertion. |
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IBC preview: C-COR highlights on-demand advertisingC-COR, Stand 1.550
C-COR says it will showcase its Unified Management and Delivery Platform at this year’s IBC, providing complete service and content delivery of on-demand, time-shifted TV, Switched Digital Video, linear and advanced advertising capabilities. |
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ABI Research says node-splitting is a necessary evil for cable operatorsCable operators have traditionally regarded node-splitting (the addition of more capacity to existing cable network nodes) with fear and loathing, but they may have to bite the bullet and pursue this strategy if they want more HD and other bandwidth-hungry services. That is the opinion of ABI Research, the New York based analyst firm that has recently completed a major report looking at cable TV infrastructure. |
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IBC preview: Tektronix helps verify quality of file-based videoTektronix, Stand 9.530.
At IBC in September, test and measurement specialist Tektronix is highlighting Cerify, what it claims is the world's first fully automated system capable of verifying the quality of file-based, compressed digital video and audio content prior to transmission or use. This product is now available with new, faster dual core processors, increased memory, and faster I/O (input/output). |
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EGT’s bulk decryption solution designed for hospitality marketEGT has added the HEMi Bulk Decryptor to its HEMi (Headend Micro) series of video processors, enabling premium SD and HD content for hospitality video services without the need for in-room set-top boxes or cable cards. The company says the Bulk Decryptor option allows cable operators to differentiate their commercial service offerings from competitors while creating new opportunities to increase revenues and market share. |
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IBC preview: Pace to demonstrate digital home and networking solutionsPace Micro Technology, Stand 1.221
Pace Micro Technology, which is celebrating it 25th anniversary this year, will use IBC to show a full range of solutions for the digital home including standard set-top boxes through to HD recorders and hybrid solutions. The company will also be demonstrating its latest technologies to meet future home needs - looking at the explosion of digital devices in the home and how best to network these together. |
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PCCW testing MediaFLO for its ‘now on mobile’ TV servicePCCW, the Hong Kong telco and world’s largest IPTV provider (just ahead of France Telecom at last count with 758,000 subscribers) will spend this summer conducting technical trials of QUALCOMM’s MediaFLO technology for the delivery of broadcast mobile TV. PCCW launched its ‘now on mobile’ service - offering compelling video like UEFA Champions League football over 3G - last autumn. |
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