set-top box

Distribution

Viaccess-Orca teams with RedSo for OTT delivery on Android STB

The integration of RedSo’s UI with VO’s TV Platform will enable media companies to manage and deliver OTT services Viaccess-Orca (VO) and RedSo, a Hong Kong-based mobile app development company, have jointly developed an end-to-end over-the-top (OTT) solution for pay-TV operators and service providers.

Creation

ABox42 enhances Smart Home offerings

The new HD camera is aimed at enhancing the overall concept of Smart Living, allowing operators to roll out new subscription services to drive new revenue streams ABox42 has introduced an extension of the range of cameras and sensors for its HomeOK Smart Home service.

Cloud

T&M playing increasingly important role in broadcast world of multiple formats

With more and more formats coming into play, including 4K/Ultra HD and HDR, broadcasters must ensure that the final picture quality delivered to their audiences is of the highest quality.

APB+

One standard, multiple viewing experiences

HbbTV is extending the services of linear channels, making them accessible to viewers’ convenience In the summer of 2016, British public service broadcaster BBC made an announcement that it was collaborating with other industry groups to move away from MHEG, which is used to provide interactive TV services via the Red Button technology, and to introduce hybrid broadcast broadband television (HbbTV) services.

Creation

Adding a new level of dynamism to how TV is consumed

Ericsson Media Solutions believes that HDR is one of the most important technologies to emerge in recent years for the broadcast and media industry High dynamic range (HDR) is the “most significant” improvement in the TV/video viewing experience since colour was added to black-and-white TV, suggested Marc Stauffacher, head of Solution Area TV Platforms, Ericsson Media Solutions.

Content Security

KT Skylife renews content protection partnership with Nagra

The implementation of NexGuard watermarking solution enables subscribers of KT Skylife to access best content available while protecting the South Korean satellite broadcaster against piracy KT Skylife, a South Korean satellite broadcaster, has installed the NexGuard watermarking solution from Nagra, a Kudelski Group company.

APB+

Verimatrix enhances OTT security with AWS as cloud partner

To enhance revenue for network-connected devices and services, Verimatrix has announced an API integration between its MultiRights OTT multi-DRM (digital rights management) security solution with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services.

Cloud

Empowering the delivery of TV Everywhere

ABox42 and Singularity have jointly developed a solution that supports both IPTV and OTT services ABox42 and Singularity have entered a strategic partnership which will see the former’s smart set-top box (STB) platform — comprising hardware and software solutions — integrated with the latter’s HTML-5-based TV middleware.

APB+

Verimatrix’s MultiRights OTT fosters a secure cloud video delivery ecosystem

The multi-DRM solution has been integrated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services, allowing media companies to process and deliver video streams for multi-platform delivery Verimatrix has announced an API (application programming interface) integration between its MultiRights OTT multi-DRM security solution and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services through AWS Elemental MediaConvert and AWS Elemental MediaPackage.

Cloud

Net neutrality no more

The FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality in the US has re-opened debate on fair competition and access to content and services on the Internet We were not living in a digital dystopia in the years leading up to 2015, wrote Aji Pai, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a Twitter post last April.

HDR