After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Vendors
Sky taps Ooyala for syndicated Premier League clips
UK pay TV operator Sky has tapped Telstra-owned online video platform provider Ooyala to automate…
ASA calls for change to broadband speed claim adverts
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has called for a change to the way broadband speed claims…
Digitalsmiths: three fifths of US viewers watch SVOD daily
Some 61.1% of viewers watch over-the-top or subscription video-on-demand content as part of their daily…
Ericsson boosts Nuvu with 20th Century Fox film deal
Ericsson has struck a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to license feature films…
Ericsson: mobile video traffic to grow 50% annually
Mobile video traffic is forecast to grow by around 50% annually through 2022, when it…
Brightcove launches social video solution
Brightcove has launched a solution designed to let organisations manage their video presence across social…
African mobile broadband connections to reach 1bn in 2021
There will be 1 billion mobile broadband connections in Africa in 2021, including 157.4 million…
US sales of 4K TVs to reach 10m units this year
Sales of 4K ultra high definition (UHD) TVs are due to reach 10 million units…
Piksel appoints Discovery CTO to board
Online video platform provider Piksel has appointed Discovery Communicatoins chief technology officer John Honeycutt to…
MultiChoice taps Arris for new DVR
South African pay TV provider MultiChoice tapped technology provider Arris to provide its recently-launched DStv…
NOS sees converged growth as advanced TV drives pay services
Portuguese pay TV operator NOS saw solid growth in its converged services base in the…
Intel buys VR startup Voke for immersive sports
Intel has acquired virtual reality startup Voke as part of a move into immersive sports….
Spacecom to receive US$196m insurance payout for Amos-6
Spacecom is set to receive a US$196 million (€177 million) insurance payout for its Amos-6…
TiVo agrees worldwide IP deal with Samsung
TiVo and Samsung have agreed the terms of a broad intellectual property licence, suspending all…
Ericsson: consumers see more value in VOD than linear, mobile viewing exploding
Consumers are turning to on-demand services in unprecedented numbers, are spending longer searching for content…
Arris ups Dan Whalen to president, network and cloud
Arris has promoted senior vice-president and general manager of global services, Dan Whalen, to president,…
BBC marks 80 years of television
The BBC has opened up its archive to celebrate 80 years since its launch of…
Euronews launches in HD on Hotbird
Euronews has launched in HD for the first time. The HD version of the pan-Eueropean…
Roku adds live TV pause option
Roku is rolling out new features such as live TV pause as part of an…
TiVo strikes new licensing deal with Panasonic
TiVo has renewed Rovi’s deal with Panasonic, allowing the electronics giant to continue to provide…
Over-capacity and changing market hits Intelsat
Pricing pressure fed by capacity over-supply and an ongoing decline in point-to-point and US government…
Eutelsat agrees capacity deal with Yahsat after Amos-6 explosion
Eutelsat has leased satellite capacity from Yahsat for its Broadband for Africa venture, after Spacecom’s…
Ericsson appoints new CEO
Ericsson has appointed board member and CEO of Patricia Industries, Börje Ekholm, as its next…
Deutsche Telekom touts standard STBs and cloud TV for CEE markets
Deutsche Telekom is planning to provide a standardised ‘multi-tenancy’ digital TV platform, deploy two standard…
Humax unveils H3 Espresso Smart Media Player
Humax has unveiled the H3 Espresso Smart Media Player, an in-home streaming device for services…
Content Innovation Awards 2016 – the evening in pictures
BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia were among the winners at Digital TV…
Technicolor boosted by connected home, entertainment gains
Technicolor reported a 30% year-on-year increase in Q3 profits as its Connected Home and Entertainment…
Ooyala powering Toca TV kids SVOD service
Ooyala is powering all video for Toca TV, the recently launched video streaming service from…
Ericsson: Video viewing time up as mobile rivals TV
People are watching more content than ever before as mobile viewing time moves closer to…
BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia among Content Innovation Award winners in Cannes
BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia were among the winners at Digital TV Europe’s…