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BT Sport teams up with Ericsson for UHD channel launch

BT Sport has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with Ericsson, which will…

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Mobile video traffic to grow 55% per year, says Ericsson

Mobile video traffic will grow 55% per year until 2020, driven by video streaming services…

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BBC strikes major playout deal with Ericsson

Ericsson will handle playout and media management for the BBC’s portfolio of UK channels as…

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Bonnier taps Ericsson for C More OTT service

Bonnier Broadcasting has tapped Ericsson to provide the online platform for its under-development C More…

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Telekom Austria names new COO

Telekom Austria has named Alejandro Plater as its new chief operating officer.  Plater, who will…

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Tata Sky partners with Ericsson to bring 4K to India

Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operator, Tata Sky, has partnered with Ericsson to launch what the pair…

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Mobile video traffic to grow seventeen-fold

Total mobile video traffic in the next six years will be around 17 times that…

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Ericsson targets operators with Media Delivery Network enhancements

Ericsson will use the forthcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to launch a number of…

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More people to watch streamed video than broadcast TV this year

In 2015 more people will watch streamed on-demand video on a weekly basis than broadcast…

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Ericsson expands Middle East playout services with twofour54 deal

Ericsson has bought the playout business of twofour54, the commercial arm of the Media Zone…

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Ericsson exec Johan Wibergh to join Vodafone as CTO

Ericsson’s executive vice president and head of segment networks, Johan Wibergh, is due to join…

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Ericsson opens new media and broadcast centre in France

Ericsson has opened a new broadcast and media services facility in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, that…

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Video news service Newstag appoints CTO

Stockholm-based crowd-curated video news service, Newstag, has appointed former Ericsson executive Mats Ekholm as its…

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Ericsson profits slide as US sales dip

Ericsson reported an increase in revenues, but a dip in profits in Q3 as business…

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Client software leads video infrastructure market

Client software is the fastest growing software category within the video infrastructure software market, followed…

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Ericsson debuts Mediaroom 4K support and cloud-based MediaFirst

Ericsson is using IBC to unveil the expansion of its portfolio around the Mediaroom TV…

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Ericsson to unveil live captioning

Ericsson will use IBC to unveil a live captioning platform. Ericsson is showcasing its real-time…

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Streaming closing in on linear viewing, says Ericsson

Streaming habits are “closing in on linear TV” consumption, with the proportion of streamed video…

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Ericsson trials LTE broadcast with Polkomtel in Poland

Ericsson and Polish telco Polkomtel have carried out what they claim to be the first…

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Finland’s MTV chooses Ericsson for playout

Bonner Group-owned Finnish broadcaster MTV has hired Ericsson to provide broadcast and media services including…

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Half of TV viewing to be on-demand by 2020, predicts Ericsson

By 2020 consumer TV viewing habits will be made up of 50% live, linear viewing…

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Ericsson completes Red Bee buyout

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of Red Bee Media, adding 1,500 new employees to its…

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KPN in first Dutch trial of LTE broadcast

Dutch telco KPN has carried out a trial of LTE broadcast technology using Ericsson’s platform….

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Ericsson appoints chief strategy officer

Ericsson has upped senior vice president and member of its executive leadership team, Rima Qureshi,…

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Ericsson ‘must transform to stay relevant’

Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg told shareholders that he intended to deliver strong earnings and value…

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Ericsson chooses Elemental for first EVE integration

Video compression specialist Elemental used its press event at the NAB Show on Saturday to…

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Competition regulator clears playout merger

The UK Competition Commission has confirmed its clearance, by a majority of Ericsson’s acquisition of…

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Ericsson hails birth of EVE

Ericsson has used TV Connect to announce Ericsson Virtualised Encoding (EVE), a new solution that…

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MTS confirms Ericsson will build new hybrid TV platform

MTS has confirmed that it has contracted Ericsson to supply its hybrid TV platform combining…

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Competition Commission approves Ericsson’s Red Bee acquisition

The UK Competition Commission has provisionally approved the acquisition of Red Bee Media by Ericsson….