Friend MTS explains how pirates are upping their game to (try to) defeat...
Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS has revealed that the main factor driving development of a third-generation version of its ASiD subscriber watermarking and monitoring solution –...
View ArticleHow Android reduces operator costs: but it’s still a choice between Android...
Why are so many operators moving to Android TV? At IBC, Kai-Christian Borchers, managing director of 3 Screen Solutions (3SS), believes that for many, it’s becoming a no-brainer. He ticks off the...
View ArticleAI-driven search and discovery tool the next key product from IBM Watson Media
IBM Watson Media hopes to launch a new AI-driven search and discovery product within the next few months to help broadcasters better exploit their archives. David Kulczar, Senior Product Manager at...
View ArticleMacAvock on the future of DVB – and why it is not ‘DVB-Auto’
The title of the conference session DVB organised for IBC this year to mark its 25th anniversary asked whether it was the end of the line for the Geneva-based standards body – or the start of a new...
View ArticleStatic HDR is in most post-2015 TV sets, says UHD Forum, as debate moves to...
While the UHD story from IBC 2017 was how High Dynamic Range (HDR) had re-emerged as the 4K format’s battleground, this year in Amsterdam it appeared that peace had broken out – at least as regards the...
View ArticleInside Secure’s new tech blocks the ad blockers, seeking to become new...
At IBC, French security specialist Inside Secure launched what it claimed to be the first product that allows OTT advertising distributors to ‘silently’ circumvent ad blocking. It is hoping its...
View ArticleEspial one of first to offer Android TV as part of a TVaaS service
The cloud-based video platform and UX provider Espial has reacted to operators’ increasing interest in Android TV by announcing it will now support the open-source standard’s inclusion in its own...
View ArticleAmino re-positions itself as a software company – but IPTV STBs remain important
For over two decades, UK-based Amino has been known as a pioneer in the IPTV set-top box business. At IBC this year, however, the company was keen to increase the visibility of its software expertise....
View ArticleAirbeem positions itself as a disruptor in the DTC OTT distribution platform...
At IBC, UK-based Airbeem was relaunching its brand and proposition on the back of Series A funding garnered in May from London-based venture capital firm Edge. The company’s Chief Revenue Officer, Neil...
View ArticleAI techniques boost usage of TV ‘conversation systems’ by a quarter, TiVo finds
US-based entertainment technology and audience insights firm TiVo has lifted the lid on its award-winning TiVo Conversation product*, which allows TiVo-equipped users to search and discover...
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