Focus: Broadcasting

IPcopter has rolled out CampNet, a satellite broadband access service, following completion of a trial project performed in conjunction with the European Space Agency.     IPcopter incorporated Sat3Play technology from Newtec into the system because satellite technology was the only solution capable of delivering such widespread and uninterrupted internet coverage, IPcopter said.     CampNet is...

As part of a five-year contract supplying Sky Italia with a fleet of seven automated satellite newsgathering (SNG) trucks, Arqiva will provide Sky Italia with 13.5 megahertz of dedicated space segment on the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite and additional capacity as required.      Arqiva will maintain and provide support for the SNG fleet, which will...

Streambox Inc. released a new product for providing file-based video management and acquisition.      The solution enables control room operators to manage hundreds of video files as they are uploaded to the store-and-forward server through a Web interface, providing metadata information such as reporter name, file name and location as well as a thumbnail clip...

Verimatrix has introduced ViewRight CI, an integrated DVB-CI card jointly developed with Neotion.      The card combines secure common interface (CI) card and MPEG-4 transcoding silicon with content security features from the Verimatrix ViewRight core and VideoMark forensic watermarking technologies. The cards are supported by architecture for hybrid network deployments and digital video broadcasting services....

Harmonic provides next-generation video delivery solutions to pay-TV operators, and the company is seeing its business jump as customers make the move to high-definition (HD) content and on-demand services. Harmonic CEO Patrick Harshman spoke with IBC e-daily about the changing TV landscape and what opportunities this landscape offers a video delivery technology vendor such as...

A deal with SkyPerfect, one of the largest satellite pay-TV operators in Japan, could prove to be key breakthrough for OpenTV, CEO Ben Bennett told IBC e-Daily.      “Japan is a very difficult market to get into,” said Bennett. “You really have to invest in relationships to make it happen. It is a major deal....

Nagravision will supply a conditional access system for Iraqi satellite network Alsumaria TV, Nagravision announced.      Alsumaria transmits on both Nilesat and Arabsat, and Alsumaria’s Mobision mobile TV service is the first Middle East Mobile TV DVB-H bouquet to use Nagravision’s microSD cards with embedded security. The cards allow Alsumaria TV to offer services to...

Irdeto has expanded a set-top box license agreement with Cisco Systems, enabling Cisco to integrate Irdeto’s conditional access solution with its set-top boxes.      As result of this agreement, Cisco has introduced a hybrid high-definition (HD) interactive personal video recorder (PVR) set-top box in the Netherlands. The digital receiver enables consumers to view programs in...

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled its Mediaroom Advertising Platform, which will allow broadband service providers deploying the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform to offer targeted, measurable and interactive advertising spots from a single platform, the company said.      The platform, based on online advertising systems, also lets advertisers and their agencies adjust advertising campaigns in a...

Eric Cooney, head of TV solutions at Ericsson, wants to expand the Ericsson brand name into the satellite community. Cooney, the CEO of Tandberg Television when it was acquired by Ericsson in February 2007, has been tasked with developing the IPTV market for Ericsson, but he believes the company also can grow the already large...