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Verimatrix eyes bigger US push

Content security specialist Verimatrix says is looking to step up its presence in the US market in the coming years as it looks to build… Read more

Motive TV looks to UK Freeview market

Hybrid technology provider Motive TV has said it plans to launch its app and antenna tuner technology in the UK to enable tablet users to… Read more

Sky News extends newsgathering with mobile technology

BSkyB’s news channel Sky News has acquired mobile app licences from cellular newsgathering specialist Dejero to use the latter’s technology to supplement its domestic and… Read more

Middleware provider Pixsan names new CTO

Yorkshire, UK-based middleware provider Pixsam Digital Software has named former BBC, Siemens and Humax technologist Bob Hannent as its chief technology officer. Hannent will initially… Read more

Arris closes Motorola deal

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Technology provider Arris has completed its acquisition of the Motorola Home business from Google. Arris paid Google roughly US$2.2 billion (€1.7 billion) in cash and issued Google 10.6 million shares… Read more

EBU to host video contribution interoperability tests

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The EBU has invited industry players to joint interoperability testing for two IP-based video contribution technologies. The first set of tests, taking place from May… Read more

Ericsson launches AVP4000 compression platform

Ericsson has launched a new compression platform targeting direct-to-home applications called the AVP4000. The encoding platform will be powered by Ericsson’s first in-house developed programmable… Read more

Rovi signs Chinese DivX deals

Rovi has signed two Chinese DivX deals that will see the video technology integrated into Changhong digital TVs and Philips-branded TVs set for distribution in… Read more

ALi introduces Miracast-compatible platform for media sharing

Set-top box chipset manufacturer ALi Corporation has launched a new HD network media player that features multiscreen bridging, enabling the sharing of local or cloud… Read more

M7 deploys latest SmarDTV CAMs in Belgium and Netherlands

Luxembourg-based pay TV provider M7 Group, which operates the Dutch CanalDigitaal and Belgian TV Vlaanderen and TéléSAT DTH services as well as the Skylink/CS Link… Read more