Archive for September, 2009
Artificial Life to expand its business activities in China
Artificial Life recently announced its strategic decision to expand its business activities in China.
All iPhone and iPod touch games and applications of Artificial Life will be translated into simplified Chinese and launched in China as soon as possible, the company informed.
In addition, the company will create new and specially tailored iPhone & iPod applications for [...]
Al Jazeera TV selects Irdeto for content protection
Irdeto, a provider of content and business model protection solutions and services, has announced an expanded relationship with Al Jazeera Sport, part of the Al Jazeera Network and a provider of sports TV services in the Middle East and North Africa.
Irdeto will now protect Al Jazeera Sport’s premium content across its entire digital TV network [...]
Altibox selects Harmonic’s VOD, digital mosaic solutions
Harmonic has announced that Altibox (formerly Lyse Tele), a telecommunications service provider based in Norway, has deployed Harmonic’s StreamLiner video servers, Armada ‘intelligent asset management’, and ProStream 8000 digital mosaic solution.
The company informed the deployment will enable advanced IPTV video-on-demand (VOD) services and multi-channel mosaic viewing for Altibox subscribers across Norway and Denmark. Altibox is [...]
Ericsson unveils video-on-demand TV solutions
Ericsson and Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, are set to launch a host of advanced solutions that will offer consumers the latest in video-on-demand (VOD) technology, including the option to move their viewing experience across various screens.
The solutions will be demonstrated and launched at the 2009 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, the [...]
Palm unveils ‘Artist Series’ Pixi phone
Palm has introduced the Palm Pixi phone – the second handset in its webOS range – for ‘intuitive and personal communication’. It is scheduled to be available exclusively from Sprint before Christmas.
In addition to linking information from Google, Facebook and Exchange ActiveSync, Palm Pixi adds Yahoo and LinkedIn integration to Palm Synergy and assembles it [...]
Rubberduck Media Lab launches mobile TV service for O2
Rubberduck Media Lab, a provider of mobile TV and video services, has now launched a mobile TV and video service for Telefonica O2 Ireland.
Under the terms of the agreement, Rubberduck Media Lab is providing a completely outsourced mobile TV service to Telefonica O2 Ireland including content acquisition and provision as well as technical support and [...]
NDS launches pre-paid solution for pay-TV operators
NDS, a provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has announced the availability of its conditional access (CA) add-on module, NDS VideoGuard Pre-Paid.
The company said the offering will enable operators in both emerging and mature markets to provide customers with ‘more payment options at minimal cost’. Brand-ID Europe, a provider of pre-paid payment services, supplies [...]
Avnet signs distribution deal with Falconstor
Falconstor Software, a player in disk-based data protection, and Avnet Technology Solutions (Avnet), an IT distributor, have entered into an agreement for the distribution of Falconstor software products by Avnet UK.
Avnet will be distributing the full range of Falconstor solutions, including Falconstor Continuous Data Protector (CDP), Falconstor Network Storage Server (NSS), Falconstor Virtual Tape Library [...]
IBM, Qantas ink project delivery deal
IBM has announced the signing of a seven-year contract with Qantas, an Australian airline, for the provision of project delivery functions as part of the airline’s improved business efficiency goals.
Under the agreement, IBM will bring a combination of project management delivery know-how to Qantas’ project portfolio to ensure timely delivery of business and IT change [...]
NTT Docomo, five vendors develop specifications for value-added IMS
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and NTT Docomo have announced the joint development and successful testing of common technical specifications for value-added IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network services.
The technical specifications recently demonstrated by the six companies support deployment of data processing functions, such as image conversion, on the IMS network.
The processing functions [...]
