Forsway and AiStream on Thursday introduced a turn-key multicast content distribution solution to provide connectivity for bridging the digital divide in hard-to-reach regions with poor infrastructure. Using AiStream Community Media Hub’s “edge” technology and Forsway’s hybrid Odin F-50 satellite broadband router, the companies are collaborating to bring content and connectivity to underserved communities. The joint…

Spacecom and Novelsat report they have demonstrated end-to-end video delivery over AMOS-17 High Throughput Satellite (HTS), from network core to network edge, serving user devices over a wireless network. They said this demonstration shows benefits for bandwidth efficiency, delivery cost, and end-user quality of experience, for using satellite-based video delivery to distribute high volumes of…

Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is providing global Over-the-Top (OTT) guide offerings for on-demand video streaming services in Europe. Gracenote aims to use its experience powering linear broadcast Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) to help on-demand video streaming services, Smart TV makers and traditional cable and satellite operators deliver next-generation content navigation, search and discovery capabilities. The…

With consumer expectations constantly evolving in a saturated market, pay TV operators need a reliable and efficient way to broadcast high quality content, keeping the viewer engaged when they’re away from their television set. With new pay TV services from Apple and the BBC and ITV recently adding to the competition, operators need to be able to stand…