ANGA COM 2013 closes with a new visitor record

This year’s ANGA COM ended with 450 exhibitors and a record 17,000 participants, of which 50% came from abroad.

Clover’s Week: A date with the elephants

The opening day of what is now ANGA COM (Cologne June 4 – 6) is the traditional habitat of the elephants, the heavy hitters of the German media sector, who sit on the opening panel and lock tusks.

Media Broadcast brings linear channels OTT

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Media Broadcast has now started to integrate linear OTT channels in its Multithek HbbTV portal over DVB-T.

IRT shows HbbTV second screen app

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The Institut für Rundfunktechnik has launched a second screen app that uses a QR code to connect to a companion device from an HbbTV service.

Broadcom plans first 1.6 Gigabit Hybrid Video Cable Gateway SoC

Broadcom has unveiled a new high-performance hybrid cable gateway set-top box solution for whole home connectivity and content sharing.

Arris and Motorola set out on life together

Five weeks after the official merger of the former Motorola Home business with that of Arris and the two companies are very firmly one.

Magine launches cloud TV in Germany

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Cloud-based TV Everywhere platform Magine is launching a beta version of its service in Germany.

Three city trial for DVB-C2 in Germany

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Kabel Deutschland has launched a dedicated trial in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich of the next generation DVB-C2 standard. The operator is testing the technology on Channel 4 (794MHz) running TV channels in DVB-C2.

Kathrein TechnoTrend partners with Zappware

At this year’s ANGA COM, Zappware and Kathrein TechnoTrend (KTT) have announced a new business co-operation.

Conax launches secure client

Conax, has announced at ANGA COM it has developed an OTT software development kit containing a Conax security-hardened Microsoft PlayReady DRM client.