News & Events
8 days left to Convergence India 2015!
January 13th, 2015
Protecting video content has always been challenging in terms of fulfilling the needs of each market and each customer. The introduction of new codecs like HVEC, also known as H.265, is revolutionizing the industry by promising twice the compression possible with AVC. At Convergence India 2015, ABV International will be presenting our new solutions including STB with H.265 enable plus our Time Shifting Solution which allows cable operator to provide IP services throughout the cable infrastructure. You will also find
Why you don’t need a 4K TV, just yet.
August 07th, 2015
It was 2012 when major consumer electronics manufacturers introduced UHD TVs. Only 3 years later, during this years CES, Samsung presented an 8K glasses-less 3D TV that just reminded us how hard it’s been for the content creators and ISP providers to cope with UHD content. With the official release of Windows 10 last week, news outlets have been buzzing about how in less than 3 days after launching; Windows 10 reached a record .39 percent market share. Windows 10
Why you don’t need a 4K TV just yet
August 10th, 2015
It was 2012 when major consumer electronics manufacturers introduced UHD TVs. Only 3 years later, during this years CES, Samsung presented an 8K glasses-less 3D TV that just reminded us how hard it’s been for the content creators and ISP providers to cope with UHD content. With the official release of Windows 10 last week, news outlets have been buzzing about how in less than 3 days after launching; Windows 10 reached a record .39 percent market share. Windows 10
We’ve teamed up with Microsoft to offer our best DRM yet!
July 19th, 2016
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Microsoft’s DRM services. As an approved licensee of the Microsoft PlayReady System, ABV has integrated the PlayReady system into ABV DRM – compatible across a host of devices including SDK clients for mobile products. Our engineers can also provide routine support and maintenance in line with Microsoft’s requirements. Microsoft PlayReady is a comprehensive content delivery and management solution for entertainment products and services across all platforms and types of devices. PlayReady has
DSPORT launched in India, with ABV full protection
April 08th, 2017
Discovery Communications announced the launch of DSPORT, an all-new premium sports channel in India. ABV International has been selected to provide full protection for DSPORT, with the world’s leading encryption technology. The ABV security solution has developed by our engineers and supports full integration with a magnitude of consumer devices and networks. Whether cable, satellite, terrestrial or IP, our solutions can adapt to ensure a wider range of protection services and monetizing strategies. You can be sure with ABV International,
ABV International to co-host SCaT 2014
October 08th, 2014
The paid content industry is experiencing a steady growth towards new technologies. This growth open up a whole new world of possibilities for pay-Tv operators to experiment with new services and to create new revenue models. At SCaT 2014 come and discover with ABV International how to enhance and secure revenue in a different way. From our already famous ABV CAS to our new Set-top-box with integrated Karaoke and Video Games.
Global Pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05bn in Q2 2017
October 23rd, 2017
As one researched data show, the global Pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016, 60 million Pay-TV subscribers were added between the Q2 of 2016 and Q2 of 2017. Asia-Pacific with 8% quarter on quarter growth, is among the highest growing Pay-TV market in terms of subscribers. Apart from the negative growth of North America, all other regions have grown modestly from the Q2 of 2016 to Q2 of 2017, showing
Pay-TV penetration set to rise in India
September 22nd, 2014
There’s likely to be gradual acceleration of pay-TV penetration in India and leading to major growth over the next five years, according to a report from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) report compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers, unveiled on September 19th. According to the CII report, TV penetration in India is already at 60 per cent, but this is much lower than in developed countries where it is greater than 90 per cent. “Hence, there is considerable amount of potential to
OTT. The New Normal.
August 17th, 2017
Various research houses, which have been watching the trend closely, report increasing penetration for streaming video and OTT. The Diffusion Group reported that OTT is gaining consumers. Similarly, related research pieces suggesting that OTT is becoming the new normal. One indicated that more broadband households surveyed subscribe to VoDs, with other OTT services trailing far behind. The other indicated an increasing in broadband households watching Internet video on a TV screen – long the turf of traditional pay TV services
OTT revenues to rocket to $42 billion by 2020
September 24th, 2014
Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks for 51 countries) will reach $42.34 billion in 2020; up from $3.96 billion recorded in 2010 and the $19.03 billion expected in 2014, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The US will remain the dominant OTT TV territory for online TV and video revenues, according to the Global Online TV & Video Revenue Forecasts report. However, its share of total revenues will drop from 59% in 2010