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Icareus EPG solution to ERT, the public radio and television broadcaster of Greece

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Icareus EPG solution to ERT, the public radio and television broadcaster of Greece

Helsinki, 24,10.2019: Icareus’ distributor Epeegee has delivered Icareus Playout EPG solution to ERT, the public radio and television broadcaster for Greece. Icareus Playout EPG solution is used to manage the PSI/SI and EPG signalling of all of the over twenty ERT distributed TV and Radio channels to several uplinks. ERT’s Mr. Yiannis Vougiouklakis, Head Of Digital Strategy, comments […]

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Carmen Seva

TVEkstra and ICAREUS to offer Addressable TV advertising on Turkuvaz Media, Ciner Media Group and TV8 channels in Turkey

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TVEkstra and ICAREUS to offer Addressable TV advertising on Turkuvaz Media, Ciner Media Group and TV8 channels in Turkey

Helsinki, 24. 10.2019, Icareus and TVEkstra have agreed with Turkuvaz Media, Ciner Media Group and TV8 channels to offer addressable TV advertising formats to advertisers on all their main channels. The formats are available to over 3 million unique HbbTV enabled SmartTVs. TVEkstra is the leading addressable TV adhouse who manages all technical, commercial and […]

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IBC2019 Interview with Director Mr. Mikko Karppinen

IBC2019 Interview with Mikko Karppinen

Last September was the time for the World’s most influential media, entertainment and technology show, the IBC 2019. And, of course, Icareus was a proud part of it. We are happy to share with you the quick interview made to our Icareus’ Co-founder and CTO, Mr. Mikko Karppinen.

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Jessica Glad

Icareus News Video 2019-08

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Mikko Karppinen

Blog: Why HbbTV is do or die for broadcasters?

HbbTV is do or die for broadcasters

TV viewing has changed. Fact that everyone in the industry has accepted: broadcasters, advertisers, operators and content owners. Content consumption is moving from linear to catch-up at a pace that no-one can really forecast.

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Mikko Karppinen

Blog: The importance, and challenge, of TV Pixel

TV Pixel, loved by advertisers, needed by broadcasters, crucial for content owners, controlled by regulators (via e.g. GDPR). Read how the TV Pixel can be used to identify the TV, or viewer in the very best case.

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Mikko Karppinen

Blog: Top 6 Take-aways from the 7th HbbTV Symposium

Top 6 Take-aways from the 7th HbbTV Symposium. Read my view on where the market is going. HbbTV is seeing a steady growth and the industry commitment is there. Operators start to embrace it with the new OpApps spec. Addressable TV will have the biggest impact on the industry over the next 5 years.

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Mikko Karppinen

Blog: Addressable TV @dmexco 2018

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dmexco, the event, meeting place & a community for key players in digital business, marketing and advertising. We went to see how addressable TV market is doing.

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Mikko Karppinen

Blog: Making Addressable TV happen

Data driven advertising is making it’s way to broadcasters’ linear offering and offering clear benefits to all parties: viewers, advertisers and broadcasters. Addressable TV is changing TV Advertising and the time to jump the bandwagon is now.

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Jessica Glad

Audience Measurement from 2 million+ Turkish TVs and HbbTV services for four channels with the effort of one

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Audience Measurement from 2 million+ Turkish TVs and HbbTV services for four channels with the effort of one

Helsinki, 23.5.2018 Icareus has delivered a turnkey HbbTV solution to ATV, the leading commercial broadcaster in Turkey. ATV wanted to offer more to their viewers and to understand better how their channels are watched, so they turned to Icareus to design and deliver a complete SmartTV service based on HbbTV (www.hbbtv.org). Icareus build a turnkey HbbTV […]

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Jessica Glad

Mediaset rolls out their HbbTV services with Icareus

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Mediaset rolls out their HbbTV services with Icareus

Helsinki, 23.5.2018, Mediaset, the leading commercial broadcaster in Italy, launched their hybrid, broadcast and broadband services (HbbTV) services in 2017 with the help of Icareus. Icareus delivered new HbbTV Carousel solutions to Mediaset, that was rigorously tested to support the simulcast of the legacy MHP platform and HbbTV, the critical requirement in Italy. Icareus solution […]

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Jessica Glad

Icareus EPG Platform to Phuong Nam Company in Vietnam

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Helsinki, 23.5.2018,Phuong Nam Television Company, has selected Icareus Playout EPG platform to manage and distribute their Electronic Program Guide information in all of their cable networks. The delivery includes a turn-key solution to enhance the user experience by providing full 7 day EPG data on all premium channels. Icareus Playout enabled them to easily aggregate […]

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Jessica Glad

Icareus EPG Platform to PCCW in Hong Kong

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Helsinki, 15.2.2018, Icareus has delivered its Icareus Playout EPG platform to telecom operator PCCW, the leading PayTV, IPTV and OTT service provider in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia. Icareus Playout EPG is used to receive, manage and distribute EPG data to PCCW’s TV services. Icareus Playout EPG platform was selected because it offers flexible, versatile […]

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Jessica Glad

Icareus TV Everywhere solution to AlfaTV

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Helsinki, 15.2.2018, Alfa TV, a growing TV channel in Finland has taken the Icareus TV Everywhere solution in use as a cloud service. Icareus’ solution provides AlfaTV an opportunity to manage and distribute its TV programs and other video content online. The service is operated by Digita, the national Finnish digital TV network operator. AlfaTV is […]

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Jessica Glad

Icareus’ End-to-End HbbTV Platform to leading terrestrial operator Emitel

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Helsinki, 15.2.2018 Icareus has delivered a turnkey HbbTV solution to Emitel, the national terrestrial TV network operator in Poland. With the new Icareus system Emitel is start the HbbTV service offering for TV viewers in Poland. The delivered turnkey HbbTV (www.hbbtv.org) solution enable Emitel to offer their broadcaster customers HbbTV services and applications as a cloud […]

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