End-to-end TV-everywhere : Junction TV demonstrates OTT platform at OTTCON

March 19, 2013

Junction TV demonstrated its cloud-based end-to-end TVE platform at OTTCON 2013 held at Santa Clara, CA. OTTCON which will be evolve into Broadband TV Con next year,was a busy event with lots of interest in Junction TV’s end-to-end TV-everywhere platform. Attendees at this seminal event included vendors in the ecosystem and technological leaders of content providers from Hollywood who got some exciting exposure to Junction TV’s products. Visitors took turns to play with several Junction TV apps over a diverse set of devices including Samsung TV, iPad, Samsung Galaxy and Roku. The Cloud Control Console was a center of attraction […]

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3D Application Requirements on Samsung Smart TV

February 10, 2013

We were very excited when we were asked to build an application that plays 3D content on Samsung SmartTV Platform. The challenge of working on something that few others, if any, have got to work is always welcome for our engineering team. The moments of joy and despair, the extreme highs and lows of working on such projects are unparalleled. The first good news was that Samsung SmartTV Platform did support playback of Side-by-Side (SBS) 3D videos. Getting 3D videos to play was slightly more involved than playing a normal 2D video. The player does not auto-detect the 3D encoding […]

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Junction TV along with Deluxe delivers Studio content for Spiritclips across multiple devices

February 3, 2013

Junction TV establishes itself as the premier player in the OTT space by delivering an end-to-end multi-device content delivery solution that complies with the stringent Hollywood Studio requirements. With Deluxe as a partner for content encryption and CDN, Junction TV platform performs the complex PlayReady and Widevine DRM request management along with policy enforcements. Using our platform, encrypted Studio content is delivered via Spiritclips apps on several devices including Roku and iOS. With these launches, Junction TV platform is now uniquely placed as a Studio requirement compliant OTT VoD system. About Junction TV The MediaFabric (MF) Platform from Junction TV […]

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3-D VoD : Junction TV builds the first 3D VoD for 3D Crave on Panasonic and Samsung

February 1, 2013

Junction TV is entering into a league of its own with the launch of the first 3D VoD apps for 3D Crave over Panasonic and Samsung platforms. 3D Crave was founded by two big 3D Enthusiasts who are committed to bringing a simple, easy to use platform to everyone who is hungry for 3D. 3D Crave are actively looking for interesting 3D content and are also developing their own shows. They focus on independent productions of any genre but will welcome any titles that have been suitably made in S3D. 3D Crave offers premium 3-Dimensional video content and has launched […]

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Adding Video Analytics Reporting on Boxee

November 20, 2012

Boxee holds a unique place in the OTT Set-Top-Box world. With its clean separation of presentation (in XML-like language) and control (in python) layers, it is a pleasure to work on. But all is not well for the developers. JunctionTV Platform offers fine-grained analytics reporting support to our platform clients. So naturally same is expected from our Boxee apps as well. We started to augment the Boxee video playback component with fine-grained reporting capability so that we can re-create a PAUSE/RESUME sequence for a playback. Ideally, we would look for standard events pertaining to PAUSE/RESUME and report them. To our […]

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Liquidation Channel goes Multiscreen : Junction TV brings Liquidation to OTT

November 15, 2012

Junction TV has helped Liquidation Channel take its first step into the OTT space by launching apps on Samsung and Google TV platforms. The Liquidation Channel apps deliver the live TV stream to these devices. Prior to these launches, the only online presence of this pre-eminent jewelry retailer was via its website. Liquidation Channel is a 24/7 home shopping and eCommerce business headquartered in Austin, TX. With a reach of more than 80 million households, Liquidation Channel is one of the fastest growing Jewelry and Lifestyle retail businesses in the U.S. Liquidation Channel is taking the next step to reach […]

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ShopNBC launches on Netgear NeoTV : Another feather in Junction TV’s cap!

October 15, 2012

Home shopping network ShopNBC launched its app on Netgear’s NeoTV with help from Junction TV. As a preferred partner, Junction TV undertook the task of rolling out the ShopNBC channel on NeoTV platform. With Junction TV’s fast time-to-market capability, ShopNBC app was developed in just two weeks and published. ShopNBC developed the on-the-TV e-commerce platform with help from Junction TV. It equipped the app to provide ShopNBC’s inventory of more than 10,000 items, with categories ranging from health and beauty to jewelry and fashion and enables ShopNBC to allow their customers to access their site from the TV. This app […]

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Innovation for Innovative Language Channels: Junction TV brings it to Google TV

September 5, 2012

The leading language learning company, Innovative Language LLC, expanded its device presence to Google TV with the launch of its app on play store today. Innovative Language has decided to leverage Junction TV’s platform and expertise to get the Innovative Language content onto Google TV quickly and with nominal effort from the content producers. Junction TV undertook the task of building and publishing the app along with consulting Innovative Language on configuring their system for ease of navigation. Additionally, Junction TV built in-app purchase functionality to allow users to purchase required content using their Google Wallet accounts seamlessly. Since its […]

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C-COR Broadband partners with Junction TV to deliver OTT platform in APAC

August 5, 2012

C-COR Broadband, a leading broadband solutions provider based out of Australia, has partnered with Junction TV to launch Over the Top (OTT) Video service in the Asia Pacific (APAC) Region. OTT services are growing rapidly in the APAC region and the C-COR Broadband/Junction TV partnership aims to provide the engine to power that growth with a high quality, cost-effective OTT platform. C-COR Broadband was established in 1993. Since their inception,they have aimed to grow through business excellence. Following a management buyout (MBO) in 2006, C-COR Broadband has reached new heights with an expanding distributor and sales resources force in offshore […]

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Hallmark selects Junction TV to launch Spiritclips for delivering multi-screen VoD

March 4, 2012

Junction TV proudly adds Spiritclips by Hallmark to its ever-growing list of clients. Hallmark Spiritclips has selected Junction TV to launch its Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVoD) service to deliver its trademark feel-good ,uplifting, family friendly and popular content. This is a unique deployment becauseSpiritclips content will be available not just on one OTT device but on a wide range of OTT devices. The first set of devices on which this service will be offered include Roku, Boxee, Samsung and NeoTV – which covers a large segment of the popular devices in this space. Additionally, Hallmark will leverage Junction TV’s cloud-based platform […]

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