Advanced Television

Never.no delivers international projects for NBC, C4, S

Never.no, the award-winning social engagement platform specialist, has announced a series of customer wins as the company’s explosive start to 2019 reflect the recent expansion, with the addition of new offices and staff in the US, UAE and Australia, alongside offices in the UK and Norway. With the goal of making TV social and advertising […]

April 9, 2019

Alchimie partners with Lagardère Group to distribute Gulli and Mezzo

Alchimie, the content aggregation and dynamic distribution company, has announced a new partnership with Lagardère Active’s TV Division. The agreement enables Alchimie to distribute two of Lagardère Group’s most popular linear channels to Alchimie’s Watch-It subscribers, across premium digital platforms: Gulli in Belgium and Mezzo Live HD in Germany respectively. Existing and new audiences in […]

April 9, 2019

Ooyala unveils Google Cloud, Avid Media Composer & TeraVolt integrations and workflows

Ooyala, a leader in content supply chain solutions, will showcase a range of new integrations and features for its Ooyala Flex Media Platform at NAB 2019. Among those features highlighted at the Ooyala booth – #SV1000 – the Ooyala Flex Media Platform now integrates with Google Cloud Video Intelligence, Google Cloud’s AI and Machine Learning […]

April 9, 2019

CryptoGuard partners with SMIT to launch its Cardless CAM

SMIT Holdings Limited, a global supplier of conditional access module (CAM) devices, announced that they have partnered with renowned provider of content protection CryptoGuard to launch the first CryptoGuard Cardless CAM. The CAM device, based on SMIT latest and advanced secure chipset, integrates with CryptoGuard cardless solution. With the launch of the CryptoGuard cardless CAMs, […]

April 9, 2019

MediaKind launches next-gen primary distribution security

MediaKind, a global media technology leader, has announced the launch of its next generation Cygnus Primary Distribution solution with Cygnus Director 128, a control and conditional access management software product. Cygnus Director 128 enables broadcasters and content owners to secure and manage the primary distribution of their content to secondary broadcast operators, by identifying and […]

April 9, 2019

T-Mobile Austria selects Mediamorph’s Content Value Management Platform

Mediamorph, the Content Value Management (CVM) cloud platform powering the largest entertainment companies in the world, has announced at NAB that T-Mobile Austria, a leading provider of telecommunications, TV and entertainment in Austria, will use Mediamorph’s industry-leading solution to help streamline its VoD business. With over 8.5 million subscribers T-Mobile Austria is offering a wide […]

April 9, 2019

MX1 and Nowtilus team up

MX1, a global solution provider of media services, has announced a partnership with Nowtilus, a provider of ad delivery for targeted dynamic in-stream ad insertion. By working together, the companies are combining Nowtilus’ innovative server-side ad insertion (SSAI) solution with MX1’s global media services for broadcasters, TV networks, and OTT service providers. This will create […]

April 9, 2019

Eutelsat: ‘UHD global count now 155 channels’

Eutelsat says that globally there are now 155 Ultra-HD channels or feeds on air, up 24 per cent on the position at March 2018. Michael Chabrol, Eutelsat’s SVP/New TV Formats, using data and analysis from Lyngsat, various UHD Forums and its own research, said that there were now 60 UHD channels being carried by various […]

April 8, 2019Chris Forrester @ MIPTV

IHS forecasts buoyant growth for UHD

Research firm IHS Markit says that viewers in Europe, North America and even in Eastern Europe, LatAm and the MENA region are adopting 4K/UHD at an accelerating rate. Paul Gray, IHS Director Research and Analysis, Technology, Media & Telecom, told delegates at MIPTV today that the end of 2018 saw a huge milestone passed – […]

April 8, 2019Chris Forrester @ MIPTV

Research: SVoDs targeted for credential fraud

According to research from Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, three of the largest credential stuffing attacks against streaming services in 2018, ranging in size from 133 million to 200 million attempts, took place shortly after reported data breaches, indicating hackers were likely testing stolen credentials before selling them. The […]

April 8, 2019By Colin Mann