Vimeo sharing platform Vimeo is rolling out adaptive streaming, a major upgrade to the player that enables 4K viewing both on and offsite. Adaptive streaming automatically delivers the highest possible resolution (up to 4K) for any video, optimised for the user’s device and bandwidth. Vimeo On Demand will also support adaptive streaming, making it the […]
With the ATSC standard for next-generation broadcast television nearing completion, US broadcaster Sinclair Broadcast Group invited a delegation of 11 South Korean broadcast industry experts to witness the first end-to-end transmission of UHD High Dynamic Range (HDR) Scalable High Efficiency Video (SHVC) encoded content using the proposed ATSC 3.0 transmission standard. The broadcast originated from […]
David Frear, CFO at pay-radio operator SiriusXM, told the Bank of America Merrill Lynch media conference in New York that it was in the initial stages of a ‘Request For Proposals’ ahead of procuring two replacement XM satellites. He told delegates that the two satellites were scheduled to launch in 2019 and 2020 and would […]
The DTG, the independent UK collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has launched UHDready.co.uk to help the retail trade sell with confidence, supported by manufacturers including LG, Sony, and Philips, with more to come. Ultra HD is the next step in the TV experience, with four times to detail, richer colours and smoother […]
Malaysia’s government has renewed its exclusivity agreement with Measat Broadcast, which operates the Astro pay-TV operation in the country. The new agreement runs until the end of February 2017. The need for a re-assessment came about because of the need to migrate Measat/Astro’s existing Broadcast Licence to the newly created Content Applications Service Provider Individual […]
The late Ray Dolby, founder and major shareholder in Dolby Labs. has left Pembroke College, Cambridge, $52.6 million (£35m) in his will. The donation by Dolby, who died in September 2013, is the largest-ever made in modern times to the College. Ray Dolby was a graduate student and subsequent PhD research fellow at Pembroke College. […]
A sketch from BBC One’s Adele at the BBC special has been viewed more than 37 million times in just two weeks, making it the most-watched video ever on the BBC YouTube channel. The comedy sketch – ‘When Adele wasn’t Adele… but was Jenny! – has broken the previous record of 36.9 million views. It […]
Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, has announced that MyRepublic, an ultra-fast Internet service provider in Singapore and New Zealand, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to help boost network capacity and improve the quality OTT video service delivery. Upon deploying Qwilt’s open caching solution, MyRepublic was able to […]
NRK, the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, has chosen Thomson Video Networks’ EM4000 premium video compression solution to power a complete upgrade of its broadcast infrastructure. Working with Thomson Video Networks’ NetProcessor multiplexer and MediaFlexSUITE Network Management System, the ViBE EM4000 provides a single compression platform with four-channel density and superior video […]
AMC has announced the start of production on “Fear the Walking Dead” season two in the Baja peninsula in Mexico at Baja Studios, site of the filming for Titanic, Master and Commander and other feature films. The companion series to “The Walking Dead,” the #1 show on U.S. television among adults 18-49, “Fear the Walking […]