Fastly, the real-time content delivery network, announced that it has raised a $10 million Series B round from August Capital. This follows a previous $1 million Series A from Amplify Partners, Battery Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. “The Fastly approach fundamentally changes the way we think about user experiences on mobile and web. The traditional […]
Discovery Networks International (DNI) has named Arjan Hoekstra as the new head of the Asia-Pacific region, effective September 1st. As President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP), Hoekstra will be responsible for developing the overall strategies for DNAP’s business to drive revenue across ad and affiliate sales, build the portfolio’s core brands and […]
Dolby Laboratories has announced that BT has gone live with delivery of HD movies to its YouView platform using Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound. YouView from BT gives users access to Freeview and catch-up TV, as well as BT’s TV-on-demand service. “We’re delighted to be working with BT to ensure that YouView offers the […]
KidsCo, the international children’s channel, has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block will launch in South Africa in July 2013. Syfy Kids, a partnership between KidsCo and NBCUniversal channel Syfy, will debut with a line-up featuring original programming from Australian production company, Matchbox Pictures, and recently acquired titles from Platinum Films and KidsCo joint-venture […]
Conax, a global provider of solutions for securing multi-device and digital video content distribution, has developed a client software development kit (SDK) containing a Conax security-hardened Microsoft PlayReady DRM client enabling secure delivery of video content from the streaming server to the native player of the client device. Embracing advanced security technologies such as obfuscation, […]
Oregan Networks, a supplier of hybrid Digital TV software for telecoms and broadcast operators, has announced its financial year 2012 results, marking another period of growth for the company. During 2012, the company carried out further expansion of its engineering and hybrid TV consultancy operations to match the increasing demand for its software and services […]
IPgallery – a software house for the MSO and Mobile operators – has revealed its innovative MSO-Cloud-TV platform named VideoThru. As of today IPgallery’s VideoThru successfully operates in the company’s innovation labs. VideoThru’s video switching and logic services support personalisation and content-right awareness in the MSO’s cloud that enables the MSOs and Mobile operators to […]
ActiveVideo has announced major advances in its CloudTV H5 platform that will propel service providers and content aggregators to deliver the next generation of television user experiences from the cloud to any connected device. The announcement marks major advances in platform and network scalability — enabling the accelerated rollout of TV services embedded with modern […]
One of Belgium’s major broadcasters, SBS Belgium, has selected Xstream’s video management system, MediaMaker, for its new OTT video service on web and mobile devices. Due for rollout later this year, SBS Belgium’s new offering will include ingest module securing an automated ingest workflow, Subscription based video-on-demand (SVoD) and Transaction based video-on-demand (TVoD) solution, encrypted […]
Intraway Corporation today announced its agreement to acquire Baking Software, a company specialized in empowering subscriberswith software that easily solves home network configuration problems and enhance their service experience. This acquisition will strengthen Intraway’s leadership position in the OSS landscape and will help MSOs to increase customer loyalty and faster achieve operational excellence. Baking Software […]