Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has opened a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in South Africa, to drive Limelight’s commitment to building out infrastructure globally and create new industry partnerships in the region. The new PoP is situated at vendor neutral data centre Teraco, alongside Africa’s largest Internet Exchange (IXP), NAPAfrica Johannesburg. Lex […]
Digital content distribution and content protection specialist NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company, has unveiled myCinema, a service designed to transform the cinema experience, and plans to introduce the initiative at CinemaCon 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 23rd-26th, 2018. “myCinema will drive the digital transformation of the cinema experience,” declared André Kudelski, Chairman of the […]
As content owners and distributors continue to address consumer demand for premium content, Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is becoming an increasingly popular exchange format for 4K and HDR assets. While this format has helped OTT providers and pay TV operators reduce costs and complexity associated with distributing premium content, pirates have also evolved their piracy […]
Content creation and distribution specialist Deluxe Entertainment Services has launched Deluxe One, a platform designed to unify every stage of the content ecosystem — from creation to viewer experience — in one cloud-based interface. An open platform, Deluxe One is designed to integrate with any vendor or customer system, allowing users to succeed in an […]
Edgeware, a specialist in TV CDN technology, has unveiled that CDN Selector – a product in its suite of origin tools – now supports the delivery of TV content via Limelight and AWS Cloudfront CDNs. While previously supporting services from Akamai and Level3, users of Edgeware’s TV CDN are now able to supplement their content […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has announced the integration of NAGRA NexGuard watermarking on Broadpeak’s BkS400 caching server to protect live and VoD content on every screen, providing a session-based watermarking solution for the video streaming market “Today’s pay-TV operators are […]
Formula 1 is set to launch F1 TV early in the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, which it describes as an innovative way for fans to enhance and enjoy their experience of Grand Prix racing. F1 TV is Formula 1’s OTT platform and marks F1’s biggest investment in its digital transformation to date. […]
Verizon Digital Media Services has revealed international expansion plans for its award-winning Edgecast Content Delivery Network (CDN). The company has launched network points of presence (PoPs) in Mexico and in South Africa, with plans to open an additional Super PoP in France in Q1 2018. With these latest updates, the CDN now comprises more than […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, delivered record online traffic levels in December 2017, a 21 per cent increase over its previous record set in November 2017 and a 23 per cent increase from December 2016. Record traffic volume was driven by several large customers choosing Limelight to meet the high demand […]
Conviva, the measurement and analytics serivce, has published a streaming 2017 year in review report that is showing over 100 per cent growth rates in key OTT market metrics, demonstrating how improving video start times could drive over 2 billion more viewing hours, and many other trends covering devices, apps, and regions. ART I: The […]