Software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies, has confirmed that African pay-TV provider MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart phones and tablets to more than 10 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rapidly expanding […]
Edgeware, a specialist in video delivery networks, has announced that Cincinnati Bell has deployed its Video Consolidation Platform (VCP), including its highly-optimised CDN caching and distribution capabilities. The VCP delivers advanced network-based VoD and time-shift services, including catch-up and start-over TV, while enhancing existing live IPTV services with dramatically improved channel change times. Edgeware enables […]
Concurrent, a global provider of high-performance Linux and storage solutions, today announced a new open-source content delivery network (CDN) solution designed for customers who prefer the freedom and flexibility of open software. Concurrent’s new CDN solution combines open-source technologies with the company’s enterprise support services to deliver streaming video and other content to consumers on connected […]
Comcast Wholesale, which delivers CDN and multiscreen services, has launched a live linear turn-key streaming service that it will market to a range of programmers and video distributors, including OTT. The new service, launched at IBC, is designed to help partners quickly deliver video streaming. Comcast said its new platform, which uses its subsidiary thePlatform’s […]
Digital TV Labs (UK and Hong Kong) and Testronic (Belgium) have combined their expertise to provide comprehensive QA services for the media content delivery market. As part of the €1.5 billion, 17,000 people Eurofins Scientific group, Eurofins Digital Testing will be the largest specialist company providing end-to-end test solutions to the Digital TV market with […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud technology infrastructure platform unit of Amazon, is to acquire software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies. The acquisition brings together Elemental’s leading video solutions with the AWS Cloud platform to provide media and entertainment companies with a range of integrated solutions to efficiently and economically scale video infrastructures as the […]
ADB and Cyfrowy Polsat have announced a collaboration to co-develop solutions for the delivery of advanced TV services. ADB and Cyfrowy Polsat will combine their technologies and engineering expertise to deliver personal TV experiences built on ADB’s newly launched ConnectedOS cloud platform and set-top boxes produced by Cyfrowy Polsat. Cyfrowy Polsat is the largest pay-TV […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, hybrid, and mobile TV operators worldwide, today added the BkS350 origin packager with on-the-fly packaging capabilities to its range of streaming servers. Using the BkS350 origin packager, operators can dynamically convert recorded and VoD content into any […]
Content delivery network (CDN) services specialist Akamai Technologies has confirmed that in a unanimous decision the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sitting en banc held that Limelight Networks, Inc. is liable for direct infringement of a content delivery patent asserted by Akamai. In 2008, a jury had returned a verdict that Limelight […]
Akamai Technologies and Telecom Italia have announced a partnership agreement to offer Content Delivery Network and web optimisation services and solutions to Italian companies. Driven by explosive growth in digital media, the initiative includes Telecom Italia offering and marketing, within the Italian market, of Akamai’s suite of services (including web acceleration and security) capable of […]