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Norigin launches Cloudncoder.com

Scandinavian company Norigin Media has launched Cloudncoder.com, a platform for capturing, encoding and hosted Origin-server services for linear TV. The private cloud is launched with a pay-as-you-go business model to make online live-TV management affordable. Cloudncoder.com is a live-TV capture and transcoding platform, which is offered to broadcasting companies, news agencies, ad agencies, live content producers […]

May 18, 2015

ARRIS, Akamai advance IP video delivery

ARRIS Group has revealed will offer Akamai Technologies’ Aura Licensed Content Delivery Network (LCDN) as part of its end-to-end IP video portfolio. ARRIS will integrate Akamai’s LCDN and Aura Object Store into its IP video solutions – such as the ARRIS M3 Media Server, Spectrum CPC, and nDVR – to give operators a variety of […]

April 29, 2015Colin Mann @ TV Connect

Software-defined video market $10bn by 2018

Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that Gartner, the information technology research and advisory company, has issued its report Emerging Technology Analysis: Cloud-Based Solutions Change Video Delivery for CSPs and MSOs Globally. According to Gartner, “by 2018, at least 25 per cent (or over $10 billion) is forecast […]

April 29, 2015

Comigo partners with Broadpeak

Comigo, a multiscreen TV platforms, and Broadpeak, a CDN technology provider, have unveiled an integrated solution that allows IPTV operators to deliver live TV services to TV screens, mobile devices, smartphones, and tablets, in addition to personalised content, advanced social capabilities, and content-related interactive apps. Using the integrated solution that combines Comigo’s Android-based STB solution […]

April 29, 2015Colin Mann @ TV Connect

France Télévisions selects Arkena

France Télévisions has selected the technical platform of Arkena, an expert in the management of on-demand services, to optimise its catch-up TV offering in OTT on all connected devices, francetv pluzz. Having launched its catch-up TV service on several boxes, on the Internet and all connected screens, France Télévisions wished to optimise the management of […]

April 29, 2015Colin Mann @ TV Connect

Alcatel-Lucent CDN tech selected by Wind

Alcatel-Lucent is to provide Italy’s Wind Telecomunicazioni with content delivery network (CDN) technology to support the launch of new video and TV services for its fixed and mobile subscribers. The provision of Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix Content Delivery Network platform will enable Wind’s customers to manage video traffic on its network, providing an optimised experience for customers […]

April 22, 2015

Akamai integrates Adobe Primetime

Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services has announced the integration of Adobe Primetime ad insertion capabilities into its network in an effort to simplify and improve the way online video ads are delivered. The server-side advertising offering is designed to combine the scale of Akamai’s global CDN with the reach […]

April 14, 2015

Broadpeak, Geniatech optimise Android STBs

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators, has announced that its nanoCDN technology has been integrated with the ATV1800 Quad Core Android TV box from Geniatech, providing cable and telecom operators with a cost-effective solution for delivering live OTT video […]

April 9, 2015

Optus, Nokia trial real-time video delivery

Australian telco Optus is to conduct a closed trial of a real-time, interactive, multimedia video experience at its Sydney headquarters that delivers content to subscribers through onsite base stations via Liquid Applications, a solution developed by partner Nokia Networks. The trial is designed to distribute video and multimedia content to users directly from adjoining base […]

March 2, 2015By Colin Mann

Arkena to deliver NRK online services

NRK has signed a contract with Arkena for CDN (Content Delivery Network) services. The national public broadcaster NRK is considered the largest Norwegian streaming service. In 2014, NRK streamed 120 petabytes of data to its audience, and this year NRK expects volume to be over 200 petabytes. “NRK is Norway’s largest and most experienced purchaser […]

February 17, 2015By Sanjeev Bhavnani