Vidmind, enabling TV operators to launch a full blown OTT pay-TV service, has announced its partnership with Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services. As part of their cooperation, the companies will bring to market a novel DRM-in-the-cloud offering, which serves as a new component of Vidmind’s complete […]
Chunghwa Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in Taiwan, is undertaking a trial project for a new 4K HEVC streaming service using solutions from content delivery network technology specialist Broadpeak. Utilising Broadpeak’s server and CDN manager solutions that support the HEVC compression standard and set-top boxes, Chunghwa Telecom delivers 4K VoD and NVoD content to a […]
Australian telco Telstra is to acquire video streaming and analytics specialist Ooyala. The US$270 million investment increases Telstra’s ownership in Ooyala from 23 per cent (fully diluted) to 98 per cent and is in addition to the $61 million previously invested in Ooyala over the past two years. This transaction is subject to customary closing […]
Verizon Digital Media Services and white-label video publishing company thePlatform have formed a new strategic alliance to accelerate major media and pay-TV operators’ plans for multiscreen video delivery. The companies have integrated the Verizon Digital Media Services suite of video services and thePlatform’s mpx video-management system to form a complete solution, which the companies will […]
As Internet users increasingly demand high quality content at lightning fast speeds, Verizon Digital Media Services is responding by adding direct local connectivity from its network to many of the world’s largest broadband providers. This expansion streamlines delivery and distribution to ensure high quality user experiences and seamlessly handle traffic spikes as connected devices, user […]
Tata Communications, a provider of A New World of Communications, has formed a partnership with Kaltura that will combine Tata Communications’ next generation CDN with Kaltura’s leading open source online video platform. The integrated offering will enable media companies, enterprises and educational institutions to manage the entire video process, from acquisition to delivery, through a […]
CDN (Content Delivery Network) revenue is projected at $3.36 billion in 2014, up 19 per cent, directed by user appetite for self-selected content, further accelerating linear broadcast, media and entertainment’s transition into virtual paradigms, according to AccuStream Research. Across the gamut of global operations, double-digit
Verizon’s acquisition of content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast is just one of several developments that will shake up the CDN sector, which has long been dominated by Akamai Technologies, according to a report from Heavy Reading Insider.
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has confirmed that its DRM technology, NAGRA MediaAccess Persistent Rights Management (PRM), has been approved by the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA) for the retransmission (streaming) of premium DTCP-IP content, enabling service providers to deploy home networking solutions that meet the strictest security requirements and enforce applicable […]
TechNavio is reporting that unprecedented growth of streaming video is directly boosting the global video content delivery network (CDN) Market. The market is projecting a CAGR of 29.66 per cent from 2014-2018. “In 2013, the average video traffic over the internet was estimated at