Australian telco Telstra has unveiled its new Global Media Network, a professional media contribution solution which enables broadcasters and content developers to take their content global. Custom-built for the media industry, the Telstra Global Media Network aims to provides simple and efficient delivery of live and file-based video content by combining Telstra’s network of global […]
Media and communications technologist and broadcast services provider Ericsson it is working with multichannel broadcaster UKTV to deliver the UK’s first virtualised live event broadcast. Ericsson’s Virtualized Live Playout service will help UKTV launch and broadcast live events on its network of channels, which includes the UK’s most watched non-public service broadcasting channel, Dave. The […]
Multi-screen cloud video software company Easel TV has made its OTT platform Suggested TV available on the fourth-generation Apple TV box and on Google Cast. The first use of these latest Suggested TV device players will be for the Curzon Home Cinema service. Curzon Home Cinema Director Phil Mordecai said the company’s investment in the […]
The latest insights into the home entertainment industry have been revealed at the BASE MESA Entertainment Summit. As over 300 guests from across the industry representing stakeholders from the UK, Europe and US, gathered at the event which brought together the BASE Category Showcase and the MESA Transforming Home Entertainment Summit under one roof. Analyst […]
21st Century Fox has backed Jeremy Clarkson’s DriveTribe venture with US$6.5 million. The new digital portal will launch in November with Clarkson’s fellow presenters Richard Hammond and James May and backing from former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman and tech entrepreneur Ernesto Schmitt. DriveTribe is planning “the world’s digital hub for motoring”, with ‘tribes’ […]
Sales of the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets have flatlined in the US according to figures from digital gaming platform Steam, despite stock problems no longer being an issue. Since the HTC Vive and
NBC Olympics has confirmed that it leveraged Content Delivery Networks services specialist Akamai Technologies for online video streaming, website and video delivery along with security solutions to support its record digital offering for Rio 2016, which included 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of which were live. One hundred million unique users tuned in […]
Digital entertainment total service protection specialist Conax has confirmed that Dish TV India Limited, Asia Pacific’s largest DTH (direct-to-home) TV provider and SITI Cable have selected Conax (for Cardless content protection) as one of the key partners for their pay-TV expansion in the region. Based on the company’s flagship Conax Contego security hub, the Conax […]
Content services protection, delivery, and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca and video delivery infrastructure provider Harmonic have teamed up to bring two fully integrated solutions to IBC2016. At the show, a new end-to-end video software as a service (SaaS) for OTT applications, as well as a new multiview app for the virtual reality (VR) environment, will be […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has extended its content protection partnership with Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife to include NAGRA’s anyCAST CONNECT solution. NAGRA anyCAST CONNECT will allow the KT Skylife to secure the expansion of its 4K Ultra HD service and implement a flexible two-way content protection solution across multiple networks. […]