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Industry support for digital supply chain specs

Trade bodies DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and Motion Pictures Laboratories, Inc. (MovieLabs), together with member studios, retailers, and service providers, have approved and released four updated supply chain specifications for digital distribution of film and TV. The specifications were developed and reviewed jointly by the three organisations through the Digital Supply […]

December 13, 2018

Sky Sports Racing: Jan 1st Starter’s Orders

Executives at Sky Sports have revealed further details of the relaunch of the At The Races horse racing service as Sky Sports Racing, set to go live on January 1st 2019,  making it the 11th Sky Sports channel. Matthew Imi, CEO of At The Races, said that fully becoming part of the Sky family would […]

December 6, 2018By Colin Mann

Harmonic streaming patent

Harmonic announced that it has been awarded a Patent in the U.S. for the invention titled “Dynamic Allocation of CPU Cycles in Video Stream Processing.” It says the patent defines innovative technology that dynamically adjusts CPU cycles for cloud-based video processing based on video complexity information. With this latest patent, Harmonic continues to lead the […]

December 4, 2018

Tech Mahindra: Video Integration and Engineering unit

Digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions provider Tech Mahindra is setting up a new ‘Video Integration and Engineering’ (VIE) business unit to leverage cutting-edge technology and solutions to cater to the heavy demand of video services in the 5G ecosystem. With video forecast to account for 90 per cent of all 5G […]

December 3, 2018By Colin Mann

Cultivating the creative: how Governments can effectively support TV, film and beyond

The international film and television landscape has grown rapidly in recent years, helped in no small part by the growing support of global governments, writes Zoe Guilford The creative industries generate approximately £92bn annually to the United Kingdom’s economy, with jobs and exports growing year on year. The UK is a global leader in this […]

December 1, 2018

Bitmovin: “Tackling video latency will be a priority in 2019”

Stefan Lederer, CEO and Co-Founder of Bitmovin, the online video technology specialist, has shared his Top 3 predictions for how content owners will be using technology to enhance and differentiate consumer experiences in 2019, “There’s no doubt that 2019 will see even more live sports being streamed to fans, more studios launching direct-to-consumer online streaming […]

November 30, 2018

Study: 70% of broadcasters IP transition projects in 2019

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has unveiled its 2018 Global IP Barometer study, which reveals key insights about the progress of the media industry’s migration to IP. Supported by the input of approximately 750 media industry professionals from around the world, Grass Valley has found strong indications that the industry’s transition to IP is moving […]

November 29, 2018

AWS Elemental launches MediaConnect

Amazon Web Services has announced the availability of AWS Elemental MediaConnect, a reliable, secure, and flexible service for ingesting, transmitting and replicating live video feeds. AWS Elemental MediaConnect lets broadcasters and content owners cost-effectively send their high-value live content into the cloud, securely transmit it to partners for distribution or replicating one source to multiple […]

November 28, 2018

Pac-12 upgrades with AWS

Pac-12 Networks, the sports media production arm of Pac-12 Conference, is on a mission to reach more viewers, at more locations, and on more devices. Their new approach takes advantage of AWS cloud technologies, including AWS Elemental Media Services, to re-imagine core master control production workflows as well as content archive, personalisation, and monetisation. AWS […]

November 21, 2018

Ooyala, Google Cloud collaborate

Ooyala, a specialist in content supply chain solutions for OTT, content production, and digital distribution, has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to leverage robust Google Cloud technologies for the cutting-edge Ooyala Flex Media Platform, which empowers media owners to automate their video workflows, expand their audiences and get content to market faster, and with […]

October 31, 2018