Advanced Television

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SAM claims fastest workflow

At SET Expo 2017 Snell Advanced Media (SAM) will be highlighting its game-changing live sports production and replay workflows, the market’s most complete, flexible and cost effective IP Routing System, multi-format production switchers and industry-renowned playout solutions. Rafael Castillo, Vice President, LATAM, SAM, said, “Following LiveTouch’s incredibly successful showing at NAB 2017, we’re looking forward […]

August 8, 2017

Scripps selects Encompass CloudVOD

Scripps Networks International has selected Encompass CloudVOD, a cloud-based VoD service, as its exclusive solution for delivering VoD content to the EMEA region. CloudVOD is powered by Microsoft Azure and uses powerful automation and orchestration engines to manage Scripps’ VoD workflow including the delivery of assets to the largest VoD platform footprint in EMEA. “With […]

July 20, 2017

Brightcove Jump Start for Echo Show

Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, has unveiled Brightcove Jump Start for Echo Show, a new service enabling publishers and brands to launch video skills quickly on the new Amazon Echo Show. Jump Start for Echo Show builds on Brightcove’s existing expertise of delivering and monetising a wide range of video experiences across […]

July 14, 2017

Ericsson secures QYOU content distribution deal

QYOU Media, a specialist curator of premium ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen delivery, has agreed a new distribution agreement with communications technology and services giant Ericsson that brings its curated online video content to the Ericsson Unified Delivery Network (UDN) ecosystem. This programming will create new monetisation opportunities for both businesses by attracting and engaging hard-to-reach […]

July 13, 2017

TVT acquires DMC

In a move that brings together the broadcast industry’s most extensive end-to-end content services, media logistics and distribution offering, media services companies TVT has acquired 100 per cent of the shares of DMC (Digital Media Centre) an Amsterdam-headquartered company and part of AMC Networks International, a division of AMC Networks Inc. The cash transaction was […]

July 12, 2017

Multimedios selects AWS Elemental, Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services has announced that Mexican broadcast network Multimedios Televisión has selected video processing, distribution and storage solutions from AWS Elemental and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its online video content. The agreement broadens the broadcaster’s AWS deployment with additional cloud-based video processing and content distribution solutions, comprising an end-to-end workflow to produce and […]

July 11, 2017

DPP: Consumer demand requires revolution in media supply chain

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published the findings from its latest event, Home Truths: Building the New Supply Chain. Part of the DPP AT HOME series, this special event, enabled by systems architect Qvest Media, brought together industry experts to look at how consumer demand is impacting the way in which content is made […]

July 5, 2017

Ericsson hires banks for media units sale

Ericsson has hired Morgan Stanley to explore a sale of its media solutions business, and Goldman Sachs to look at off-loading its broadcast and media services unit. The business units have attracted interest from private equity and technology and media companies, Bloomberg reports. Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm said in March that he was considering a […]

June 21, 2017

DMC fully virtualised platform for all-IP video

DMC, the European media gateway, has announced the launch of its full-IP virtualised playout platform – a European first. DMC’s fully virtualised software defined ‘private broadcast cloud’ provides a step-change in industry innovation and enables its customers to benefit from the agility and flexibility of an all-IP world. Hosted at DMC’s network operations, media management […]

June 21, 2017

Group IMD partners with 4C

4C Insights, a data science and media technology company, has partnered with global advertising workflow and delivery company, Group IMD, to enable advertisers around the world to instantly track and optimise TV campaigns delivered via the IMD Cloud platform. By combining Group IMD’s revolutionary Video Ad Delivery platform with 4C TV Analytics, users of IMD […]

June 14, 2017