Research from Snell Advanced Media (SAM) shows the majority of businesses across Europe (64 per cent) and North America (56 per cent) are looking to start IP production projects in the next 9 months; driven by wanting more flexibility and reduced costs through adopting open standards (47 per cent). However, 71 per cent of European […]
StratusCore, a content production technology company, has announced the general availability of its cloud-based digital content production platform and suite of tools for the digital content industry. Film, television, gaming, advertising, virtual reality and other industries developing content for digital mediums can leverage StratusCore’s offering of on-demand tools, services and community resources that eliminate the […]
Ownzones Media Network (OMN), a global provider of technology and media solutions, has announced the launch of Zypline, a proprietary media asset management and distribution platform for the OTT market. With its distribution workflow vetted by top OTT and cable providers worldwide, Zypline simplifies and automates the process of optimising and delivering content to the […]
Sky Deutschland has signed a multi-year contract extension for back-up services with global media service provider MX1. The contract ensures that, in case of any technical issues with Sky Deutschland’s main signal, the broadcaster’s programming will be restored in a short timeframe from the MX1 Broadcasting Centre in Unterföhring, Germany. The agreement includes playout and […]
Television, home video and new media content distributor Beta Film has extended its existing service contract with global media services provider MX1, a wholly-owned subsidiary of satellite operator SES. This new long-term contract extends and expands the existing agreement, which began in 2009, and covers a wide range of services, including content, picture, data and […]
French media software solutions company NETIA ha announced that its sole shareholder Globecast (part of the Orange group) has sold all its shares in the company to two French media entrepreneurs, Anthony Savelli and Vincent Benveniste. The acquisition was made via Radio Act SAS, their consulting and services agency. Both businessmen exceed 25 years of […]
Industry body the Streaming Video Alliance – whose members include a broad range of suppliers, distributors and programmers – has confirmed that trials based on recently-approved Open Caching Request Routing and HTTPS Delegation Technical Specification are to begin. The trials are the first implementation by Alliance member companies of open caching systems that incorporate the […]
Net Insight, a specialist in media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that France Télévisions Réseau Outre-Mer, the network of TV and radio stations operating in France’s overseas territories around the world, has deployed the company’s internet media transport solution, Nimbra VA 220, for a new media contribution and distribution network. The network operates between […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, workflow, analytics and monetisation, is automating the global syndication of clips for Sky Sports with Ooyala Flex, its media logistics solution. With Ooyala, Sky Sports is able to deliver hundreds of Premier League in-game clips and highlight packages for online and linear consumption to 40 international […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider Nagra, a Kudelski Group company, has confirmed that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the leading multi-system cable operators in Taiwan, has rolled out a newly digitised platform powered by OpenTV 5. NAGRA has been a key partner in TBC’s ongoing digitisation efforts providing the operator with both […]