Arkena announced a partnership with the Sweden’s Cantemo for the integration of its Media Asset Management (MAM) solution Cantemo Portal to Arkena’s new media workflow orchestration platform Harmony. This partnership aims at significantly simplifying the management of complex media workflows. Arkena is now offering the Media & Entertainment industry futureproof, more agile and efficient SaaS […]
Haivision, a specilaist in video streaming and media management solutions, has announced that the Haivision Media Gateway is now available for cloud deployment in Amazon Web Services (AWS Marketplace), giving broadcasters and enterprises a low-latency and bandwidth-saving solution for connecting multiple facilities with secure HD video over public Internet connections. In AWS Marketplace, Haivision Media […]
Ericsson has signed a broadcast and media services deal with UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5. The multi-year deal includes playout, media management, metadata, access services and disaster recovery services. Ericsson will provide these services for Viacom-owned Channel 5’s portfolio of terrestrial and digital channels, including Channel 5, 5*, Spike and 5USA, as well as for […]
Ericsson and Intelsat have joined forces to showcase at IBC an HD contribution feed in HDR (High Dynamic Range) the Intelsat 905 satellite located at 24.5○W, using the DVB-SX2 standard and an open, non-proprietary workflow. The companies say this proof-of-concept will enable media companies to delight consumers with improved picture quality and new experiences with […]
Ericsson has announced that Swisscom has deployed its Video Storage and Processing Platform to power all of the time-shifted and cloud DVR features of its TV 2.0 offering. Live since April 2014, the highly successful service now has 564’000 subscribers, transforming subscriber retention and satisfaction. “Our subscribers want flexibility in their TV services and greater […]
In a strategic move to strengthen its market position in media service and workflow orchestration to match the needs of the broadcasting industry now and in the future, media transport solutions specialist Net Insight is acquiring US software company VizuAll Inc, trading under the name of ScheduALL, in a $14 million (€12.5m) deal. The acquisition […]
Seven leading Internet companies have formed the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies in the public interest. The Alliance’s founding members are Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix. The new Alliance is committing its collective technology and expertise to meet growing […]
Ericsson has renewed its playout services contract with ITV, the UK’s leading commercial television network. The contract, which has been extended until 2024, will see Ericsson continue to provide playout services for ITV’s portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD and CITV and their associated regional variants as well as ITV’s newest […]
Thomson Video Networks has introduced the latest release of its award-winning ViBE EM4000 premium HD/SD encoder featuring Flextream 2.0, the company’s statistical multiplexing technology. With support for Flextream 2.0, the EM4000 will enable operators to optimise bandwidth usage by including non-video components in a statistical multiplexing pool. In addition, the EM4000 now includes SCTE104 handling […]
Volicon has introduced a new accelerated VoD/OTT content generation workflow based on the Capture and Share applications for the company’s Observer Media Intelligence Platform. Leveraging these applications along with the platform’s content-recording capabilities, intuitive user interface, and seamless integration with edit and media asset management (MAM) systems, broadcasters can establish efficient content repurposing workflows, with […]