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Edgeware VCP for CableLabs

Edgeware, a specialist in video delivery networks, has announced its drive for innovation by modelling industry interoperability for IP video delivery networks. Edgeware’s Video Consolidation Platform (VCP) is hosted in the CableLabs’ IPTV Innovations laboratory for cable operators and others to test-drive. In addition, the company recently worked with a number of industry players to […]

July 8, 2015

3Zero2 TV deploys AVIWEST solutions

AVIWEST, a global provider of video contribution systems, has announced that Italian television production and services provider 3Zero2 TV has deployed 50 units of the company’s DMNG PRO180-RA video uplink solutions to deliver live video transmissions for the Lega Pro football league coverage. The project was supported by Comsytec, AVIWEST’s Italian distributor and system integrator. […]

July 8, 2015

Levira, Kids Network playout deal

Levira and Kids Network Television have concluded a three-year service agreement according which will see Levira provide Kids Network Television end-to-end technical service for play-out and distribute of two new linear TV-channels Filmzone and Filmzone+ starting from July 15th.  Levira will provide play-out for two HD channels and their distribution to Baltic pay-TV networks. Levira’s […]

July 7, 2015

Ooyala acquires Nativ

In a move that expands its technology stack into video production, pre-production and broadcast planning for hybrid OTT and on-air video services, video, analytics and advertising technology provider Ooyala, an independent subsidiary of telecommunications company Telstra, has acquired Nativ, a provider of cloud-based media logistics and workflow software and services. Nativ’s modular suite of media […]

June 30, 2015

Aframe cloud platform for BBC Worldwide

Aframe has supplied the BBC Worldwide’s Formats Team with a cloud video platform to help the process of hosting and sharing format screeners with its clients around the world. Aframe provides BBC Worldwide with a centrally managed portal that can be used as a central repository where different versions of screeners such as Strictly Come […]

June 25, 2015

Frequency new content partnerships

Frequency, a US specialist in Internet video aggregation, have added some of the top Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) and digital media partners to their service. Fremantle-Media, North America’s Tony Riot, Jukin Media and Zealot Networks have all signed multi-year agreements to deliver their content on the Frequency platform. Frequency provides a complete white-labelled internet video solution […]

June 25, 2015

Technicolor HDR and SDR compatibility

Technicolor, committed to enabling HDR across all aspects of content creation and distribution, has announced the immediate availability of its new High Dynamic Range (HDR) single-layer solution for testing by key ecosystem partners. The solution, which is compatible with MPEG HEVC standards, creates a video which benefits from improved compression efficiency over unprocessed HDR files. […]

June 25, 2015

BBC chooses Vizrt for digital archive

Vizrt’s media asset management (MAM) system, Viz One, has been selected by the BBC for its digital archive and file-delivery system. Vizrt provides real-time 3D graphics, studio automation, sports analysis and asset management tools for the media and entertainment industry. This includes interactive and virtual solutions, animations, maps, weather, video editing, compositing, and playout tools. […]

June 16, 2015

Irdeto secures Media Broadcast content delivery

Multiscreen, revenue assurance and media protection specialist Irdeto has confirmed a new deployment with Media Broadcast, Germany’s largest full-service provider for the broadcast and media industry. The Irdeto Integrated Management System, an essential pillar of the company’s end-to-end security offering, provides a hybrid platform which allows Media Broadcast easily to manage content security services across […]

June 10, 2015Colin Mann @ ANGA COM

Kudelski, Bloomberg Finance patent cross licence agreement

The Kudelski Group, an independent provider of media protection and value-added service technology, has announced a multi-year patent cross licence agreement with Bloomberg Finance. The terms of the agreement remain confidential with Bloomberg making a one-time payment to Kudelski. “This agreement further validates the relevance of Kudelski’s patent portfolio to online video distribution technologies and […]

June 10, 2015