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Telestream releases new products with Vantage 6

Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, has announced the availability of Vantage 6 which includes two new products based on the Vantage platform. Post Producer automates repetitive production processes which would otherwise tie up editors and NLE workstations. TrafficManager streamlines commercial ingest and media management, offering a next-generation product following its highly-successful […]

October 1, 2013

Tata trials next-gen video distribution with F1

Live from the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, Tata Communications successfully showcased its next generation of capability for video distribution to Formula One Management (FOM) and a group of leading broadcasters at its Biggin Hill headquarters in the UK. The capability demonstration included the supply of JPEG 2000 quality video live from the race circuit, […]

September 26, 2013

Adobe upgrades Primetime

Adobe has announced a series of technology innovations in Adobe Primetime, the advanced TV delivery and monetisation platform for programmers and pay-TV service providers. New analytics capabilities improve the viewer experience by giving content owners access for the first time to a broad set of data to better understand their digital audience, including viewer engagement […]

September 25, 2013

Entone boosts Hybrid TV momentum at Caiway

Entone, a provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, and Divitel, an independent systems integrator and digital video solutions provider, have announced that Dutch cable operator, Caiway, has selected Entone’s Amulet Hybrid Media Hub for their new fiber roll-out. The Entone Hybrid TV solution enables operators to offer a richer service that blends the […]

September 25, 2013

BT Sport adopts DPP with AmberFin

AmberFin, a developer of file-based media ingest, transcoding and quality control solutions for content owners, has announced that UK-based broadcast facility provider, Timeline Television, has integrated the AmberFin iCR software platform within a bespoke production centre to support BT Sport, the new UK sports broadcaster. AmberFin iCR is providing high-speed file playback and transcoding resources […]

September 23, 2013

GVT TV deploys Cisco solution

GVT TV has adopted the Cisco Videoscape VideoGuard Smart Card to protect its video content transmitted via satellite in Brazil.  This is a highly secure encryption system protected against Cardsharing or Control Word Sharing (a fault in the DVB – Digital Video Broadcasting system), which stops the broadcaster’s signal from being transmitted illegally. Cisco´s VideoGuard […]

September 23, 2013

Rovi and STMicroelectronics boost HEVC adoption

Rovi Corporation and STMicroelectronics are working to help service providers recognise the benefits of High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC/H.265). ST is integrating HEVC decoding support for both streaming and downloadable content into its set-top box System-on-Chip (SoC) families, codenamed ‘Cannes’ and ‘Monaco’, while Rovi is delivering an end-to-end solution for the creation, secure delivery, and […]

September 17, 2013Colin Mann @ IBC

Belgacom expands IPTV offerings with Edgeware

Edgeware, the technology specialist in distributed video delivery, has announces that Belgium’s largest telecommunications operator, Belgacom, has selected Edgeware’s Distributed Video Delivery Network (D-VDN) solution to deliver its “TV Partout/TV Overal” multiscreen service. Edgeware’s solution plays a key role in delivering scalability for both live TV and advanced network services. Edgeware’s solution gives Belgacom’s subscribers […]

September 16, 2013Colin Mann @ IBC

Canal+ Afrique uses VideoFlow technology

Canal+ Afrique one of Europe’s most prominent content providers, selected VideoFlow’s Digital Video Protection (DVP) to rapidly and inexpensively ensure the transport of high quality, live content from all over Africa to Paris, for distribution throughout Europe.  VideoFlow’s DVP family of products guarantees the video quality being transported by making sure no packet is lost […]

September 14, 2013

Canal+ deploys multiscreen from Anevia

Anevia, a specilaist in video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV and VoD, has revealed that Canal+, the French pay-TV group, has launched a comprehensive multiscreen service leveraging Anevia’s ViaMotion technology. As part of their new multiscreen service, 125 live SD and HD channels are now delivered to viewers across metropolitan France, the […]

September 13, 2013Colin Mann @ IBC