Rovi Corporation has unveiled DivX 10, a consumer software application to enable the free creation and playback of DivX video in the new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) standard. DivX 10 is the latest in a long line of DivX consumer software that collectively has been downloaded close to 1 billion times. Available as a […]
Xstream, the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, are launching version 7 of their award winning video management system, MediaMaker at IBC in Amsterdam. The new version comes with a wide selection of features adding value and further leverage monetization to their customers OTT and TV Everywhere solutions. “We are really proud to […]
Harmonic, a player in video delivery infrastructure, has announced that Nova, the largest 3play provider and pay-tv operator in Greece, has selected Harmonic storage and playout server systems to enable its transition to reliable, streamlined HD ingest and playout. Installed at Nova premises in Athens, the Harmonic equipment forms the heart of playout operations and […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, and Teleste, a provider of video and broadband technologies and services, have announced the deployment of an integrated multiscreen solution for Anvia TV, a national TV operator in Finland. Earlier this year, Teleste and Elemental began co-marketing activities targeting the cable industry in Europe. […]
ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, has announced its product roadmap featuring solutions for multi-screen applications will be demonstrated at the upcoming IBC 2013 taking place on September 13-17 in Amsterdam, Netherland. A multitude of innovations in technology have provided more ways than ever to realise the multi-screen concept, including DVB2IP […]
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has confirmed that it is to acquire Singapore-based video streaming website Viki in a move that better places it to compete with online services such as Amazon’s LOVEFiLM and Netflix. The deal is reported to be worth $200 million. In recent times, Rakuten has been ramping up its content interests, acquiring […]
Akamai has increased its market share of the cloud video service market serving Media & Entertainment companies to nearly 30 per cent in early 2013, from about 27 per cent in 2012, with no close competitor – other companies competing in the market all have less than approximately 5 per cent market share according to […]
VHX, a direct-to-fan distribution platform for premium video, has announced a $3.2 million Series A financing round led by Union Square Ventures. Participating are existing investors Lerer Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Keith Calder, and Alexis Ohanian (Initialized), as well as new investors William Morris Endeavor, John Maloney (Terrapin Bale), and Gunderson Dittmer. Andy Weissman of Union […]
Eleven multichannel video service providers operating in four countries have selected SeaChange International’s content management solutions as essential components of their service delivery platforms. These customers include five of the largest cable, telco and satellite providers in North America, who have chosen SeaChange AssetFlow and AdFlow solutions to optimise the intake and preparation of movies, […]
RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has revealed that Invitel, a fixed line telecommunications and broadband Internet Services Provider in Hungary, has selected and deployed RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) to facilitate the smooth conversion of its HD portfolio of programmes from MPEG-2 to the more bandwidth-efficient MPEG-4/H.264 compression format. […]