At NAB 2013 the DVS Media Production Hub was not only been welcomed by clients, users and the journalists, but also by a panel of independent judges as well. Working professionals in the broadcast, post, network and satellite industries, appointed by the Broadcast Engineering, were enthusiastic about the Media Production Hub’s innovative technology. VENICE received […]
Principals at Scoopshot and Ebyline have entered into a strategic alliance that will package Scoopshot’s unique mobile user-and professionally-generated photos and videos with the high-quality written content produced by Ebyline. The business development agreement will fully leverage the assets of both companies to provide media outlets and other clients around the globe with a new, […]
Netflix is planning to drop Microsoft’s Silverlight plug-in as it prepares to switch to HTML5 video in the coming years. The Netflix Tech Blog cited Micorosoft’s decision to only support Silverlight 5 until 2021 as a reason to “find a replacement.” Netflix said that it has been collaborating with industry leaders on initiatives designed “to […]
Google has added a “VHS mode” to a number YouTube videos to mark the 57th anniversary of the video cassette recorder. Specific videos are now marked with a VHS tape icon in the bottom right of the player, enabling filters to add nostalgic static and fuzz effects to the footage. “Not too long ago, the […]
On demand content specialist Viewster has revealed a raft of significant additions to its international online library. Spanning more than two hundred titles, the various new deals include highly popular British and Australian series, along with various American films that will be made available ad-based and free-to-watch to consumers across the US, UK, Germany, Australia, […]
The combined Arris/Motorola gained market share on rival Cisco in the final quarter of 2012. Synergy Research Group said video infrastructure revenues reached $8.8 billion in the quarter, 3 per cent up over the final quarter of 2011 and also 3 per cent up on the previous quarter. However, the final quarter of the year […]
Rightster, the online video distribution and marketing specialist, has signed a global video content distribution deal with international media group and digital publisher Future to help increase audience reach and revenue streams for their technology and gaming publications. Rightster will increase exposure for Future’s video clips from their technology and gaming publications by creating a […]
INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded solutions for securing transactions, content and digital identity, has teamed with Astral Television Networks, Canada’s largest broadcaster of English and French language pay and specialty television services. They have partnered to protect the delivery of more than 1,000 hours of high-definition quality programming from The Movie Network, HBO Canada […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has announced the general availability of the Zencoder Live Cloud Transcoding service. Live Cloud Transcoding is an open API for live video encoding in the cloud, which allows content providers to instantly scale live encoding resources and produce adaptive bitrate streams without significant investments in on-premise hardware. […]
Rovi has revealed that Hubee, a major supplier of multi-screen entertainment solutions for service providers, has selected DivX Plus Streaming. Hubee will use Rovi’s advanced adaptive streaming format to power digital entertainment delivery for new customer entertainment storefronts that are expected to launch in Europe later this year. DivX Plus Streaming brings a cutting-edge feature […]