For NAB 2013, Rohde & Schwarz DVS GmbH (DVS) has extended its VENICE Media Production Hub product line: VENICE Element is a custom-tailored, budget-oriented entry-level solution designed for playout. Thanks to numerous additional innovations, it is now easier for TV studios to create file-based workflows: The new GUI has been tailored even more closely to […]
Vidmind, a pioneering End-to-end Cloud TV technology provider for operators, broadcasters and retailers, has formed a partnership with Media Excel, an innovator of adaptive bitrate, multi-device transcoding for multiscreen video delivery. The joint transcoding management component, Vidmind SnowCannon, is in field trials by a number of operators, including a leading East European household brand – […]
With consumer desire for better quality TV pictures continuing to increase, and manufacturers starting to unveil Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) screens to the market, Ericsson has demonstrated how live UHDTV could be successfully enabled via a next-generation delivery system. The demonstration took place during the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Production Technology Seminar in Geneva, […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced a major new enterprise-class video transcoding software product. Vantage® Transcode IPTV VoD is a highly-focused transcoding solution that was developed specifically for broadband and cable service providers to automate content preparation and delivery for IPTV and cable VoD workflows. “The real challenge around […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, has announced that its high-performance BkS400 video cache servers have been optimised with a streaming capacity of up to 30 Gbps. Leveraging this new streaming capacity, operators can efficiently deliver video content while ensuring […]
Andy Forssell, the current SVP of Content at online video provider Hulu, is to step up to the CEO role on an acting basis when the current incumbent, Jason Kilar leaves at the end of March. Kilar, who announced his intention to step down at the beginning of the year, confirmed the appointment in an […]
Swiss telecoms provider Swisscom and cloud infrastructure service provider Akamai Technologies have formed a strategic partnership focused on the growing content delivery, web application acceleration and cloud security market. This new alliance brings together two experts in their respective industries to provide solutions that intedn to improve the web and cloud experience for both enterprises […]
thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has revealed that its cloud-based video publishing system, mpx, is serving as the central logistics system for BT’s newest IP-based TV services in the UK, including BT Vision and YouView from BT. “thePlatform has a history of success managing video on behalf of some […]
ALi Corporation, a STB solution provider, has announced the launch of its new high definition network media player, M3912, featuring multi-screen video sharing technology. Applications of ALi’s M3912 include multi-screen bridges, which enable sharing of local or cloud media content from smartphones/tablets to TV screens; DVB to IP thick clients, which allow reception and free […]
Civolution has signed an agreement with SendtoNews, the digital US news syndication agency, which has been working with Civolution’s watermarking technology since June 2012, to create a system which seamlessly integrates into their video management system. SendtoNews will leverage data from all US and Canadian channels being monitored by Civolution’s Teletrax platform through its renewed […]