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RGB Networks expands TV Everywhere product line to meet demands for multiscreen IP video

RGB Networks, a provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, has announced the addition of a new member to its award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG) product family, as well as increased transcoding capacity for its TCM module. The unique VMG line of modular, chassis-based products enables video service providers (VSP) to cost-effectively deliver and […]

August 8, 2011

Channel 2 Israel deploys Masstech’s TOPAZ+XT MAM system to support digital workflow

Masstech has announced that Channel 2 in Neve Ilan (near Jerusalem), Israel has installed its TOPAZ MAM v7.5 and companion product XT-Ingest to digitally preserve news content that was stored on aging videotapes, automate the ingest process and manage the archive library. Channel 2 broadcasts up to 24 hours of news and educational content every […]

August 4, 2011

Vimeo unveils Vimeo PRO

Video sharing site Vimeo has launched Vimeo PRO, designed to be an easy and affordable professional video hosting solution for small businesses. “Until now, quality video hosting has been expensive, confusing, and extremely difficult for a small business owner to understand. Small businesses have fallen between the cracks of free video services and massive enterprise […]

August 3, 2011

Harmonic ProMedia enables high-quality multiscreen video services

Video infrastructure specialist Harmonic has unveiled the ProMedia family of software solutions designed to optimise live and file-based multiscreen video production and processing for content and service providers. The ProMedia family performs a broad range of functions, including transcoding, packaging and origination, to enable high quality video creation and delivery of live streaming, live-to-VoD and […]

August 2, 2011

Elemental, thePlatform in multiscreen solution collaboration

Video processing solutions provider Elemental Technologies and white-label video publishing company thePlatform have revealed a joint solution for processing and management of large, dynamic video content libraries for IP-connected devices. The integration, designed for service providers and media companies, combines the Elemental Server file-based video transcoding solution with thePlatform’s mpx video management system for multi-screen […]

July 25, 2011

Haivision acquires KulaByte and MontiVision

Haivision Network Video, a provider of the advanced video networking, digital signage, and IP video distribution solutions, has acquired both KulaByte Corporation of San Marcos, Texas, and MontiVision Imaging Technologies based in Germany. The technologies of both companies, including advanced encoding, transcoding, cloud computing, and workflow solutions, will be combined to form Haivision’s new Internet […]

July 22, 2011

blinkx partners with NewsLook

blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has formed a partnership with NewsLook, the video news service that curates and contextualises news from global partners. . Viewers can now watch over 1,500 informative NewsLook videos from prominent publishers such as the GlobalPost, Xinhua News Agency and UNTV through blinkx. Leveraging its AdHoc platform, blinkx will […]

July 21, 2011

Smartphones make mobile video boom

Mobile video consumption is a rapidly developing market. Although many mobile video products have only recently launched, providers are experiencing significant growth in usage rates. According to In-Stat survey results, nearly two-thirds of smartphone owners have watched video on their device, while nearly 86 per cent of tablet owners have done so. While the propensity […]

July 19, 2011

Orange partners Dailymotion for localised advertising

Orange has signed an exclusive partnership with Dailymotion to deliver an integrated-advertising solution targeting specific audiences and localised content on Dailymotion’s video-sharing platform. Dailymotion’s video sharing platform reaches 114 million unique visitors a month worldwide, and 20,000 videos are added daily. The Orange Advertising Network will have the exclusivity to monetise and represent Dailymotion’s video […]

July 14, 2011

Vision IPTV launches white label TV and video app

Vision IPTV has announced the extension of its services to online and offline broadcasters with the launch of its white label video app and player solution, enabling broadcasters to deliver content to iPhone and iPad users quickly and cost effectively. Vision IPTV can create a dedicated and branded video app for iPhone and iPad allowing […]

July 14, 2011