Xandr has announced the renewal of a global contract with Microsoft which sees the extension of existing technology solutions, the introduction of new ventures and follows over ten years of successful partnership. Microsoft is extending its use of Xandr’s sell-side platform, Xandr Monetize, and its Global Supply Evangelism relationship with Xandr, as Microsoft expands and […]
V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has announced that SOUTHWORKS, a global software development company, is now a certified integration partner for V-Nova LCEVC. V-Nova engaged SOUTHWORKS to extend its growing list of reference integrations by integrating V-Nova LCEVC decoding in market-leading web players. The integrations produced by SOUTHWORKS, and delivered in just three […]
Insys Cloud Multi DRM, a fully cloud-native digital rights management licensing server for video streaming from Insys Video Technologies, is now available in AWS Marketplace. Insys Cloud Multi DRM is a secure, scalable, and serverless architecture based on AWS cloud for users of AWS Media Services. It provides a single source for secure content playback […]
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Informa Tech have announced the latest line up of luminary profiles headlining the upcoming Asia Tech x Singapore, held from July 13th to 16th. The ATxSummit, held on July 13th, is the apex event of the inaugural ATxSG. Set to be opened by Guest-of-Honour Singapore Deputy Prime Minister […]
rlaxx TV, the European AVoD service, is now available on Xbox. Users in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France can download the app from the Microsoft Store. The offer includes the devices Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The company’s reach is thereby expanded by an additional 6.5 million devices. Ronny […]
La Liga, Spain’s top-flight football league, and Microsoft are expanding their partnership focused on digitally transforming the sports experience globally. The companies will also collaborate on developing technology solutions to the media and entertainment industry through La Liga’s technology offering, LaLiga Tech. As La Liga’s global Tech and Innovation Partner, Microsoft will help develop new […]
Quickchannel, a provider of high performance online streaming and recording services, has announced the launch of WebRTC on its video platform, which allows users to live stream secure, branded and high quality video. As an open-source technology supported by renowned software brands such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla, the launch of WebRTC means Quickchannel’s […]
The global headphones market celebrated a good year in 2020, growing in both volumes and retail value, to reach 480 million units and generate $44 billion (€36.8bn) reports Futuresource Consulting. As consumers have spent more time at home throughout the pandemic, headphones really have become an integral device in daily lives. Households have spent more […]
Microsoft is set to acquire Nuance, an AI tech firm best known for helping to develop Apple’s Siri speech recognition software, in a transaction valued at $19.7 billion (€16.5bn). Mark Benjamin will remain CEO of Nuance, reporting to Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud & AI at Microsoft. The transaction is intended to close […]
E3 will return this year as a virtual event. The event is normally held in Los Angeles each June and is acknowledged as the biggest spectacle of the year for the video games sector attracting a mix of developers, press and the general public. Last year’s event was completely cancelled as a result of the […]