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 […]
Recast, a direct-to-customer video platform, has announced the appointment of James Cook as Commercial Director. Cook will join Recast in mid-April from TGI Worldwide, a multiple-discipline sports infrastructure, technology and media rights business. Cook’s background working with world leading rights’ holders, brands and athletes means that he is ideally positioned to help drive Recast through […]
India’s TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) regulator has been asked to object to Elon Musk’s plan to offer his Starlink broadband-by-satellite service to India. TRAI, as well as India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO), are being asked to object to SpaceX’s Starlink deployment by a group of technology giants under the umbrella Broadband India Forum […]
Global sales of connected TV devices soared to a new record in Q4 2020, reaching 109.1 million units, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ TV Streaming Platforms service. According to the report, Amazon became market leader for the first time with sales of 13.2 million devices and a market share of 12.1 per cent. Samsung […]
BuyDRM announced today the general availability of BuyDRM’s industry-leading content protection platform, KeyOS, in Google Cloud. This alliance with Google Cloud allows companies in the media, telecommunications and entertainment verticals to deliver end-to-end VoD and broadcast-quality live video solutions with KeyOS in the Google Cloud. A variety of Media & Entertainment technologies from BuyDRM including […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centred security, has announced that MultTV, a consortium of 13 Brazilian ISPs, deployed Verimatrix Multi-DRM as part of a recent upgrade from its existing IPTV system to an advanced OTT solution spearheaded by Beenius, a Verimatrix partner and international provider of interactive TV solutions. Verimatrix […]
A group of technology and media companies has partnered to form the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a Joint Development Foundation project established to address the prevalence of disinformation, misinformation and online content fraud through developing technical standards for certifying the source and history or provenance of media content. Founding members Adobe, Arm, […]