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Muvi launches Native Apps for Windows OS

Muvi, an Enterprise SaaS company, has announced the launch of a Windows Desktop App Extension for its Content Owners and creator-focused End-to-End Streaming Platform – Muvi One. With the launch of this Native Windows Desktop App, Muvi One’s customers can now extend the reach of their Video/Audio Streaming Services running on top of Muvi One’s […]

January 11, 2022

TRIAX launches hotel casting solution

TRIAX has announced the launch of TRIAX Cast, a hotel entertainment solution enabling guests to cast their own content to in-room TVs. The internally developed TRIAX Cast solution improves hotel guests’ experience by satisfying the increasing demand for casting content from the streaming services used at home. By giving guests the best possible in-room experience […]

January 11, 2022

Broadpeak mABR solution optimises live sports OTT delivery in Italy

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, together with Italian telco operator TIM, is optimising live sports OTT delivery with an advanced multicast ABR (mABR) solution from Broadpeak. Using Broadpeak’s mABR solution, TIM is delivering live third-party sports content to subscribers with an […]

January 11, 2022

Rosenberg exits Roku

Roku has announced that Scott Rosenberg, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Platform Business, plans to step down sometime in the spring of 2022. Rosenberg joined Roku in 2012 as Vice President, Advertising, and Business Development. In 2017 he was named SVP and GM of Roku’s Platform Business, overseeing both advertising and content and […]

January 10, 2022

Popcorn Time shuts down

Popcorn Time, a once popular piracy app that allowed users to illegally stream TV shows and movies, has shut down. The service originally launched in 2014 and was quickly abandoned by its developers – but since the project was open source, other developers were able to pick up the reins and keep it going, although […]

January 7, 2022

Synamedia, Ateliere partnership

Ateliere Creative Technologies has announced that Synamedia is integrating Ateliere’s technologies into its VIVID Workflow-as-a-Service portfolio (WaaS) for enhanced delivery of low latency OTT solutions. The companies say the partnership brings new integrated streaming and on-demand offerings to the market, giving video service providers a competitive advantage for attracting and retaining subscribers by providing a streamlined and […]

January 6, 2022

DVEO merges with Stream Republic

DVEO has announced that it has merged with Stream Republic. DVEO says it is planning to run its operations and provide the same services but with the added support of OTT services provider Stream Republic “It is an exciting time for DVEO to be joining forces with Stream Republic. Stream Republic will bring the OTT […]

January 5, 2022

Firstlight Media joins Google Cloud Marketplace

Firstlight Media has continued its drive to widen the OTT industry’s accessibility to cloud-native streaming and entertainment platforms with the announcement that Firstlight Media is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace. “Delivering the fastest possible time to market and the greatest flexibility to the OTT industry is a fundamental business and technology need for […]

January 5, 2022

Millwall FC signs with Recast

Millwall FC is the latest name to join sports video platform Recast. The English Football League (EFL) side joins a growing list of rights holders on the OTT platform, with fans now able to directly contribute to The Lions by watching content. Recast says the partnership will “give affordable, flexible access to match action, reaction, […]

January 4, 2022

Analysis: SVoDs drive $220bn content spend

Global content spend saw double digit growth in 2021, with research firm Ampere Analysis expecting it to exceed $220 billion (€195.3bn), with growth driven by SVoD platforms. Specifically, investment rose 14 per cent compared to 2020, representing an increase of over $20 billion. Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock and Paramount+ invested over $8 billion […]

December 20, 2021