Open Broadcast Systems, a specialist in software-based professional video transport, has added support for 200 Gigabit Ethernet to its range of encoders and decoders. This update enables media companies and broadcasters to achieve unrivalled video processing capabilities in a single server, allowing bulk transport to and from the cloud at an unprecedented scale. The move […]
The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) has published its first annual Flash Report on the European audiovisual market. The report reveals that audiovisual authors’ royalties collected by SAA members amount to just 0.53 per cent of a sector worth €141 billion, while non-European players capture 89 per cent of streaming and video sharing platforms (VSPs) […]
Bloomberg Media has announced the launch of its new digital video experience, a redesigned one-stop home for premium live and on-demand content. Viewers globally can access all of Bloomberg’s video on its site and at the new ‘Stream’ tab on the Bloomberg mobile app that brings together video and audio in one destination. The new experience […]
MediaKind, a specialist in cloud-based video streaming technology, has entered into an agreement to acquire the video business of Harmonic for approximately $145 million (€124.5m). Following a French employee works council consultation process, the companies will immediately execute a purchase agreement, and the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject […]
Global, the Media & Entertainment group, has unveiled plans to expand into video-first podcast brands and branded entertainment in sport, while launching a new suite of data-led tools to prove advertising effectiveness. At its first-ever Audio & Entertainment Upfronts, Group CEO Simon Pitts presented the company’s new creative powerhouse for video-first podcast brands, and announced […]
Novaspace’s 32nd edition of the Satellite Connectivity and Video Market report reveals a significant shift in satellite service economics. Data applications are set to overtake video services by 2033, with their share of total service revenues rising from 21 per cent in 2024 to 55 per cent by 2034. This transformation marks a fundamental rebalancing of the […]
Fox Entertainment has announced an equity stake investment in Holywater, a specialist in the vertical video market. Fox says the deal will help “advance its tech growth strategy and will help shape its forward-looking model as a modern, next-gen entertainment studio”. Fox Entertainment added that its investment in Holywater “accelerates the company’s long-term growth trajectory […]
Vodafone, Meta, and Google have released a white paper detailing the benefits of advanced video compression technology in mid and low tier smartphones to enhance the viewing experience for more people. The technology will also free up network capacity for all users while optimising computing power and storage. In the joint white paper, the companies […]
The SDVoE Alliance, a nonprofit consortium of technology providers collaborating to standardize the adoption of Ethernet to transport AV signals in professional AV environments, announces the expansion of the SDVoE Academy with the two new education tracks, the SDVoE Video Basics Certification and the SDVoE Networking Basics Certification. Participants who complete the SDVoE Video Basics […]
Setplex has announced Zapflex, a streamlined and scalable online video platform that empowers media owners and service providers to deliver branded, direct-to-consumer services faster, more flexibly, and more affordably than ever. By unifying its proven technologies into a single, integrated platform, Setplex offers a powerful alternative to the traditional systems integration approach by removing barriers, […]