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GeoGuard support for anti-piracy advocacy

Noting that online content piracy has surged during the pandemic, as more people at home are using VPNs and DNS proxies to circumvent territorial restrictions in order to illegally access content, and to help the media industry combat this serious and growing problem, geolocation-based security and digital content protection specialist of GeoGuard has joined the […]

October 22, 2020By Colin Mann

5G platform boost for Verizon Media

Verizon Business is launching an international private 5G platform for global enterprises located in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Delivered in partnership with Nokia, the offering will enable businesses to deploy a private industrial-grade dedicated 5G network capability within their premises. In addition to ultra-low latency and increased speed, a key benefit of a private […]

October 21, 2020By Colin Mann

Cisco, Qwilt, DA launch new as-a-service CDN offering

Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha (DA) say  they are “disrupting the commercial Content Delivery Network (CDN) market” with a new as-a-service offering based on Open Caching, with BT as the flagship customer. Streaming content is increasingly delivered in 4K and soon 8K, supporting augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) applications across multiple devices, over wireline and […]

October 8, 2020

Edgeware allows 5G optimisation with elastic CDN tech

Edgeware has announces that its recently-launched cloud-based elastic CDN solution now allows high-quality video streaming applications over mobile access infrastructures, such as 4G and 5G. The solution’s cloud-based elasticity and Software Defined Networking (SDN) design principles empower mobile operators to fully exploit the potential of 5G. By utilising the technology’s scalability and ability to optimise […]

September 22, 2020

Varnish Software launches 5G CDN solution

Varnish Software has announced the launch of a new 5G-ready content delivery network (CDN) that enables customers to build new services that harness the power of 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC). The new offering, Varnish Edge Cloud, is a carrier-grade, 5G-ready virtualised CDN and edge caching software solution that will help network operators transform […]

September 18, 2020

Survey: Need for real-time QoE control among streamers

A survey from Edgeware and streaming media expert Dan Rayburn has highlighted streaming TV providers’ limited visibility into their customers’ QoE and means to correct quality-impacting problems in real time. The survey, conducted in May 2020 with 250 leading broadcasters, OTT service providers, cable companies, publishers and brands, explores the video quality issues facing streaming […]

September 17, 2020

Broadpeak powers Network PVR service for Orange

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has announced that Orange France has successfully launched its new Network PVR service powered by Broadpeak. Using Broadpeak’s Cloud PVR solution, Orange subscribers can record content directly in the cloud, enjoying seamless switching from one screen […]

September 15, 2020

Netherlands: Amino, 24i power Android TV service

Youfone launched its Android TV service in the Netherlands last week with Amino, and sister-company 24i, providing consumers with a next-generation converged OTT, VoD and live TV experience on TVs and mobile devices. The service is powered by the 24i Video Experience Platform and devices from Amino, providing an end-to-end solution that enabled the Dutch […]

August 13, 2020

PAOK FC upgrades OTT with Insys Sport on AWS

PAOK FC, the largest football club in Greece, has worked with Insys Video Technologies to launch a new version of its OTT streaming service, PAOK TV. Built using InsysSport, PAOK TV is fully cloud-based, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The OTT platform is a subscription and pay-per-view video service where fans can view home […]

August 7, 2020

CETIN selects Kaltura to power cloud TV

Kaltura, the video cloud, has been selected to deploy and power a new multi-national cloud TV service providing a single Cloud TV solution intended to be offered on wholesale principle across the CEE Region by CETIN, the infrastructure-based wholesale telecommunications services provider incorporated in Czech Republic. Kaltura will deploy a complete cloud service including the […]

July 28, 2020