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Ofcom launches cloud market study

Having earlier announced it was to examine the position of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in cloud services, as part of a new programme of work to ensure that digital communications markets are working well for people and businesses in the UK, comms regulator Ofcom has formally launched a market study under the Enterprise Act 2002 […]

October 6, 2022By Colin Mann

WP Pilot VoD powered by Redge Media

WP Pilot, the most popular online pay TV platform (vMVPD) in Poland, is now available with the VoD functionality. A library of movies, series, entertainment programmes, sports games, and fairy tales for children, as well as live TV timeshifting, are delivered by the Redge Media video streaming platform. WP Pilot is the most popular online […]

September 1, 2022

India: Qwilt, Airtel CDN partnership

Qwilt has announced that Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), an Indian provider of telecommunications services, has joined its global ecosystem of service providers to improve the quality of live streaming, VoD and all other media delivery to its over 400 million subscribers throughout India. The partnership sees Airtel launch its own content delivery service, Airtel Cloud’s […]

August 31, 2022

Firstlight Media rebrands as Quickplay

Firstlight Media, which catapulted from its Quickplay Media roots to the industry’s first cloud-native and cloud-agnostic OTT platform, is rebranding the company as Quickplay at a time of pivotal technology and business success. The company will leverage the Quickplay name as it previews a new generation of cloud-native capabilities and announces major client wins around […]

August 30, 2022

Univision selects Broadpeak solution

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators, has announced that Univision, a subsidiary of telecommunications company Unitel Group and an IPTV, telephone, and broadband provider in Mongolia, has deployed a full CDN solution from Broadpeak for hybrid IPTV and OTT video service delivery. Broadpeak’s […]

August 23, 2022

Redge Technologies extends contract with TVN Warner Bros Discovery

Redge Technologies has extended its contract with TVN Warner Bros Discovery for the licensing of the Redge Media SDP platform and the provision of Redge Media VDP services. Player.pl has been operating on the Redge Media platform as an end-to-end deployment since 2017. Player.pl is the largest and most popular VoD service in Poland. According […]

July 1, 2022

MEO expands Connected TV, Cloud DVR services with Velocix

Carrier-grade video streaming and ad tech supplier Velocix has announced that its content delivery network (CDN) and recording management (VRM) software has been deployed by MEO, a consumer brand of Altice Portugal, to expand its Apple TV and Android TV based video services. MEO, Portugal’s largest pay TV provider by market share, provides internet, video, […]

June 29, 2022

Arqiva launches Arqade ecosystem

UK communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has launched Arqade, a self-service pay-per-use interchange for rights holders, broadcasters and platform operators. The cloud-based platform, which can also take content from conventional fibre and satellite inputs, delivers to TV channels, platforms and online services for streaming and video publishing – all with monitoring and end-to-end […]

May 18, 2022

Redge Media CDN expands to Czechia

Czechia is the next country in Europe where Redge Media CDN deploys its presence. The investment elevates the position of Redge Media on the CDN-as-a-service market in Czechia, Slovakia, Austria and southern Germany. The Praha PoP adds 400 Gbps of streaming capacity to the existing pan-european CDN network. Thanks to the unique, microservice-based architecture, Redge […]

May 17, 2022

The Switch scores Concacaf deal

Production services and live video delivery provider The Switch is providing connectivity and transmission services to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) for its premier international tournaments this year. The association is relying on The Switch’s connectivity expertise and network reach to deliver live video feeds of the association’s hotly-anticipated […]

May 13, 2022