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Multi-territory linear, multiplatform deals for VIMN

Viacom International Media Networks Southern and Western Europe, Africa and Middle East (SWEMEA) Cluster has secured what it describes as a string of important milestones and deals, covering linear, SVoD and multiplatform distribution in Europe and Africa. VIMN launched the MTV Play VoD mobile app in Germany and Austria. SVoD carriers Showmax and iflix will […]

August 2, 2017

WATCH: Targetted advertising roundtable

TV advertising still generates $175bn worldwide and fuels many FTA networks. Now the oldest form of TV revenue is needed to monetize the OTT services of broadcasters and pay-TV operators. The audience is, by its very nature, fragmented but the data generated by OTT should provide the information to target ads right down to individuals. […]

April 18, 2017

Irdeto: ‘glass to glass security’

Richard Frankland, VP Sales EMEA, explains Irdeto’s holistic, 360 degree approach to security with examples from Europe and the US demonstrating an ecosystem approach that provides protection from inception to display, from ‘glass to glass.’ [bitsontherun xwnyBCzb-hLYU43gg]

October 24, 2016

Irdeto: Cutting out content sharing in real time

Content sharing has become the most popular form of piracy. Lucas Catranis, Cyber Services & Investigation, explains how a mixture of technology, human intelligence and industry relationships means they can take down pirate streams even as they play out live events. [bitsontherun fCsc0CpL-hLYU43gg]

October 24, 2016

Irdeto talks about RDK and rapid innovation

Peter Oggel, VP Product Management for Irdeto, talks about RDK and its benefits for rapid innovation and service introduction and how it can benefit all players in the ecosystem no matter how large or small.   [bitsontherun vo2gBae3-hLYU43gg]

October 24, 2016

Irdeto: The security opportunity of UHD

Bruce Curtin, Technical Solution Manager, manager talks about the security challenge and also the security opportunity presented by the step change to 4K UHD and the new demands on operators from content providers. [bitsontherun wqZontYI-hLYU43gg]

October 24, 2016

Es’hailSat: More capacity for a growing market

Es’hailSat CEO Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari looks to the future and a second satellite in 2017 as demand for TV and business services grows in the MENA region. The company is determined to be a major provider and is a key part of Qatar’s 2030 plan to develop economic emphasis away from energy. [bitsontherun tZwO56lu-hLYU43gg]

October 23, 2016

Beenius: Kick start OTT from the Cloud

Filip Remskar, CEO, talks about the latest trends in OTT and introduces Nuboly, Beenius’s new cloud provided complete platform that allows broadcasters to go OTT and bring VoD and multiscreen services to market quickly, economically and flexibly. [bitsontherun p7Gwfdbs-hLYU43gg]

October 23, 2016

ADB: Graphyne 2 making OTT transition easy

ADB CEO Peter Balchin tells about Graphyne 2 the updated and enhanced solution that smooths the path for broadcasters transitioning to TV Everywhere provision. It features improved UI, discovery and recommendation for a much improved user experience. ADB is also leveraging its deep experience of the hospitality sector to address top class user service and develop […]

October 23, 2016

Verizon: live streaming made easy

Jason Friedlander, Director of Solutions Engineering for Verizon Digital Media Services, introduces their latest major enhancement; Live Events Manager. This application means any content provider – however large or small – can provide live streaming and can monitor and manage output from a simple dashboard that shows the pre and post encoding stream and the audience view. […]

October 23, 2016