Telestream, the provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that its Episode Engine professional video encoding application has been selected for the third year in a row to encode all Web videos for the Festival de Cannes. Episode was chosen for its ability to streamline the entire video encoding and delivery process, all within a single application. [...]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Residential Gateway Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey. “Operators continue to morph their fixed broadband network strategies to focus not only on the size of the connection to the subscriber, but also on the services and revenue these broadband connections can deliver. Residential gateways are critical to ensuring the successful [...]
Recent findings from Juniper Research suggest that by 2017, 2 billion mobile and tablet users will watch TV and video on their devices. This is attributed to the growing popularity of short and easily shared video clips, and the increased global uptake of connected devices with faster processors and better displays. The Mobile/Tablet TV & Video: Content, Broadcast & OTT [...]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has unveiled Brightcove Video Cloud Live, a multi-bitrate live streaming module for the Video Cloud Studio that allows marketers and media companies to deliver high-quality, live video events across desktops, smartphones, tablets, and connected TVs. Within a familiar Video Cloud workflow, customers will be able to manage the entire lifecycle of a [...]
YouTube has revealed details of enhancements to its partner programme that enables content creators to earn revenue for their creativity. Responding to requests for more flexibility in monetising and distributing content, the video-sharing site is launching a pilot programme for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. [...]
Rovi, the digital entertainment expert, has announced that Toshiba is launching a range of DTVs Certified for DivX Plus Streaming. The latest agreement will help increase the reach of Rovi’s advanced adaptive streaming format and enable Toshiba DTVs to support entertainment services from over-the-top providers such as KNOWHOW Movies by Dixons Retail in the UK. DivX Plus Streaming brings a [...]
DVEO, the broadcast division of Computer Modules (CMI), has announced a licensing agreement with RealNetworks. DVEO will offer high-end telco-grade encoder/transcoder/video distribution server systems, built on RealNetworks Helix Universal Server. “Helix Universal Server streams live and on-demand content to any IP device – including smart phones, PCs, tablets and more, with high-end, professional-quality video plus robust security to protect content. [...]
Users of social network giant Facebook will see video adverts introduced to their news feed this summer, according to reports. The commercials will last up to 15 seconds, and the first one a user sees in their news feed each day will start automatically but will not include sound. Growing budgets for video advertising on sites such as YouTube are [...]
Baidu, the Chinese language Internet search provider, is buying the online video business of Internet video provider PPS for $370 million to create China’s largest online video platform by number of mobile users and video viewing time. Baidu and PPS expect the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the [...]
The BBC’s new £133 million (€164m) digital video archive – which was meant to make the redeveloped New Broadcasting House tapeless – is not functioning, according to The Guardian, with tape editing machines having to be installed as a result. The mess is completed because the BBC’s shiny new headquarters were not designed for the heat from the tape editing [...]
