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 [...]
Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Worldwide, has suggested that the corporation’s commercial arm still has a lot of organic growth potential from its activities, admitting that in the past, such growth had often come from acquisition of ‘low-hanging’ properties. Davie, who assumed the role April 2nd following a spell as Acting Director-General following the resignation of George Entwistle in November [...]
Yospace technology underpins a new software product from Australian online video specialist 3ivx. The 3ivx HLS Adapter allows an HLS streaming file to be read and displayed by computers, tablets and smartphones running Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. This allows content owners to serve this growing market by re-using the workflows they have in place for iOS devices. What [...]
Entone, a provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Moldtelecom, the primary telecommunications provider in Moldova, is deploying its Kamai 500 Hybrid Media Player to deliver advanced video services. Moldtelecom provides a full range of next-generation TV, high-speed broadband and telephony services to Moldova, a nation of 3.6 million people. As part of its IPTV service [...]
Digital file-sharing technology company BitTorrent and digital movie distribution specialist Cinedigm are joining forces to promote new movie Arthur Newman, an initiative that helps give the service a degree of legitimacy given its past association with illegal activities. Cinedigm will invite fans to view – exclusively – the first seven minutes of the film – a romantic comedy starring Colin [...]
Technicolor has revealed it will provide DirecTV with the only authorised head-end video distribution solution for the US hospitality market representing five million hotel rooms. “As the hospitality market accelerates its push into free-to-guest HDTV, satellite and cable providers are recognising a huge opportunity to expand their services,” said Barbara Bessolo, Senior Vice President of Connected Home Americas, Technicolor. “As [...]
Cloud-based video streaming service Voddler has launched its LiveShelf global video streaming service, featuring ViewShare, a solution the Stockhom-based company suggests creates a legal way for consumers to acquire and share movies. The global roll-out – albeit in beta initially – covers Sweden and Spain, with the rest of Europe and Russia by the end of the week, with subsequent [...]
Knetik Media, a UK platform development company, has secured over 5,000 hours of content for use with its direct-to-consumer online video services. With new content secured for Arabic, Hindi and English audiences, Knetik Media is positioned to expand its direct-to-consumer services with a focus on regional audiences and ethnic expatriate groups working in various regions of the globe. With multi-screen [...]
At NAB 2013 the DVS Media Production Hub was not only been welcomed by clients, users and the journalists, but also by a panel of independent judges as well. Working professionals in the broadcast, post, network and satellite industries, appointed by the Broadcast Engineering, were enthusiastic about the Media Production Hub’s innovative technology. VENICE received the Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit [...]
