T-VIPS, a global expert in professional video contribution and distribution solutions, has announced that its TNS541 Seamless TS Monitoring Switch has been chosen by Rai Way, the operator of Italy’s DTT network. The project is a continuation of the existing cooperation between T-VIPS and Rai Way which began in 2009 when Rai Way deployed T-VIPS’ […]
To complement its launch of TV channels YouTube, Google has launched a significant redesign of the video site for a more TV-like feel, with customisable channels. In October, Google announced that YouTube would be expanding its original content with plans to launch some 96 new video channels over the next year from a variety of […]
Exterity, the Building IPTV specialist, has announced that its IPTV solution has been adopted by ITV Studios newly launched Emmerdale Production Centre in Leeds. The bespoke Building IPTV set-up runs over the facility’s IP network and manages all feeds from the five new studios through two production galleries. dditional information such as which cast members […]
Envivio a provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions has announced its membership in Akamai’s NetAlliance Partner Program, which was recently expanded to cover the Akamai Digital Media ecosystem. Envivio’s software-based 4Caster appliances perform a variety of functions—including encoding, transcoding, packaging, encryption and publishing—that enable digital content providers to implement […]
Australian telco Telstra is to consolidate its media businesses into a single division to increase focus, drive new opportunities and better utilise the company’s many media assets. Speaking at Telstra’s annual update for institutional investors, CEO David Thodey noted that the telco was a leader in online digital media with multiple assets which, including FOXTEL, […]
British TV and film viewers are hungry for change to the traditional TV status quo, frustrated by a lack of accessibility to content, according to a UK-wide survey exploring changing consumer attitudes and behaviours to TV and video. The survey was conducted by media management specialist Red Bee Media, and is a part of the […]
In the US, the amount of time spent streaming videos online is growing at a much faster rate than the number of video viewers, according to Nielsen. Over the last three years, time spent watching video from home and work computers has more than doubled while the number of unique viewers increased 26 per cent […]
The world’s cinemas are abandoning celluloid film as an exhibition medium at a rapid rate. Research company IHS-Screen Digest has reported that early 2012 will see the number of ‘digital’ screens exceeding the number of celluloid projection screens for the first time. Having reached this tipping point the downward spiral of celluloid use will see […]
Findings from data gathered by online video platform Ooyala suggest that people are watching more and more video online, with greater consumption on tablets compared with desktops. Ooyala has initiated the VideoMind Video Index report, its first quarterly overview on the state of online video. “It’s the work of a team of Ooyalans who have […]
Digital Rapids has announced that Turner Broadcasting System is using a large-scale deployment of Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD multi-format encoding systems and the Digital Rapids Transcode Manager automated transcoding software to transform live feeds and on-demand content for delivery to multiple viewing platforms in support of Turner’s multi-screen video offerings and the pay television industry’s “TV […]