BT is deploying Nokia’s 7750 Service Router (SR)-s platform to boost backbone network capacity in preparation for the continued rise in residential and mobile traffic driven by the traffic demands of FTTP and 5G. Traffic across BT’s core network is growing upwards of 40 per cent year on year, driven by video and gaming over […]
Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Kenny Ortega – a producer, director, and choreographer best known for the High School Musical franchise. Ortega has directed and choreographed a number of international hits including the Descendants trilogy, Newsies, and Hocus Pocus, and choreographed a plethora of classic movies including Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller’s […]
MediaKind, a global player in media technology, is expanding its long-term alliance with Inspur Digital Media to help current TV Service providers shift towards cloud-based delivery. By harnessing Inspur Digital Media’s cloud-based virtualised servers and software running on Inspur Digital Media Openstack cloud, MediaKind will provide an economical and scalable end-to-end solution to TV service […]
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, has announced that its FreeWheel Advertisers division has launched enhancements to its Strata platform that will bring additional automation to the local TV advertising process. These enhancements aim to bring greater efficiencies to many of the tasks associated with buying local TV advertising for both agencies and local broadcasters. The new […]
Media Prima, Malaysia’s largest integrated media group, has partnered with Grabyo to enhance its social video strategy and bolster its dominance in Malaysia’s digital content market. Ranked as Malaysia’s number one choice for mobile content ahead of Google and Facebook, Media Prima delivers content across a variety of free-to-air TV and radio channels, print publications […]
TDF and ENENSYS announce the conclusion of a strategic partnership aimed at boosting the development of innovative solutions for targeted advertising on DTT. TDF has chosen to partner with ENENSYS Technologies, a major player in advertising insertion, to accelerate the development of its targeted advertising solution dedicated to DTT. The partnership between TDF and ENENSYS […]
MX1, a global solution provider of media services, has announced a partnership with Minerva Networks, an online video platform (OVP) provider, to offer turnkey, subscription-based and ad-funded OTT video services. The integration of Minerva’s market leading platform with MX1’s proven content management services and global delivery infrastructure will enable media companies, broadcasters, mobile service providers, […]
MediaKind, a global media technology player, announces that CCNP (Consorcio Canales Nacionales Privados) has chosen MediaKind’s Aquila direct to consumer solution to provide best in class Live Encoding and ultimate picture quality on CCNP’s national feed for digital distribution services to consumers across Colombia. The implementation of Aquila combines MediaKind’s video processing system, AVP4000, and […]
Rethink TV, the TV research arm of Rethink Technology Research, has released a forecast of the video revenues for four of the world’s largest pay-TV and studio groupings, and finds that the only one that will have rock steady, uninterrupted growth is Netflix. The other three, including AT&T which has just spent $85 billion buying […]
After months of speculation, UK Telecommunications, Media and Technology investor Zegona has taken control of Spanish telco Euskaltel with a stake of 21 per cent, up from its initial 16.41 per cent shares. With the move, Zegona has become the prime shareholder, overtaking savings bank Kutxabank which has a 19.88 per cent stake. The UK […]