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CDNs

Akamai integrates Adobe Primetime

Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services has announced the integration of Adobe Primetime ad insertion capabilities into its network in an effort to simplify and improve the way online video ads are delivered. The server-side advertising offering is designed to combine the scale of Akamai’s global CDN with the reach […]

April 14, 2015

Broadpeak, Geniatech optimise Android STBs

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators, has announced that its nanoCDN technology has been integrated with the ATV1800 Quad Core Android TV box from Geniatech, providing cable and telecom operators with a cost-effective solution for delivering live OTT video […]

April 9, 2015

Optus, Nokia trial real-time video delivery

Australian telco Optus is to conduct a closed trial of a real-time, interactive, multimedia video experience at its Sydney headquarters that delivers content to subscribers through onsite base stations via Liquid Applications, a solution developed by partner Nokia Networks. The trial is designed to distribute video and multimedia content to users directly from adjoining base […]

March 2, 2015By Colin Mann

Arkena to deliver NRK online services

NRK has signed a contract with Arkena for CDN (Content Delivery Network) services. The national public broadcaster NRK is considered the largest Norwegian streaming service. In 2014, NRK streamed 120 petabytes of data to its audience, and this year NRK expects volume to be over 200 petabytes. “NRK is Norway’s largest and most experienced purchaser […]

February 17, 2015By Sanjeev Bhavnani

Akamai CDN for Sky Italia

Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, today announced that Sky Italia has selected Akamai’s Aura Managed Content Delivery Network (MCDN) solution for its online content including live and on-demand video. With the Aura MCDN, which provides Sky with dedicated CDN capabilities that are maintained […]

February 5, 2015

Neotion partners with Verimatrix

Neotion, the French solutions provider for international Digital Television, has successfully integrated the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Broadcast-Hybrid revenue security solution in its latest generation of CI Plus 1.3 Conditional Access Module (CAM). Neotion has reinforced its partnership with Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV […]

January 27, 2015

Selevision teams with du, Akamai for OTT

du, the Saudia-Arabian telco, and Akamai Technologies have announced that Selevision, the Saudi Arabian on demand service provider, has selected the companies’ content delivery services to support OTT delivery of its channels throughout the MENA region. As part of the agreement, du’s broadcasting services division will provide first class CDN services from Akamai to Selevision, […]

January 21, 2015

Embracing the cloud

Advanced Television talks to Yvette Kanouff, SVP Cisco Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, about Cisco’s increasing commitment to the cloud, V2P and the benefit of comprehensive virtualization, RDK and bringing Internet speed innovation to cable, data security in the age of the IoE and encouraging more women into technology careers.   [bitsontherun VJ0BU0SB-Nz9lx6T9]

January 20, 2015

Vualto chooses THEOplayer

Vualto, global specialists in content delivery and management, has signed an exclusive UK reseller agreement with Belgian company OpenTelly to incorporate THEOplayer into its video delivery solutions. THEOplayer from OpenTelly is a fully HTML5 based player that allows a common streaming format, such as Apple’s HLS (HTTP live streaming), to play on a wide range […]

January 15, 2015

Elemental solutions for Pac-12

Pac-12 Networks has formed a partnership with Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, to provide live simulcast streaming to its Pac-12 Now TV Everywhere service as well as the video processing for its YouTube international subscription service. Each year, Pac-12 Networks will deliver live coverage of 850 sporting events […]

January 13, 2015