Irdeto has partnered with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telco, to secure all content offered on Airtel’s Digital TV services. As part of the strategic partnership, Irdeto will deploy its security solutions to secure the linear channels offered on the set-top-box and the content offered on Airtel’s hybrid Android TV platform. Irdeto will implement its security […]
MediaKind, a global player in media and entertainment technology, has launched the MediaKind Personalization Suite with added capabilities that the company says will enable TV service providers and broadcasters to evolve, adapt and shift to new and dynamic workflows. The suite unlocks new monetszation potential, offering content distribution rights definition and enforcement together with the […]
Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, is partnering with Viaccess-Orca to provide audiences with an ultra-low latency live streaming solution which they are showcasing at this year’s IBC. The collaboration will see Anevia provide the encoder side of the solution, while Viaccess-Orca, a global solutions provider of OTT and TV platforms, content […]
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has announced that Intertrust, a specialist in distributed computing, has integrated ASiD OTT subscriber-level watermarking with its ExpressPlay DRM client SDK and multi-DRM service to provide a secure and fast-to-market, OTT video player solution. “We’re delighted to welcome Friend MTS as an ExpressPlay partner”, said Tom Carroux, […]
Little Baby Bum, a hugely popular YouTube channel that has racked up over 17.5 billion views since launching in 2011 has been sold. The channel was founded by a UK-based couple in 2011 and features animated videos soundtracked by popular nursery rhymes. Little Baby Bum has been bought by a firm called Moonbug for an […]
Dr Abe Peled, incoming chairman of Synamedia, the company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds, has suggested that streaming piracy is the new scourge of pay-TV operators, with the business looking to introduce a service related to combating the threat. […]
Artificial Intelligence is a phrase you hear everywhere these days. It will make the buses the run on time, it will diagnose your illness better than your doctor, it will drive your car better than you. Probably. Maybe. As the range of interpretations of expressed in the main feature of the current Euromedia demonstrate, what […]
Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services, has introduced Limelight Realtime Streaming, a globally scalable, sub-second live video streaming solution that’s natively supported by major browsers and devices. The new service also supports integrated realtime data, making it possible to create interactive live online experiences. As viewing data from the recent FIFA World Cup […]
Conviva, the real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, has launched its Ecosystem Module, an enhancement to the company’s Video AI Alerts technology that will enable publishers to route alerts in real-time, with granular diagnostics, to approved content delivery networks (CDNs) and other ecosystem partners for faster resolution of streaming quality degradations. Conviva notes […]
Big Brother, the show often credited with starting the reality TV boom, has been axed by Channel 5 some 18 years after the show first debuted. The final series will begin on September 14th. “The forthcoming series of Big Brother will be the last, of either celebrity or civilian versions, on Channel 5,” said a […]