SMPTE: Broadcasters betting on emerging technologies
Entertainment technology standards body SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) has released the results of the SMPTE 2018 Innovation and Technology in Media Entertainment Survey, part of the…
IBM, FOX Sports AI technology team-up
As fans around the world get ready to head to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, US broadcaster FOX Sports and IBM are launching what they describe as a…
Orange Belgium expands video service with Zappware
Orange Belgium is expanding its convergent offering with an evolution of its video features. This also broadens the scope for Zappware, Orange Belgium’s Digital TV Technology partner, who developed the…
IHS: Media management industry moving to services-based model
Insight from IHS Markit identifies how the media management industry is moving to services-based business model, focusing on faster and cheaper workflow. Highlights of the report include: In the media…
Akamai enhances cloud delivery platform
Akamai Technologies, the cloud delivery platform, has announced significant enhancements that are designed to improve website, app, and network security without compromising the performance of digital applications. With these additions,…
Irdeto J2K watermarking solution
As content owners and distributors continue to address consumer demand for premium content, Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is becoming an increasingly popular exchange format for 4K and HDR assets. While…
MediaFirst UHD E2E solution
Ericsson Media Solutions has launched its MediaFirst End-to-End Ultra High Definition (UHD) solution, suggesting it is the industry’s first software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform to deliver UHD content…
Ericsson to power Telefónica LatAm TV services
Media and communications technologist Ericsson has been selected by global multiplay telco Telefónica to power a range of advanced TV services across its operating businesses in Latin America. The solution…
Royalty-free CA standard from EBU
The EBU, in close collaboration with network equipment vendors ATEME and NEVION, has updated its royalty-free and interoperable stream protection standard (BISS) with a conditional access extension, BISS-CA, which enables…
Ooyala Flex Media Platform
Ooyala has unveiled the Ooyala Flex Media Platform, an open and extensible video production and delivery platform that simplifies and streamlines the process of managing, curating, orchestrating, publishing, analysing, and…