AOL has acquired Vidible, a specialist in cross-screen video management and exchange platform for buyers and sellers of digital media, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition further extends AOL’s leadership position in video content management and syndication, and creates the most comprehensive set of video content management tools in the marketplace for creators and publishers. […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its 2014 Multiscreen TV Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which provides insight into pay-TV operator plans for multiscreen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers over multiple devices. “Service providers want flexibility in the processing platforms they use to […]
The Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) and the founders of ISAN UK (International Standard Audiovisual Number) are collaborating on a new joint ID service to the film and television industry in the UK. Under the terms of the collaboration, EIDR and ISAN UK will form the UK AV Registration Agency and expand its mission to deliver […]
Edgeware, a specilaist in distributed video delivery, has announces its partnership with Mirada, the AIM-quoted audiovisual technology supplier, to provide an end-to-end multiscreen solution that reduces costs and time to market for pay-TV operators regardless of network type. The joint solution is already enabling four leading operators in Brazil, Mexico and Spain to rapidly add […]
According to white-label video management and publishing company thePlatform, broadcasters around the world are grappling with how to make their linear TV broadcasts available for instant replay on any screen, while enforcing viewing or advertising policies. It suggests that most remain hampered by disjointed legacy systems and processes that inhibit speed and efficiency. In response, […]
Akamai Technologies, a provider of cloud services, has announced that Sky Italia has improved and simplified its workflow with Akamai’s Media Delivery solutions. With the combination of the high-speed file transfer solutions from Aspera, an IBM company, and Akamai’s NetStorage cloud-based storage platform, Sky has realised an increase in file upload speed by up to […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that Alarab TV, a soon to launch Arabic-language news channel, has chosen Elemental video processing systems for its live linear and multiscreen TV service offerings. Alarab TV aims to bring its viewers news from around the world which impacts their lives. […]
Business information provider Bloomberg has launched Media Source, a new online platform designed to make it easier for broadcasters, publishers and other companies to access Bloomberg’s media. Media Source showcases Bloomberg’s full library of photos, video footage, short video clips and full-length shows, all of which is updated throughout the day and can be accessed […]
QuickPlay Media, a provider of cloud-based managed service solutions for the distribution of premium media to IP-connected devices, has opened its delivery centre in Chennai, India. The launch is part of QuickPlay’s effort to support new devices, networks and features with its end-to-end managed service solution by bolstering its service delivery capabilities for customers globally […]
Nativ, the media logistics platform (MLP) provider, has announced that the ITV’s Content Delivery Modernisation project (CDM) has successfully deployed Nativ ‘s Mio Everywhere software to build the workflows to enable ITV to deliver content to both linear broadcast, to ITV Player and to syndicated partners. The content delivery modernisation project at ITV has successfully […]