thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has signed an expanded, multiyear agreement with BT. Specifically, thePlatform’s mpx system will serve as the cloud-based, central video publishing system for BT TV, and support other video-related initiatives. Previously, thePlatform served as the back-end video management system for BT’s IP-based TV services, which […]
This week from August 26th to August 28th, Akamai Technologies, a leading provider of media cloud services, will help deliver live video streaming for the Fashion Week Stockholm. MEC, the producers of Stockholm’s Fashion Week are leveraging Akamai’s Media Delivery Solutions to stream every fashion event through the official website, fashionweek.se, as well as to […]
In the largest upgrade of its kind Gearhouse Broadcast is upgrading its entire fleet of 115 EVS machines across its worldwide locations. This upgrade makes Gearhouse Broadcast one of the single largest users of the latest in EVS equipment and workflows in the world. The upgrade includes migrating all of Gearhouse’s EVS kit to the […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK’s newly-launched Video Bank, which embraces all of NHK’s HD news, features, documentaries, drama and animation, is being distributed by Getty Images. The deal between Getty and NHK echoes a similar relationship between the BBC and Getty for the BBC’s Motion Gallery content and programming. “As the innovator and global leader in […]
Media and technology company BroadbandTV (BBTV) has renewed and expanded its relationship with the NBA internationally. BBTV and the NBA first teamed up in April 2009 for the management of its fan-uploaded content. As part of the relationship, BBTV and the NBA will continue to work together to enhance the NBA Channel on YouTube. The NBA Channel on […]
Visual Data Media Services (VDMS), a data centric facility that supports the creation, transformation, management, and distribution of content for all media and broadcast platforms, has earned iTunes certification from Apple to create feature content media for delivery to iTunes. VDMS has been delivering Television content to iTunes since 2011, but this expanded certification will […]
Verizon Digital Media Services and white-label video publishing company thePlatform have formed a new strategic alliance to accelerate major media and pay-TV operators’ plans for multiscreen video delivery. The companies have integrated the Verizon Digital Media Services suite of video services and thePlatform’s mpx video-management system to form a complete solution, which the companies will […]
Cisco has announced that following the success of NOS’s IP video services, the Portuguese service provider has successfully validated Cisco technology to enable the efficient delivery of video and broadband (DOCSIS) services over a single access infrastructure, enabling optimised network usage and reduced operational expenses. According to a report from Ovum, only four months after […]
The DTG UK UHD Forum has demonstrated the live decoding and display of 10-bit 50Hz 2160p content compressed with HEVC at the DTG Summit in London. The successful display using HEVC, which is expected to be the new compression system for Ultra-HD content, was also the first example of decoding using silicon in real time. […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, hasannounced that its software-based Vantage video transcoding and workflow automation products will be featured in Techtel booth 5J3-03 and Magna Systems & Engineering booth 5B2-02 at Broadcast Asia 2014 which takes place June 17th – 20th in Singapore. Telestream will demonstrate the latest file formats […]