At NAB 2017, IBM has revealed plans to roll out a Watson-enabled cloud service designed to help companies extract new insights from video with a level of analysis not previously possible. The service highlights IBM’s continued focus on combining artificial intelligence with the IBM Cloud to help media and entertainment companies make sense of unstructured […]

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced that Cincinnati Bell has broadened its deployment of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) multi-network solution to support OTT video delivery of its streaming app, Watch Fioptics. The App is a complimentary offering to Cincinnati […]

Nearly one-third of OTT free trials convert to a paid subscription, according to connected entertainment research from Parks Associates. Senior Analyst Glenn Hower will discuss at NAB the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker, including findings on the use of free trials among OTT services. Services such as Hulu and Netflix often offer a period of […]

CTAM and Hub Entertainment Research have released results of a recent tracking study on TV Everywhere (TVE) viewing, based on reported consumer data collected continuously across a six-month span, August 2016 to January 2017. This new approach removes the volatility that occurs when taking an annual snapshot at a single moment in time, says the […]

Though they share one thing – the lack of a traditional paid cable or satellite TV subscription – Cord Cutters and Cord Nevers in the US differ in a host of ways, including their tastes in streaming video platforms and shows, according to findings from GfK MRI’s Cord Evolution studies The research firm suggests that

Global media company Turner has selected entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo as its EMEA metadata distribution partner. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Turner will utilise services from TiVo’s new Studio, Broadcast and Network Metadata Packages to manage the company’s electronic programme guide (EPG) metadata distribution and service, which covers 44 EMEA […]

Wowza Media Systems, a specialist in streaming video, and Haivision, an expert in high performance video streaming, have announced the founding of the SRT Alliance and the open source availability of SRT, a video transport protocol to enable the delivery of high-quality and secure, low latency video across the public Internet. Despite advances in internet […]

Kaltura, the video technology provider, has entered into partnership with Nokia. Kaltura’s TV Platform provides a flexible solution for content and service providers who want to launch an OTT TV service quickly and cost-effectively. Kaltura and Nokia have joined forces to facilitate a more personalised and monetised viewing experience for customers worldwide. Together Nokia and […]

Verizon Digital Media Services and Dolby Laboratories have announced that encoding and playback of Dolby Audio will now be integrated into the Verizon Digital Media Services platform. Dolby Audio will be available as an additional feature of the Uplynk Video Streaming service, augmenting content with cinematic-like sound and providing viewers with the ultimate visual and […]

Paywizard, the pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, has revealed that global technology provider Cisco has welcomed the company as the latest vendor to integrate its solution into Cisco’s Infinite Video Platform, which enables broadcast-quality video on any device. “Paywizard use big data and analytics to identify decision moments around how and […]