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Press Releases

WeTek STBs for Triple-C/Vonetize IPTV

Technology firm Triple-C is launching SMART in partnership with Vonetize, the new IPTV service for the Israeli market, with STB solutions spcialist  WeTek (www.wetek.com) providing customised Set-top boxes fully adapted to both Triple C’s network and Vonetize’s content distribution service. “This collaboration with Triple-C and Vonetize clearly conveys our vision and translates how bound and […]

April 28, 2017

Astro strengthens regional partnerships

Content and consumer company in Southeast Asia, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro) continues to strengthen and grow its content creation partnerships with renowned content producers and filmmakers to produce and distribute Asian-themed originals. Henry Tan, Chief Operating Officer of Astro said, “It is our intent to be a key player in the Asian content space. […]

April 26, 2017

Amazon Prime Video reveals premiere date for The Tick

Amazon Prime Video has announced August 25th as the premiere date for the highly-anticipated superhero comedy series The Tick starring comedy legend Peter Serafinowicz as “The Tick”. The Tick will premiere in the UK and US on Amazon Prime Video simulataneously and will be available globally on Prime Video. The series is created by executive producer and original […]

April 26, 2017

Concurrent announces availability of Origin Release 3

Concurrent, a global player in storage, protection, transformation, and delivery of visual assets announces the availability of Origin Release 3, offering video service providers the most comprehensive origin platform for ingesting, hosting, distributing, and serving video content to any device, any time, over any network, for content service providers. Concurrent’s Origin Release 3 adds several […]

April 26, 2017

Akamai bridges gap between live streaming and broadcast TV

Akamai Technologies, the cloud delivery platform, is bringing the consistency and reliability of broadcast television to the Internet. The next generation of its Media Services Live system for delivering 24/7 live/linear online video capabilities is designed to support OTT video service providers, broadcasters and telcos that are operating or launching full-time television channels online. Media […]

April 25, 2017

SES offers panoramic glimpse into future of TV with live VR demo

SES, together with Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI and Newtec, will demonstrate an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) experience with a live 360-degree Ultra HD VR satellite broadcast this week from the exhibit floor of the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The live VR broadcast will originate from Fraunhofer HHI’s OmniCam-360 camera, […]

April 25, 2017

IRT and partners demonstrate live CMAF

IRT, the research and competence centre for audio-visual technologies of the public broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, in close cooperation with the IPTV and OTT solutions provider Keepixo and the German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) has provided sample live Internet streams demonstrating the potential benefit of the emerging Common Media Application Format (CMAF). […]

April 25, 2017

Net Insight introduces Sye 360˚

Net Insight, a provider of media transport and resource scheduling, introduces Sye 360˚ – the world’s first true live and synchronised 360˚ OTT streaming solution. With ultra-low latency, broadcasters can synchronise a live OTT feed with the linear broadcast, making it possible to offer second screen companion content that inte­grates seamlessly with the first screen experience. Sye 360˚ will […]

April 25, 2017

Verizon Digital Media Services and Levels Beyond partner to provide content intelligence

Verizon Digital Media Services and Levels Beyond announced today a strategic partnership to go to market with a combined solution that consolidates and streamlines the workflows of broadcasters and OTT providers. The Reach Engine from Levels Beyond will power the MX: Orchestration feature within the Verizon Media Xperience Studio from Verizon Digital Media Services. The […]

April 25, 2017

The Future Group brings broadcast TV productions to consumers using Epic Games’ Unreal engine

The Future Group (Oslo, Norway), the pioneering developer of Interactive Mixed Reality (IMR) content and tools today announced a licensing agreement with Epic Games (Cary, NC), the undisputed leader in high-performance game engine technology, based on Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. The Future Group has built unique enhancements specific to broadcast TV on top of Unreal Engine, including source […]

April 25, 2017