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 […]

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, now enables OTT operators and content owners to maximize content monetization through a sophisticated package of integrated security and analytics components with the availability of MultiRights OTT Plus. Offered on a subscription basis with cloud-based or physical deployment […]

ARRIS International has announced two new advanced Satellite Receiver solutions for satellite distribution networks: the DSR-7412 Integrated Receiver/Transcoder and DSR-4470 Integrated Receiver/Decoder. The new receivers feature next-generation HEVC UHD/4K decoding and DVB-S2X demodulation capabilities, adding to ARRIS’s leading portfolio of satellite distribution solutions. The ARRIS DSR-7412 delivers up to 12 channels of both MPEG-2/4 HD […]

At the 2017 NAB Show, Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, will demonstrate several groundbreaking solutions for OTT delivery, enabling broadcasters and service providers to drive growth in over-the-top video consumption with improved quality of experience (QoE) for their customers. Through innovations in OTT bandwidth optimization, latency and packaging technologies, Harmonic is leading the […]

Intelsat, the global satellite operator, announced that as a result of its partnership with Encompass Digital Media, NASA TV became the first linear Ultra High Definition (UHD) channel available on Intelsat’s system for Latin American cable operators. Encompass delivers end-to-end video solutions worldwide to broadcast and media companies. NASA TV provides coverage of NASA missions, […]

IBC has launched IBC365, a new online community platform and weekly e-bulletin that will share IBC’s business knowledge and insight throughout the year. As part of IBC’s remit to be run “by the industry, for the industry”, the organisation recently commissioned extensive independent research to take the pulse of the broadcast and media industry and […]

Inview Technology has announced the appointment of Andy Townend as Chief Operating Officer (International) and will be responsible for helping to drive the digital switchover in Nigeria. Andy Townend is an internationally recognised expert in orchestrating every aspect of the transition from analogue to digital television.  Andy led the multi-disciplinary team that established Digital UK (the […]

PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and Ideal Systems, Asia’s largest broadcast and media systems integrator, have successfully delivered the world’s first live 360° and 3D multi-camera coverage of the 2017 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens with the support of Now TV, the official host broadcaster of […]

Open Broadcast Systems has announced that its solutions have delivered more than fifty horse races over IP. Globecast works with a major horse racing operator to directly transmit race feeds to Globecast’s MCR in Paris, after which it is then distributed to consumers. Due to an increase in demand from racecourses situated outside of France, […]

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, today announced a new version of its groundbreaking nanoCDN solution. The release of nanoCDN multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) 2.0 makes live HTTP video delivery to any device truly scalable by turning millions of broadband […]