Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and VoD servers for network service providers deploying IPTV, cable, and OTT services, has introduced the BkA100, a comprehensive video delivery analytics solution designed to streamline an  operator’s CDN. The BkA100 enables operators to access key information located in the video streaming servers, providing the  operator’s support […]

Web TV service Boxee is taking its first steps into the cloud, launching the Cloudee cloud offering aimed at allowing Boxee users to store and share personal videos with family and close friends. “We believe the cloud is going to play a major role in the future of TV and today we are taking the […]

The annual Cisco VNI Forecast expects worldwide devices and connections to grow to almost 19 billion_ nearly doubling from 2011 to 2016. The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2011-2016), the company’s ongoing initiative to forecast and analyse Internet Protocol (IP) networking growth and trends worldwide quantitatively projects the significant amount of IP traffic expected […]

The Associated Press has commenced delivering video news in high definition to customers, culminating a phased rollout that began last year. AP completed the transition to HD ahead of the 2012 London Olympics in July and the U.S presidential elections in November. It’s the largest rollout of HD by any news agency globally, and is […]

Guardian News & Media has partnered with Rightster, the video distribution and monetisation solutions provider, to enhance and manage its YouTube channels.  The partnership aims to make accessing the Guardian’s award-winning multimedia content easier for YouTube users, whilst effectively building new engaged audiences and digital revenues. Announcing the partnership, GNM revealed that its Three Little […]

US cellco Verizon Wireless has launched viewdini, a portal that creates a new entertainment choice for consumers by making it simple to search and view movies, television shows, and other video on mobile devices. viewdini leverages the power of Verizon Wireless’s 4G LTE network, streamlining access to videos from a wide range of content providers, […]

Advanced digital video services global provider Avail-TVN has secured $100 million of new investment funding from global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group enabling it to acquire UK-based On Demand Group, a provider of video on demand services to some of the biggest television brands outside of the United States. Avail-TVN paid $27 million on […]

Cisco is collaborating with Chinese cable operator, Oriental Cable Network (OCN), to develop next-generation video experiences for consumers based on Cisco Videoscape, an open platform that utilises the cloud, the network, and client devices to deliver new video experiences over the Internet.  OCN, one of the China’s largest cable operators, will deploy Videoscape to enable […]

NDS has confirmed the implementation of its VideoGuard Connect DRM for HD pay-TV on mobile devices using ARM TrustZone technology with SK Planet, a subsidiary of SK Telecom, Korea’s leading telecoms provider. Since 2011, SK Planet has provided a multi-screen service branded “Hoppin” to its two million subscribers throughout Korea and will develop this business […]