Global news network the Associated Press has unveiled the beta version of AP Video Hub, a state-of-the-art global platform for the online delivery of broadcast-quality video news. The beta launch reflects the increase in demand for video news from a growing segment of customers — online publishers. The new platform delivers video news from AP’s […]
Interactive TV software and solutions provider Alticast is partnering with online video specialist Brightcove to integrate fully Alticast’s Windmill ecosystem with Brightcove’s Video Cloud online video platform. Windmill allows operators to add advanced interactivity to existing systems while providing new revenue models and future-friendly expandability. Based on a set of modular technologies, Windmill enables TV […]
Recognising that in today’s networked world, more and more video is delivered over IP networks to PCs, tablet PCs, smartphones and Smart TVs and that as this volume continues to grow, on a daily basis, it is driving a need for powerful video streaming equipment on the server side, Toshiba Corporation has unveiled NPEngine, which […]
Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning are reported to be readying their new video social networking service, Airtime, for launch. The service now has a site and is hiring developers, the Napster founders say Airtime was inspired by Chatroulette, which allowed random people to communicate by video chat. Fanning has said the idea is to “smash […]
Leichtman Research Group has found that the fourteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US – representing about 94 per cent of the market – acquired over 380,000 net additional video subscribers in 2011. Annual net multi-channel video additions in 2011 were about 175,000 fewer than in 2010. Combined, these top multi-channel video providers account […]
Broadcast International, a provider of video management software and services for next-generation video IP networks, joined the DASH Promoters Group (DASH-PG), a new organisation comprised of technology leaders dedicated to driving the broad adoption of MPEG’s DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) specification (ISO/IEC 23009), which was ratified in November 2011. DASH addresses the evolution […]
Online kids channel Toon Goggles has signed a licensing agreement with software pioneer PacketVideo that gives Toon Goggle viewers the ability to beam programming from iPads and Android devices to their home TVs with the Twonky Beam Browser video streaming app. Under the agreement, PacketVideo will prominently feature a Toon Goggles link on the Twonky […]
Online kids channel Toon Goggles has signed a licensing agreement with software pioneer PacketVideo that gives Toon Goggle viewers the ability to beam programming from iPads and Android devices to their home TVs with the Twonky Beam Browser video streaming app; it was announced today by Stephen Hodge, Executive Vice President of New Media at […]
Spanish telco Telefónica’s Internet unit Terra is considering launching a video-streaming service, which would cover countries from the US to Brazil, to compete with operators such as Netflix – which launched in more than 40 Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2011 – and Carlos Slim’s recently-announced Ora.TV operation, reports Bloomberg. Terra, which has provided […]
Verimatrix has announced that its Video Content Authority (VCAS) 3 solutions have been selected for the IPTV and multi-screen upgrade at Taiwan’s largest telecom operator, Chunghwa Telecom. Ericsson announced its selection by Chunghwa to lead the deployment of this significant upgrade, with Verimatrix solutions addressing all aspects of content protection and revenue security for the […]