Advanced Television

Video

T-VIPS’ video gateway for La Liga

T-VIPS has announced that Mediapro, the Spanish media group, has selected T-VIPS’ TVG450 JPEG2000 Gateway for live HD contribution. The TVG450s will be used to link 3 locations across Spain: GloboMedia; a production facility in Madrid, Mediapro in Barcelona and Mediapro in Madrid. The project marks the continuation of a partnership between T-VIPS and Mediapro […]

March 19, 2012

NDS will help Cisco in emerging markets

NDS and Cisco have confirmed the latter’s $5 billion purchase of the CA and DRM specialist. In 2009, News Corp and private equity company Permira paid $3.6 billion to take the firm private – 51 per cent had been floated, netting News Corp $1.2 billion in 2008. NDS was an Israeli start up bought by […]

March 16, 2012

Thomson and Verimatrix partner for OTT solution

Thomson Video Networks and Verimatrix have successfully integrated a solution for high-quality delivery of OTT services with secure content protection and rights management. By combining Thomson’s ViBE VS7000 platform with the Verimatrix VCAS for Internet TV security solution, service providers can offer high picture quality while ensuring that content rights are not infringed by unauthorised […]

March 16, 2012

Cisco swoops on NDS in $5bn deal

In a move aimed at expanding its ability to transform how service providers and media companies worldwide deliver next-generation video experiences to subscribers, Cisco has announced its intent to acquire video software and content security solutions specialist NDS. Cisco says the acquisition of NDS will complement and accelerate the delivery of Videoscape, its comprehensive platform […]

March 15, 2012

Wowza Media Systems adds Uvault CDN to its elite list of streaming partners

Wowza Media Systems, the “Any Screen Done Right” media server software company, has named Uvault as a Wowza Streaming Partner, a designation reserved for those that have achieved high levels of deployment, expertise, and customer satisfaction with Wowza-based products. Uvault uses Wowza Media Server 3 to power its cloud-based hosting service for streaming live video […]

March 14, 2012

Qwilt unveils transparent caching solution

Qwilt, a provider of video infrastructure products has announced the release of its QB-Series transparent-video delivery solution, a transformative product that gives carriers cost-efficient control over Internet-video traffic on their networks. The QB-Series product packs the ability to identify, monitor, store and deliver video content on fixed or mobile networks onto a single platform. Qwilt’s […]

March 9, 2012

Wowza media server software platform surpasses 100,000 licensees

Wowza Media Systems, the “Any Screen Done Right” media server software company, has surpassed 100,000 licensees for its Wowza Media Server software. Organisations of all sizes from around the world, including broadcasters, educators, service providers, and houses of worship, use Wowza software to stream media to any screen. Terra is a global digital media company […]

March 8, 2012

Spectrum Bridge, MELD deliver HD through TV white spaces

Spectrum Bridge has formed a partnership with MELD Technology, a provider of personal digital broadcasting equipment, to provide the underlying technology platform for a low power portable device capable of utilising TV white space bands. “We are pleased to be working with MELD Technology to introduce the first low power personal portable broadcast system over […]

March 7, 2012

blinkx scores partnership with Perform

blinkx, the advanced video search engine, has formed a partnership with sports media group Perform, owner of one of the largest digital sports rights portfolios in the world. This partnership will give blinkx users access to a wide array of original and high-quality college sports content, allowing fans to keep up with plays and players […]

March 6, 2012

Nextreaming integrates Verimatrix security

Nextreaming, a provider of mobile multimedia software, and Verimatrix, a provider of secured content delivery solutions, announced the integration of NexPlayer media player with the Verimatrix ViewRight for Web security client. The resulting combination allows service providers to securely deliver live streaming content to any Android device. Il-Taek Lim, CEO of Nextreaming, said: “We are […]

February 29, 2012