Edgeware and Norigin Media, both Scandinavian companies offering video streaming solutions, have announced a partnership for quality assurance of Edgeware’s streaming control solution in multi-CDN environments, StreamPilot. This collaboration will be based on Norigin Media’s OTT Testing-aaS packages. StreamPilot is Edgeware’s cloud-based delivery control platform, which allows its broadcast customers to measure and manage streams […]
Speaking at the launch of a new online event series, Ericsson President and CEO, Börje Ekholm, has highlighted the importance of connectivity during times of crisis and the opportunity there is to rethink the role of networks in the future, and suggested that 5G will be “the greatest open innovation platform ever”. Speaking from his […]
Registration is now open for SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2020, the largest cable telecommunications and technology event in the Americas, which returns to Denver October 13th – 16th. New technologies and operational techniques for maintaining connectivity and safety will be central to the week-long event. “Cable networks have been vital to continued work, education and entertainment […]
Nigeria’s government raised the level of VAT on goods and services to 7.5 per cent back in February from 5 per cent. Initially pay-TV broadcaster DStv/Multichoice absorbed 2.5 per cent of the tax itself and kept subscription prices at the pre-increase level. That is now changing. Multichoice has told subscribers that it cannot continue to […]
Sony has announced the availability of its newest A8 4K HDR OLED televisions in Europe. Boasting an array of Sony’s cutting-edge innovations in picture processing and sound, the A8 delivers the acclaimed quality of the Japanese manufacturer. The X1 Ultimate Picture Processor is at the heart of the A8’s prowess. It precisely analyses image data […]
Linius Technologies Limited (ASX: LNU) – the only cloud-based solution that transforms static video into hyper-personalized video experiences with its world-first Video Virtualization Engine (VVE) – has signed a commercial agreement to provide its Linius Video Virtualization Service (LVS) to enable Grafa to deliver hyper-personalized video experiences to its subscribers. Upon its launch in July, […]
Streaming giants Netflix and Amazon Prime Video are continuing to beef up their local content in international markets with an increasing focus on Asian markets such as Japan and India. The 15 markets that spend the most on original TV content also represent 88 per cent of the world’s SVoD revenue. For international players looking […]
Jeff Bezos’s Amazon is studying UK-headquartered satellite business OneWeb which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Bezos, who has his own Project Kuiper mega-constellation of satellites in the planning and development stage, had his lawyers inspecting OneWeb’s assets. Other due-diligence examinations of OneWeb’s financials include Elon Musk’s […]
In a move that it says complements its live production solution portfolio and strategically expands its global footprint, live video technology specialist EVS is to acquire broadcast and media network infrastructure specialist Axon in a deal valued at €10.5 million. With development centres in the Netherlands and the UK, and more than 80 team members, […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has published the results of an extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VoD platforms. Supplying the VoD Revolution defines a reference workflow for the supply of content from distributors and aggregators to platforms. It exposes the pain points felt by implementers of these […]