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ATEME enables VoD-to-live and personalised channels

ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that its NEA streaming solution now supports full channel origination. This allows content owners, broadcasters and service providers to deliver content that is more relevant to their viewers through personalised TV channels, resulting in higher viewership and increased […]

June 8, 2021

Object Matrix upgrades BT TV’s storage for VoD

Object Matrix has delivered an additional 600 terabyte node for BT TV’s existing MatrixStore On-Prem object storage solution. This has enabled BT TV to migrate content from the 6 MatrixStore nodes being decommissioned. The recent upgrade increases the capacity of the existing solution, also saving power and rack space by replacing six legacy nodes with […]

May 25, 2021

Digital video ad delivery platform from Peach

Video ad management platform Peach has launched what it says is a new, truly-convergent video offering with linear TV and digital video distribution now available in one place. Offering an end-to-end, collaborative platform for sourcing and distributing content, it is designed to simplify video ad distribution across digital channels. It allows assets to be tracked, […]

May 5, 2021

Insys Video Technologies announces support for AWS

Insys Video Technologies, an online video solution provider, announced support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the creation of media video workflows and migration to innovative cloud-based infrastructure. AWS for Media & Entertainment is an initiative featuring new and existing services and solutions from AWS and […]

April 29, 2021

NINETNINE brings Inchallah Mabrouk to VoD platforms in France

NINETNINE, the content provider to cable and OTT platforms, has announced that this Ramadan it has brought one of the best sitcoms of 2021, ‘’Inchallah Mabrouk’’, to French VoD platforms via ‘’Le Bouquet Maghreb’’.  Initially broadcasting on a leading Tunisian channel, the TV show is now available on-demand on Free Telecom and Bouygues Telecom IPTV […]

April 28, 2021

Nielsen Streaming Video Ratings service

Media data and analytics company Nielsen has launched Nielsen Streaming Video Ratings, a syndicated service reported via Nielsen’s premier audience insights platform, NPOWER, that it says provides unique visibility into total viewership and advanced audience demographic insights by streaming platform alongside linear TV ratings. Armed with this holistic view of total TV time, media buyers […]

April 23, 2021

Comscore, DISH Media expanded cross-platform agreement

Cross-platform media evaluation specialist Comscore has agreed a new strategic partnership with DISH Media, extending its data licence to virtual multichannel programming distributor SLING TV. The agreement includes the continued cross-platform measurement of advanced advertising and content via Comscore TV products. The expanded licence agreement protects consumer privacy data and includes first-party matching rights to […]

April 23, 2021

Friend MTS, Akamai anti-piracy collaboration

Content protection services provider Friend MTS has expanded its partnership with intelligent edge platform Akamai. The companies will now offer content owners, broadcasters and operators a new smart server-side A/B variant watermarking solution based on the Friend MTS ASiD OTT Edge-switched technology and Akamai’s Access Revocation solution / technology. Akamai customers now have access to […]

April 23, 2021By Colin Mann

Study: VoD “staple of UK viewing”

Research into the use of Connected TVs to access VoD content carried out by video advertising software provider FreeWheel suggests that the majority (61 per cent) of Connected TV users surveyed say it is their preferred device for watching video, because of the enhanced user experience and the opportunity for shared viewing. The study was […]

April 22, 2021

Unified Streaming unveils Unified Remix VOD2Live

Unified Streaming, a specialist in smart video streaming technologies, has announced the launch of Unified Remix VOD2Live, which enables OTT providers to create live channels that connect VoD content with audiences in new ways, improving viewer engagement while opening up new monetisation opportunities and reducing costs. The solution, which is based on the company’s Unified […]

April 19, 2021