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Planetcast acquires cloud-native content platform Desynova
Desynova's Contido cloud-native Media Asset Management (MAM) system is designed to handle video processing and publishing across multiple platforms
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IMES opens state-of-the-art Paris facility
The building features state-of-the-art energy efficiency measures, consistent with the company's commitment to meet ambitious net-zero targets
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Smart Chunking: What is it and what does it mean for video encoding?
Bitmovin's Markus Hafellner talks to TVBEurope about the company's update to its VoD Encoding solution, and how it will create better visual quality for...
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ITN begins transition to the cloud with AWS
ITN cloud and software development manager Nick Moores details how the company is using the cloud across multiple workflows, including editing, transcoding and video...
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BT takes ITV and Channel 4’s Freeview channels into the cloud
D3&4 is using BT Media and Broadcast's smart broadcasting network Vena to deliver digital coding and multiplexing
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The new gold dust: Taking the glitz of awards shows to the cloud
Jerry Cole, director of production services, The Switch, explains how the indomitable growth of cloud-based production and delivery tools for major awards shows means...
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M*A*S*H returns, thanks to ChatGPT
Alan Alda and Mike Farrell reunite to perform a scene from the iconic show written by the artificial intelligence chatbot
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Cutting costs or cloudy vision?: The dilemma of media companies’ data centres
When done right, gradually moving media operations from on-premises deployments to the cloud can bring efficiencies and savings, writes Dan Goman, founder and CEO,...
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Bitmovin aims to speed up encoding with Smart Chunking
Smart Chunking intelligently optimises chunk lengths and bitrate distribution, ensuring smooth visual quality throughout the whole asset, as well as at a faster pace
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Responding to workflow demand with scalability
Tim Burton, managing director at 7fivefive, explains why it's crucial that media businesses are supported with the right expertise to transition to next-gen technology,...
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Comprimato adds JPEG-XS to transcoding platform
The software can also be used for JPEG2000 contribution circuits, as well as NDI
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It’s a brave, new multi-codec world
2023 is expected to see progression in AV1, HEVC, and VVC codec adoption, but what does that mean for the broadcast industry? Markus Hafellner,...
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Spin Digital releases new VVC/H.266 supporting real-time encoder and SDK
The VVC encoder facilitates next-generation applications, such as 4K and 8K live streaming, and higher quality live VR-360° and immersive video, said the company
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FOR-A, Aveco enter technology alliance
The two companies will work together to provide solutions for video production, automation, servers and asset management
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How Netflix is using the cloud to get productions over the finish line
Netflix's director of production strategy Jeff Shapiro, and Peter Cioni, director of production business development, talk to TVBEurope about how the streamer is using...
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Cinegy updates Cinegy Air for HDR and SDR playout through an HLG engine
The playout engine can also create a simulcast SDR stream from a primary HDR engine
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Google opens Immersive Stream for XR to all Google Cloud customers
Immersive Stream for XR enables users to click a link or scan a QR code and immediately be transported to extended reality
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Case study: Building a multi-channel playout system for MEGOGO
How Ukrainian OTT/VoD service MEGOGO worked with Cinegy to launch UHD channels as well as a fully automated multi-channel playout system
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Linear TV remains critical to broadcasters’ top lines
Alison Pavitt, director of sales and marketing at Pebble, writes that linear TV still has a place in the broadcast market, and remains a...
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PlayBox integrates ad server into OTT stream
OTT Stream is a cloud solution, offering playout capabilities for multiple channels and services
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AWS Elemental MediaLive adds timecode burn-in
The company said the addition will be useful for testing, monitoring, and compliance
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Managing the compromise between continuity of service and cost
Disaster recovery systems are a necessary expense for most broadcasters, writes coralbay.TV's Peter Hajittofi, but using a cloud-native playout product makes it possible to...
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Vizrt forms new MAM-focused business unit
Enterprise MAM Business Unit will combine R&D, professional services, support, and commercial
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Spin Digital integrates Zixi for 4K/8K immersive video
The bandwidth efficiency and error-free delivery included with the integrated solution are vital for supporting advanced UHD/8K video applications, said Zixi
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‘We want to be the leading managed services company in Europe’: Red Bee Media’s new CEO discusses the company’s plans
James Arnold talks to TVBEurope about his new role, plans for the company, and why broadcasters need to evaluate their needs as they move...
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The current state of WebRTC
Jonas Birmé, VP of research and development, Eyevinn Technology, takes a look at how WebRTC will help companies achieve lower latency than that achieved...
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Rai Way employs technology from Ateme and ENENSYS as part of move to DVB-T2
Move to DVB-T2 allows broadcasters to distribute HD content and provides more efficient and resilient signals, while freeing up the 700MHz terrestrial frequency for...
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More than just a name: MAM and the role of metadata
Simon Bergmark, chief product officer, Codemill, explains why, as broadcasters and streamers create ever higher volumes of content, clearly defined processes and metadata schemas...
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What’s in store for the media tech industry in 2023: Cloud, security, FAST and ad-tech
From how it will shape production to security and its impact on advertising technology, the industry is embracing the cloud like never before. TVBEurope...
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Clear Cut Pictures consolidates storage with EditShare
The company wanted to replace its shared storage with a solution that would consolidate all of its needs into one, and so chose EditShare’s EFS-450...
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A cause for video compression celebration
Jan De Cock, director of codec development, Synamedia, details why the introduction of AMD’s 4th generation EPYC CPUs signals ever-improving video experiences on the...
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How the cloud met the “eye-watering” compute requirements of Avatar: The Way of Water
TVBEurope talks to AWS' Nina Walsh about the company's involvement in James Cameron's latest epic
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From hamstrung to empowered: Achieving broadcasting in balance with the cloud
Hamish Muiry, head of business development and partnership at M2A Media, explains how rights owners and broadcasters can augment their existing workflows with new...
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Bitmovin: H.264 still the most used codec, but AV1 adoption is coming
Company's annual reveals year-on-year trends, opportunities for innovation and the headwinds the video developer community faces
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Disaster recovery seems out of reach? Look to the cloud
Planetcast International's COO Sanjay Duda explains how the flexibility and scalability of cloud-based playout not only helps enable cost-effective DR and the launch of...
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Hala London updates playout with PlayBox
The broadcaster has chosen PlayBox's channel-in-a-box playout system to deliver content to viewers
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SMPTE, EBU, MovieLabs join forces on ‘Media in the Cloud’ guide
Its aim is to provide the industry with an explanation of media-specific ontologies, the ontologies already in existence, where they are applicable, and how...
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Brazil’s Globo trials MPEG-5 LCEVC channel during World Cup
A live broadcast channel is leveraging the enhancement layer of LCEVC to convert an existing TV 2.0 signal into a High-Dynamic Range (HDR) 10-bit...
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Cloud: the great enabler
TVBEurope sits down with Marc Aldrich, general manager for global media and entertainment at AWS, to discuss the cloud, FAST, playout, the metaverse and...
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ProSiebenSat.1’s new broadcasting campus set up for collaborative workflows
EVS has revealed the solutions it is providing to the media group to revamp its operations as it moves to a new campus
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Denmark’s TV MIDTVEST extends Avid partnership
Jylland-based broadcaster has signed a multi-year agreement for Avid's Media Composer Enterprise and MediaCentral Platform including MediaCentral | Collaborate
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Capturing the beautiful game’s global showcase with… Witbe
Mathieu Planche, CEO at Witbe, discusses his company's role in testing and monitoring video content for a number of clients capturing the global football...