Media Management
Qualcomm expects to deploy VVC in 2021
Company predicts by 2022 82 per cent of internet traffic will be video
Media Management
Media Management
Amazon launches new livestream service using same tech as Twitch
New service enables broadcasters and OTT providers to set up live, low-latency interactive video streams for web and mobile apps
Media Management
Cloud platform Iatakoo reports 300 per cent increase in broadcaster usage during pandemic
Company said during June, its broadcast clients streamed 293 per cent more minutes of footage compared to June 2019
Media Management
Red Bee adds points of presence in London, Paris
Red Bee already has points of presence in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Germany
Media Management
Globecast helps Virgin Media to Get Moving
Globecast is providing playout, scheduling, 24-hour monitoring and fibre delivery services
Media Management
A&E Networks UK heads to the Cloud with Amagi, AWS
Playout and service delivery for 30 channels moved to the Cloud
Media Management
‘MPEG is dead’ declares standard founder
Leonardo Chiariglione places a lot of blame on how the industry handled HEVC
Business
Haivision acquires WebRTC enabled real-time video delivery company, Teltoo
Acquisition also enables Haivision to apply its machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities against real-time network analytics to optimise complete edge-to-edge low latency video...
Media Management
Harmonic integrates Zixi into Cloud-based streaming platform
Platform's infrastructure features the integrated Zixi SDVP that can receive live video from Harmonic CloudLink, third party devices and software with embedded Zixi
IP Migration
EVS overhauls Canal Plus’ infrastructure
French broadcaster is deploying Cerebrum to centralise and streamline its broadcast operations
Media Management
SES to provide playout, IP distribution for BBC Studios
Technical playout infrastructure provided from SES’s new Stockley Park facility in London
Media Management
Promethean launches sports stats overlay, SDI opens new Finnish facility, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from Promethean TV, SDI Media and Open Broadcast Systems
Media Management
Versatile Video Codec (H.266) standard finalised
Codec will be able to efficiently transport high-resolution content, such as 4K or 8K media, through mobile networks
Media Management
M2A Media drives Formula 1’s live race streams
F1 employing M2A CONNECT to acquire, process and distribute its live content to global broadcasters and sports rights owners
Production & Post
A view to the future of post production
ENVY's technical operations director Jai Cave discusses the company's forward thinking approach to post production
Media Management
Enabling secure content collaboration for remote M&E workflows
David Phillips, principal architect, M&E solutions at Cloudian writes that having a secure, cost-effective storage solution that lets employees access tools, applications and media...
Media Management
NAGRA leverages AWS for watermarking pre-release content
NexGuard forensic watermarking for pre-release enables full automation for the watermarking process from the Cloud
Media Management
BritBox selects M2A Media’s VoD Workflow for Canadian expansion
Workflow is being used to transcode, package and deliver VoD content with subtitles and technical metadata for BritBox's launch on Amazon Prime Video in...
Production & Post
Post house Warner Bros De Lane Lea introduces Alfred
New platform enables users to store, distribute and manage assets and data through a a fully integrated Cloud-based system
Production & Post
AWS, Formula 1 put new performance stats in pole position
Will use use data from Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), as well as information streamed from sensors on F1 race cars and trackside
Media Management
Greece’s ERT upgrades playout with Pebble Beach Systems
Broadcaster is upgrading its 10-year-old playout system
Media Management
Deluxe sees One VZN for Cloud-based content delivery to cinemas
New solution has been developed in collaboration with AWS
Media Management
Haivision debuts Makito X4 video decoder
Companion unit for the company’s Makito X4 encoder
Media Management
nablet licenses XAVC encoder to Telestream
Will be incorporated into Telestream's Vantage media processing platform
IP Migration
RIST and SRT: What’s the difference?
Kieran Kunhya and Ciro Noronha from RIST Forum explain why the differences between the two formats matter to broadcasters and solutions providers
Media Management
DPP and Digital Catapult launch AI initiative
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced the launch of the AI in Media Challenge initiative, designed to “enable the next generation of media...
Media Management
How Rohde & Schwarz is helping to archive German history
Jens Wangenheim from Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv explains the role Rohde & Schwarz's Venice server platform plays at the archive
Media Management
Bloomberg TV Plus selects Zixi for transcoding and delivering 4K UHD content
Channel is available in 4K UHD on Samsung 4K TVs pre-installed with Samsung TV Plus
Media Delivery
Akamai, Conviva form streaming video experience partnership
Aims to improve streaming video quality for end users
Media Management
Comment: “It’s how we’ve always done it” is no longer enough
Marc Risby, group CTO at DigiBox, looks at the media tech industry's Apollo 13 moment
Production & Post
Jellyfish Pictures goes globally remote
VFX house is utilising Microsoft Azure’s backbone to set up hubs all over the world, which will connect back to the Jellyfish Pictures’ data...
Media Management
Densitron squares up for test and measurement
The 1:1 aspect ratio 4.0 inch module’s in-plane switching (IPS) glass uses automotive grade fluid capable of operating from -30°c to +85°C
Media Management
Connecting the dots between open source and the viewer experience
Tom Gilman, technical marketing manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS), explains why open source can advance the M&E technology landscape
Media Management
ITV Studios Daytime overhauls storage and graphics with Avid
Avid's NEXIS storage solution is being employed across Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women
Media Management
M2A Media leverages AWS Elemental for live video solution
M2A Connect allows broadcasters and sports-rights owners to manage the presentation, routing and global distribution of their live video sources
Media Management
Remote workflows in a Covid-19 world
The team at Primestream investigate how Cloud can facilitate all kinds of complex media and broadcast workflows
Media Management
LTN Global joins AWS Advanced Technology Partner programme
Will leverage AWS across its video production, advance live feed management and advertising solutions
Media Management
Electronics giants welcome new MPEG-5 EVC codec
New EVC standard aims to provide a significantly improved compression capability over existing video coding standards
News
Media Management
Accedo launches next-gen Cloud platform, Germany’s M7 expands UHD offering, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from Accedo, M7 and Red Bee
Media Management
High Frame Rates: the final piece in the Ultra HD jigsaw?
Strategy Analytics' David Mercer discusses the challenges broadcasters face with HFR
Business
Avid, Microsoft sign new five-year Cloud deal
Avid will to continue to develop and deploy its Cloud-based solutions on Microsoft Azure
Media Management
Synamedia, Hewlett Packard sign OEM agreement
Video software provider will use HPE ProLiant servers to power its solutions