Analysis
NewBay Connect: Forbidden Technologies
‘For many years, the pace of change in mass market IT has dwarfed that of broadcast technology’, writes Stephen Streater, CEO of Forbidden Technologies.
cloud
TVBEverywhere
SXSW festival video streaming powered by Brightcove
The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival will use Brightcove’s suite of video technologies to deliver live and on-demand video experiences for its 2015 event,...
News
NAB
Aspera shares cloud expertise
Aspera will share its expertise in cloud-based workflows and showcase its complete portfolio of high-speed file transfer software and automation solutions for the broadcast...
NAB
Digigram celebrates 30 years
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Digigram will showcase significant product enhancements and new product releases for the company's IP audio and IP video...
Videos
News Releases
One third of UK firms ban staff from using public cloud services, reports Connected Data
Despite one third of UK firms banning public cloud from the workplace, its use appears endemic, unmanaged and unstoppable, according to Connected Data.
Opinion
The power of the cloud: Helping to streamline the business of content monetisation
As the TV industry moves towards a more software based operating environment, more and more companies are turning to the cloud. And with benefits...
BVE
Mojito ready to mix 4K in Creative Cloud
A 4K video monitoring card will be heading up a raft of video hardware on show on Stand J19.
News
Opinion
Technology’s influence on consumer services
Broadcast has evolved dramatically over the past 15 years in technology, workflows, end customer viewing habits, distribution methods as well the cost of producing...
Opinion
Business
Imagine Communications acquires RGB Networks
Imagine Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of RGB Networks, provider of multiscreen video delivery solutions, in a transaction that...
Business
TVBEverywhere
Quickplay and Comigo promise enhanced viewing experience
Quickplay and Comigo have announced an integrated solution that allows pay TV operators to deliver personalised viewing with advanced social capabilities and interactive apps...
News Releases
Harmonic optimises security with Microsoft PlayReady
Harmonic's ProMedia Origin and ProMedia X Origin multiscreen media servers have been integrated with Microsoft PlayReady digital rights management (DRM) technology for content access...
Production & Post
ITV Studios Nordic adopts Avid Everywhere
ITV Studios Norway, part of ITV Studios Nordic, has selected Avid Everywhere with the hope of streamlining its media production and management, and facilitating...
News
Business
IABM reveals sales growth of 7.7 per cent at Conference
IABM has successfully concluded its 10th Annual International Business Conference & Awards where it released the key findings from its research study
Business
Mobile and tablet viewing to reach 50 per cent in 2015
Ooyala has issued its Q3 2014 Global Video Index Report into the way people consume TV and video across different devices throughout the day
Videos
Production & Post
Dicentia completes 24-hour encoding with Telestream
Dicentia has used Telestream Vantage Cloud Subscriptions to encode 20 feature films within a 24-hour period in order to deliver an order on time...
Business
Free webinar: Drive up channel density and drive down cost
Linsey Miller, director of marketing at Artesyn Embedded Technologies, and Rik Dunphy, senior software architect at Intel’s Data Center Group will present a free...
Videos
TVBEverywhere
Streaming Video Alliance created for collaboration and innovation
A number of online video companies have announced their intention to jointly form the Streaming Video Alliance
Production & Post
RCS rolls out LaunchPad
Reality Check Systems has released LaunchPad, a customisable, interactive solution designed to simplify touchscreen analysis for soccer broadcasts.
News
TVBEverywhere
PerceptionTV launched
PerceptionTV has been unveiled, following a demerger from Vision 247 to market and sell its IPTV/OTT cloud-based multiscreen platform Perception
Production & Post
Toronto Film Festival coverage gets Forbidden support
Forbidden Technologies has sponsored entertainment journalist Bonnie Laufer's coverage of the renowned Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September, which ran on entertainment web...
News
Business
Supporting small content owners for standalone video streaming
Instant VoD product ‘Booxcloud’, a fully managed SaaS cloud-TV kit, has launched on the Booxmedia stand. It aims to allow individual content owners with...
Production & Post
re:fine launches re:io cloud platform
re:fine has announced the launch today of re:io, a private online cloud-based content-processing platform for production companies, post houses and distributors.
News
Production & Post
Tiger Aspect chooses Aframe for Peaky Blinders
Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions has used Aframe’s cloud video production platform on gangster drama, Peaky Blinders.
News
Business
Deluxe acquires mediapeers
Deluxe has acquired mediapeers, a B2B cloud software provider that enables content owners to market and sell their movie and television assets to the...
News
Business
Forbidden discusses the cloud at IBC Content Everywhere in Amsterdam
Forbidden Technologies, developer of the cloud video platform Forscene, will moderate two sessions at IBC's inaugural Content Everywhere Europe conference at IBC2014 in Amsterdam.
Production & Post
Danish Broadcasting Corporation partners with ioGates
ioGates has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation
News
Production & Post
Gearhouse upgrades entire EVS fleet
In one of the largest deals of its kind, Gearhouse Broadcast is upgrading its 115-strong fleet of EVS machines
Opinion
Debunking the myth of cloud chaos
Aframe’s David Peto dismisses the myth of cloud chaos and outlines how businesses are harnessing the power of cloud video without compromising IT control.
Features
TVBEverywhere
Horse & Country chooses Amagi for cloud-cast
Equestrian sports and lifestyle network, Horse & Country TV, used the Amagi cloud-based broadcasting platform to broadcast the Rolex Grand Prix Live to the...
Business
Avere powers special effects for Gravity
Avere Systems, a provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, has powered visual effects (VFX) studios in the media and entertainment industry with...
Interviews
Taking a Quantum leap
Melanie Dayasena-Lowe met with Geoff Stedman to find out how his experience in start-ups and the storage business has helped him to steer the...
Production & Post
Sony launches Media Lifecycle Service
Sony has launched MLS, to help content owners protect and maximise the value of their legacy content assets
News
Production & Post
Exponential-e and Jellyfish pictures partner for VFX
Exponential-e, has developed a Desktop-as-a-Service for Graphic Processing Units (DaaS GPU) in conjunction with London-based VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures.
News
Production & Post
Forbidden supports IBC TV expansion
Forbidden Technologies’ cloud-based video post production platform will serve as one of the core technologies behind IBC TV's expansion into year-round programming.
Business
Signiant to host cloud storage webcast
Signiant CTO Ian Hamilton will be hosting a webcast which will take a closer look at current bandwidth latency challenges.
News
Business
Yahoo acquires Israeli video streaming firm RayV
Yahoo last week announced its acquisition of RayV, the Israeli online video streaming company
Business
Production & Post
Booxmedia and United launch TV content solution
Booxmedia and United, on behalf of Euro Media Group (EMG), have joined forces to develop and launch a VOD and cloud-based TV white label...
News
TVBEverywhere
Brightcove supports HbbTV standard
Brightcove has launched support for the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV standard
Opinion
Is software eating broadcast technology?
Steve Plunkett, chief technology officer at Red Bee Media, looks at the likely challenges and opportunities of a software-based future for broadcast companies.
Business
Vubiquity acquires FilmFlex
Multiplatform video services provider Vubiquity has acquired UK-based FilmFlex Movies
Business
Cloudbusting at NAB
M&A, 4K, IP and the cloud. Russell Grute discovered what’s on the horizon at NAB 2014.
Business
TV2 chooses Aframe for Sporty
Aframe has been selected by Norway’s TV2 for the production of the latest series of factual entertainment show Sporty.