Adtech
Magnite upgrades SpringServe video platform
The update aims to provide media owners with enhanced tools for streamlined workflows and smarter yield optimisation
OTT
Live Production
Zixi solutions integrated with Overwatch Aero drone
The collaboration showcased bonding low-bandwidth, lossy networks such as LTE, LEO (Starlink), and 5G to deliver reliable video feeds
Media Delivery
Comcast deploys MediaKind MK.IO to power Xfinity Multiview
Aiming to enhance personalisation, the platform enables viewers to toggle between camera streams during live events
Artificial Intelligence
Opinion: the future of CTV
Nick Reid, SVP and managing director EMEA at DoubleVerify, looks at how AI is powering optimisation and transparency in connected TV
Media Consumption
Opinion: what can OTT learn from social media?
Bleuenn Le Goffic, VP business transformation at Accedo, explores the opportunities available to video services through emulating social media models
Media Delivery
TAG Video Systems, Witbe partner on monitoring and quality assurance for OTT content delivery chain
The partnership will also enable users to measure and compare latency across different platforms, from the source to the end user stream, examining video...
Media Delivery
Ensuring a quality future for OTT
Viewing habits have changed considerably in the last ten years and that shows no sign of slowing up. But as Erik Otto, chief executive...
Business
TVBEurope January/February 2025 issue now available
Focusing on streaming and OTT, the issue features an interview with Channel 4's director of technology and distribution, Grace Boswood; finds out how BT's...
IP Migration
DICE Verse rolls out IP distribution with Zixi
The partnership aims to enable secure, scalable global distribution of DICE’s premium IP channels, including sports, entertainment, and lifestyle content
Media Delivery
Comcast launches global Cloud TV platform
The company aims to enable broadcasters and video service providers to deliver multi-platform TV, both broadcast and OTT, from the cloud via a managed...
Media Delivery
Rakuten TV announces Enterprise Services to help rightsholders launch and monetise FAST channels
Enterprise Services offers a cloud-based solution for FAST channels, with platform deliveries fully managed, ensuring content is live and monetised immediately, said the company
Media Delivery
MediaKind and Skreens partner on Multiview live event streaming solution
The solution aims to enhance personalisation, enabling viewers to toggle between camera streams during live events
Media Management
Opinion: The cloud adoption curve and what the future holds
Jean-Christophe Perier, chief marketing officer at Globecast, gives TVBEurope the reasons behind Media & Entertainment's continuing race to the cloud
Media Delivery
TiVo expands European footprint to boost AI-powered content discovery
Tivo's metadata and tagging capabilities aim to enable targeted content search and discovery initiatives across diverse programming types
Media Delivery
Simplestream and Virgin Media Television partner on new Virgin Media Play app
The multi-device streaming solution aims to redefine how consumers engage video streaming content
Media Delivery
Harmonic in tune with RTL Deutschland’s new FAST channels
The VOS360 Media platform aims to enable RTL Deutschland to rapidly create and deliver FAST channels on a pay-per-use basis
Business
PwC: UK entertainment and media market on track to become largest in Europe
In its latest Global Entertainment and Media Outlook, 2024-28, PwC analysts indicate growth in advertising spend and data consumption will make UK E&M market...
Audio
Opinion: the changing audio landscape in live production
Lawo’s Christian Scheck remembers the days when only the most expensive microphones, preamps, speakers, etc., were deemed adequate for broadcast
Features
Opinion: modelling content’s future – the role of AI in the media ecosystem
Tao Chen, VP of advanced R&D, media IP at Adeia, outlines the areas in which AI will impact content creation and distribution
Business
PWC: Ads will make up of a quarter of streamers’ revenues by 2028
In its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2024-2028, PWC analysts suggest that by 2028, advertising will contribute almost 28 per cent of all the...
Media Delivery
Ateme goes OTT with Canal+
The companies have previously collaborated on high-quality video compression, low-latency OTT streaming, multi-device packaging and dynamic ad insertion
Artificial Intelligence
Opinion: The impact of data-driven broadcasting
Vinayak Shrivastav, CEO, Magnifi by VideoVerse, explains how harnessing the power of data can boost creativity in broadcasting
Media Delivery
Opinion: Why the drive for operational efficiency is mission critical in the streaming marketplace
Martin Sebelius, CEO at Accedo Video Solutions, explains the need to place efficiency at the front and centre of operational thinking
Media Delivery
Opinion: How harnessing automation fosters innovation and agility
David Edwards, product manager at Net Insight, looks at ways in which automation drives agility and enables creativity to flourish
Media Management
Opinion: How unified video encoding APIs are redefining industry standards
Thomas Kramer, VP strategy and business development at MainConcept, explains how unified APIs are enhancing integration and streamlining workflows in the media industry
Live Production
Opinion: overcoming Olympic hurdles with technology
As Paris counts down to the 2024 Olympics, Stephane Guez, co-founder and principal, Dalet, explains how technological innovation will deliver an engaging experience
Media Delivery
Mediaset future-proofs workflows with Video Progetti and Unified Streaming
Italy's largest commercial broadcaster has implemented its first fully cloud-based OTT headend system
Media Delivery
Opinion: is super aggregation still the way forward for pay-TV operators?
Steve Russell, vice president, video entertainment solutions at Irdeto, looks at ways to meet the challenges of super-aggregation in a fragmented content environment
Sustainability
Finding the sustainability balance with personalised video streaming
As the expansion of personalised video streaming continues apace, JUMP's CEO and co-founder, Jerónimo Macanás and François Polarczyk, sustainability director at Accedo, consider how...
Media Delivery
Bedrock and M6+ launch AVoD free tier across new devices in France
The collaboration enables free universal distribution of M6+ across France
Live Production
Opinion: charting a cloud driven future
M2A Media's Matt Hughes asks, is it time for news broadcasting to shift to the cloud?
Media Delivery
WSC Sports agrees AI-driven content delivery deal with Movistar Plus+
The collaboration will modernise Movistar's content delivery process across linear, web and social channels, as well as the brand's new OTT platform, Movistar Plus+
Media Consumption
Meeting the Gen Z demand for interactive viewing experiences
ViewLift's Fabio Gallo, general manager Europe and Asia, comments on reimagining sports production to meet Gen Z's growing demand for interactive and personalised viewing...
Media Delivery
Creating a fully managed live sports streaming service
As the way that viewers watch sport continues to evolve, broadcasters and streaming services must keep a finger on the pulse of the market...
Business
Planetcast brings OTT in house with Switch Media acquisition
The acquisition transfers full control of Switch Media's assets to Planetcast, enabling integration of their online video solutions with Planetcast's NexC unified platform
Media Delivery
NativeWaves, SportPass form strategic alliance on personalised viewing experiences
NativeWaves will add SportPass’ Asport technology to its NativeWavesEXP framework. which provides tools to personalise the user experience with multiple camera feeds, live data,...
Media Delivery
Swisscom selects Bitmovin Player to broaden blue TV reach
Bitmovin Player will ensure Swisscom can launch blue TV on new devices and platforms as soon as they are available, said the company
Media Consumption
‘Cloud production is not the future, it is the present’: Participants discuss 5G UHD-HDR broadcast trial
The proof of concept trialled UHD-HDR broadcasting and next-generation audio (NGA) using 5G contribution, cloud mixing, 5G Broadcast, and the public internet for signal...
Media Delivery
Simplestream powers rugby OTT service on iOS and Android
Simplestream has deployed its proprietary modular backend Media Manager to manage content for distribution
Media Delivery
How streaming services can seek differentiation with technology-enabled engagement strategies
Service providers that master the development, deployment and management of effective technology-enabled engagement strategies will be best positioned to grow through the turbulent business...
Media Delivery
The changing face of the video industry
If there’s one thing that’s certain in the video industry, it’s that nothing stays the same for long, so providers must also embrace a...
Adtech
New initiative launched to “unlock potential of biddable CTV”
Omnichannel platform OpenX has unveiled TV+, in what it said is "the programmatic industry’s first initiative to unlock the full potential of biddable CTV"