Technology
Amagi debuts live events orchestration platform
Blizzard employs cloud-based technologies
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Features
Next generation broadcasting requires hybrid cloud platforms
How broadcast original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are leveraging Hewlett Packard Enterprise OEM technologies to transform experiences for digital audiences
Business
Vodafone sets up global TV tech competence centre
Vodafone is creating a TV competence centre, to be based in Lisbon, Portugal. The TV Hub will act as an innovation centre for TV technology for the group’s global TV ambitions
Business
Vimond launches Connect for social media and VoD
Vimond Media Solutions has launched Vimond Connect, to allow digital media service providers to facilitate a social media experience for video on-demand (VoD) viewers
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Newstag and Euronews agree distribution deal
Newstag, a mobile first news video service based in Stockholm, has announced an agreement with the Euronews channel
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Simplestream joins Facebook Video Publishing Partner programme
Simplestream, provider of live and live-to-VoD services to UK and international broadcasters, has joined Facebook ‘s Video Publishing Partner programme, giving broadcasters and media owners the ability to publish any of their video content across Facebook
Business
Broadcasters benefit from AP’s live video initiative
Besides AP Direct, which was introduced in 2013, broadcasters can also access three additional live content streams from AP Video Hub
Business
ContentWise expands with Babeleye partnership for MEA
The partnership, which will see Babeleye’s platform integrated with both ContentWise solutions, will enable ContentWise to deliver search, discovery and recommendations for local content
Business
Three hundred staff to go at MTG
Modern Times Group is to lay off 300 staff in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the UK as part of a restructuring programme
Production & Post
joiz joins forces with RR Media for viewer engagement solution
RR Media has partnered with community marketing platform joiz to offer user engagement and loyalty club tools for broadcasters, content owners and rights holders
Business
BBC and Sky unveil new additions to on-demand services
The public broadcaster has added a number of features to its iPlayer, while Sky customers can now benefit from new additions that bring its Sky Movies platform more in line with rival services
Business
Vimond and iflix establish joint development centre in Kuala Lumpur
Vimond Media Solutions and Southeast Asian internet TV service iflix are to establish a jointly-operated development centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Business
Formula E grows digital with Grabyo VIP
Formula E is partnering with London startup Grabyo to bring the digital experience to fans and help accelerate the growth of its digital audience.
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24i launches 4K OTT TV app for Videoland
24i Media has launched a new 4K/UHD smart TV app on behalf of Videoland, the video on-demand company owned by RTL, serving the Dutch and Belgian markets.
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Saffron Digital partners with Nowtilus for TV Everywhere
Saffron Digital has joined up with Nowtilus, a content workflow platform provider, to add live streaming to its OTT platform MainStage.
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French retailer Carrefour goes OTT
Carrefour, the second biggest retailer in the world, launched a new multi-platform entertainment service.
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Kaltura drives Moviepilot.de
Moviepilot.de has chosen Kaltura to power video on the site. Moviepilot.de is leveraging the Kaltura HTML5 video player and mobile advertising tools to reach its audience on any device.
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ACCESS demos extended Twine platform
ACCESS' Twine platform has been extended to offer global search and remote access functionality
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Clearleap lanuches Live TV solution
Clearleap has announced its Sports and Live TV Solution, designed to support multiscreen sports.
Business
Zenterio and Metrological begin strategic partnership
Zenterio, developer of an independent software platform for interactive TV, and Metrological, a TV application store provider, have signed a partnership agreement.
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Nine Network uses Piksel platform for live streaming
The Nine Network of Public Media, PBS member station KETC-TV in St Louis, is to enable the online broadcast and live streaming of the station’s local programing for the first time with the Piksel Video Platform.
Business
Keo Films launches K2 Productions
KEO Films has created K2 Productions, an indie within an indie that focuses on creating cross-platform content for television and online.
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Easel TV launches new Suggested TV platform
Easel TV has updated its Suggested TV video platform with web based publishing and service management tools.
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nangu.TV celebrates major milestone
nangu.TV has announced a major milestone in its ten-year history. The company has revealed that more than 450,000 paid subscribers using active devices are now connected to its media platform, which enables the delivery of TV and video content, including value-add services, via third-party operators.
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Globecast partners with WinMedia for satellite solution
WinMedia and Globecast have signed a partnership agreement to integrate and distribute their technologies.
Features
TV and convergence – does satellite have a future?
More service providers than ever are now entering the broadcast space and the technology landscape for content distribution can be highly confusing. David Crawford, MD, satellite for Arqiva, asks what this means for the future of satellite TV in a hybrid connected world, and can satellite keep up with these OTT services and IP-delivered content?
Production & Post
AMC Networks embraces Avid Everywhere
AMCNI-Central Europe has adopted Avid Everywhere by implementing a full content creation to distribution workflow powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform
Business
Ooyala acquires Videoplaza
Telstra subsidiary Ooyala has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Videoplaza, a advertising technology and monetisation company.
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.
Production & Post
BBC to power audience engagement with IMImobile
IMImobile has been awarded the contract under the BBC’s framework agreement for the provisioning of mobile and social messaging services, designed to help the BBC streamline the audience engagement process across mobile and social channels.
Production & Post
Sky News Australia chooses Mediamano for digital publishing
Sky News Australia has selected Mediamano to power its new digital publishing capability.
Analysis
The next-generation TV user experience
Today’s television viewers are no longer sitting back, waiting for content. Rather, they’re watching a variety of content, including live channels, VoD, and online videos on the big screen while simultaneously browsing the internet and enaging with others through social media like Facebook or Twitter.
Analysis
The TV social media uprising
Social media provides a powerful platform for content creators and advertising agencies to get closer to their audiences, writes Keith Bedford, managing director at EBS