video

Business

Amino acquires online video company 24i

Acquisition will enable Amino to deliver full 'end-to-end' and on-demand personalised content solutions

Business

RTL Group aims to create Europe’s leading digital studio

Companies in Nordics, Germany and Netherlands to combine

Technology

DVB adds HDR Dynamic Mapping solutions to coding specifications

Solutions allow a receiver, such as a TV set, to adapt a High Dynamic Range video signal to the characteristics of the display

TVBEverywhere

Original video of Moon landing to be auctioned

Film has only been viewed three times

Features

This month in sport broadcasting…

Featuring news from UEFA, Wimbledon and the Women's World Cup

TVBEverywhere

TVU Networks partners with Stringr

Users of TVU Global Grid can access content from video marketplace Stringr

TVBEverywhere

Over half of under-10s “regularly create video content”

86 per cent of 'Generation Alpha' creatively use new technology

TVBEverywhere

Netflix tests “Instagram-like” feed in mobile app

Features automatically playing videos and horizontally scrolling image galleries

TVBEverywhere

Buffering ‘costs streamers $85K in lost revenue’

Buffering only has to happen 1 per cent of the time to have a major impact on revenues

Production & Post

Crystal Vision introduces profanity delay system

Cleanit allows operators to prevent the broadcast of unwanted material

Content

AP, Agencia EFE partner for news video archive

Agencia EFE’s video will be available on both AP Archive and AP Video Hub

Production & Post

Video marketplace Stringr expands to the UK

Platform allows media organisations to access video from freelancers

Data Centre

Mobile video consumption increased four times since 2011

Around 40 per cent of young people watch short-form content daily

Technology

Huawei announces all-optical network architecture for UHD video services

Architecture will support development of a simplified network with gigabit access, E2E optical hard pipe, and intelligent O&M

Features

Online video delivery at the dawn of the 5G era

Igor Oreper, vice president solutions, Bitmovin, looks at the 5G chicken and the data egg

Business

Intel acquires Omnitek

Intel is aiming to strengthen its FPGA IP video offering

Technology

Zype awarded patent covering on-demand content player selection

Allows video publishers to deliver customised content based on consumer geolocation, device type and/or other business rules

Business

Brightcove acquires Ooyala’s video platform business in $15 million deal

Deal includes Ooyala’s video content management and publishing platform Backlot, Analytics Live and underlying intellectual property and patents

TVBEverywhere

Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson test 4K video via 5G

Telco's engineers downloaded an hour and 45 minute film over 5G in 24 seconds

Data Centre

Video consumers are either Fanatics, Traditionalists, Indulgists, Connoisseurs or Engagers

New research from PWC reveals five distinct groups

Production & Post

Dropbox introduces time-based commenting for audio and video

Allows teams to efficiently review files

Technology

Harmonic gains patent for efficient cloud-based video processing

New invention is titled Dynamic Allocation of CPU Cycles in Video Stream Processing

TVBEverywhere

Discovery’s Zaslav says Apple’s video streaming service ‘could explode’

Says he expects the planned streaming service to be a big hit with consumers

Business

Conviva acquires social video analytics provider Delmondo

Intends to offer the first solution unifying real-time census-level streaming TV intelligence with content and audience intelligence from social media platforms

Technology

MainStreaming partners with Sky Italia

Partnership provides high-quality video for Sky subscribers

TVBEverywhere

Roku “wants to shake up the way viewers watch video”

Company wants to place content directly into its app, in exchange for a larger share of advertising revenue

Technology

Red Bee Media creates world’s first software only uncompressed playout deployment

Solution is first in the world to use uncompressed video over IP, without requiring any dedicated infrastructure

Content

Snapchat partners with 17 UK media brands to create video content

Channel 4, Sky News, Sky Sports among new content partners

Data Centre

TV to represent 80 per cent of global video ad spend by 2023

New report from Strategy Analytics

Technology

AWS Elemental MediaLive synchronises redundant pipelines using input timecode

Live channels that have inputs with matching embedded timecodes now produce synchronised video segments for HLS and Smooth Streaming outputs

Content

Red Bull and Intel partner on augmented reality

Fans of Red Bull Rampage can watch this year's event in 360-degrees

Data Centre

UHD content tends to attract young males

New report from IHS Markit finds young males more likely to look for UHD content when choosing a video service

Content

BBC News launches video-only platform

BBC Reel combines digital video content alongside specially made bespoke content

Business

Nokia agrees sale of IP Video business to Volaris Group

New business Velocix will be a new pure play streaming technology company, made up of Nokia’s video product portfolio

Data Centre

Video viewers turn to smart TVs and phones

New research from Ampere Analysis says 26 per cent of viewers watch videos on their phone on a daily basis

News Release

Arvato Systems unveils new video editing solution

Arvato Systems is joining forces with Vidispine to showcase video editing and advertising solutions at IBC2018. Highlights include a new browser-based video editor, new...