September 13, 2012

Featured News

Brevity Makes Euro Debut at IBC, Offers Solution for Large Files

Maker of innovative compression, transcoding, and distribution solution targets sports broadcasters in Amsterdam.

Vizrt and Never.no Offer Social Media Tools for Broadcasters

A suite of social media-savvy tools lets broadcasters harness user-generated comments or create their own.

Featured Articles

IBC Report: Will.i.am Looks for Creativity Enhanced by Technology

The Black Eyed Peas frontman inspires at IBC with calls for innovation, smarter homes and cars, and bold visions of the future.

IBC Report: Sony Says 4K Ultra-HD Video Is Coming to the Home

Sony and partner SES declare that Ultra-HD is close to becoming a reality; others says its 20 years away from going mainstream.

IBC Report: Pay TV Will Thrive in the Online Video Era

While the major studios are diving into online distribution, they remain cautious -- and they're sticking with current pay TV models.

KIT Digital Launches 2Si, Second Screen App for T-Commerce

In an effort to create 'sticky' mobile apps, KIT offers broadcasters a better way to sell products and prevent viewer distraction.

Industry News

Edgeware Powers Pan-European CDN for Premium OTT Sports Service

Using Edgeware’s video delivery architecture, managed by the Convoy VDN, EpicTV delivers live and on-demand multiscreen sports service from its own CDN

Aldea and Hibernia Media Come Together to Become a Powerful Global Provider of Video Transport

The companies have announced their intention to merge into one single video transport service provider

Edgeware Simplifies Video Delivery with Its Intuitively Scalable System at IBC 2012

Company’s industry-recognized products and technologies enable intuitive growth and converged video delivery for operators

Avid Survey Shows Broadcasters See Revenue Opportunity with New Distribution Channels, Shift to Personalized Audience Experiences

75% of media executives believe online, social and mobile platforms actually drive audiences to watch incrementally more television content

Gracenote and Digitalsmiths Team to Deliver Enhanced Content Discovery Solution for the Digital Entertainment Market

Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery platform to be Integrated with Gracenote eyeQ and Entourage

Liberty Global Taps ThinkAnalytics for Content Recommendations to Power Intelligent Navigation

ThinkAnalytics to deploy personalized content recommendations across Europe for Liberty Global’s Horizon platform on set-top box, Web and tablet

Red Bee Media Selects Elemental to Drive Multiscreen Video

Cisco's ‘Videoscape Distribution Suite' Revolutionizes Video Content Delivery to Multiple Screens

Cisco to Showcase Industry's Most Comprehensive Next-Generation Content Delivery Network Portfolio at IBC 2012

Edgeware Simplifies Video Delivery with Its Intuitively Scalable System at IBC 2012

Company’s industry-recognized products and technologies enable intuitive growth and converged video delivery for operators

SyncTV to Demonstrate HbbTV 1.5 Solution at IBC 2012

Developers of cloud-based video distribution platform to showcase Marlin-enabled OTT solution with Harmonic at IBC 2012 Booth 1.B20

Ooyala Fuels Global Standardization for Live Digital Broadcasting with New Innovations in Video Personalization, Discovery and Monetization

Ooyala Discovery and Ooyala Now tap big data analytics to improve engagement, measurement and revenue

SeaWell Networks Announces First MPEG DASH-based Live and On Demand Video Ad-Insertion Solution at IBC2012

Company incorporates DASH into mix of supported formats for IP video content standardization across connected devices

Verimatrix Selects Arxan Content Protection Solutions to Secure Premium Streaming Content across Desktop and Mobile Platforms

Arxan endorsed for its comprehensive code protection capabilities, ease of use and multi-platform portfolio.

Digital Rapids Announces Upcoming Support for MPEG-DASH Specification

castLabs to roll out UltraViolet product suite for B2B sunrise in the US

NewTek Showcases Significantly Expanded TriCaster Family

Company now offers the industry’s most complete, multi-camera video production solutions for any need and every budget

Vimond Control Center Integrates With Sony Media Backbone Conductor

Partnership Enables Broadcasters to Distribute to Internet Devices Using External Systems Connected by the Sony® Workflow Environment

Broadcasters Fuel Rapid Adoption of Irdeto Cloaked CA

One year after launch, Irdeto continues worldwide momentum with its software-based conditional access; seven more broadcasters embrace cardless CA solution trusted by Hollywood studios

Irdeto Strengthens Piracy Management Portfolio with Global Launch of Irdeto Intelligence Services

New Online Ad Network and Live Event Monitoring services tackle piracy for pay TV operators and broadcasters while uncovering hidden opportunities through big data

AmberFin Addresses Wider Market With New Affordable File-based Media Ingest, Transcode & Playback Modules

Addition of cost-effective modules opens up small and medium sized enterprise market with targeted product development

Envivio Solutions Deployed by A1 Telekom Austria to Expand IPTV and Mobile TV Offering

Austria's Leading Telco Shows Continued Confidence in the Envivio IPTV and Multi-Screen Solution