June 18, 2015

Featured News

BT Announces First 4K Live Channel

Telco giant BT will launch BT Sport Ultra HD in August, along with Netflix in 4K, but the bigger picture is the UK's burgeoning ultrafast broadband landscape

Netflix Announces 2015 Rollouts in Portugal, Italy, and Spain

The three countries will have access to Netflix's library of original and third-party TV shows and movies, with pricing not yet set.

TiVo Acquires International Pay TV Service Provider Cubiware

The outlook is sunny for TiVo, which is gaining customers, expanding with international services, and planning an Aereo-like offering.

Featured Articles

Where Have All the Streaming Risk-Takers and Innovators Gone?

An industry that was once thrilling, groundbreaking, and revolutionary has now become commoditized and ordinary. Is this the cost of progress?

Review: Bitcodin, a Cloud Video Encoding Service From Bitmovin

While Bitcodin is still in development and has a few rough edges, it displayed impressive performance and quality in our testing.

Red Bull Media Readies Its Esports Studio for Prime Time

It's not a niche market anymore: Esports is massively popular. Go behind the scenes at Red Bull's gaming headquarters to learn how it streams to millions of fans.

Ad Blocking Technology: It’s Not User Choice, It’s Stealing

144 million people around the globe are using ad blockers to skip ads, and some of the biggest companies online are sitting back and letting it happen.

Industry News

ANGA COM - Axinom Promises To ‘Protect Once, Deliver Everywhere’ With Its Multi-DRM Solution

Robust and highly scalable multi-DRM service built on latest standards including MPEG-DASH, Common Encryption and Encrypted Media Extensions

Canal+ Group Delivers First-Ever 4K Broadcast of UEFA Champions League Final With Cisco Videoscape

Cisco AnyRes Live UHD Encoders Used for Pioneering Broadcast

YuMe Launches Operations in China; Enters World’s Second Largest Advertising Market with Offices in Shanghai and Beijing

Strikes Partnerships with Several of China’s Leading Publishers in Global Expansion