July 30, 2015

Featured News

Ericsson Plans 5G Showcase at 2018 Winter Olympics

As the Next Generation Mobile Networks consortium works on 5G standards, with wide availability projected for a decade from now, Ericsson says it will highlight the technology at the PyeongChang games in three years.

Netflix Raising Prices Across Europe by €1, Calls Hike Necessary

New subscribers will get the increased rate, while current customers will get their same rate for another 12 months.

Dailymotion Introduces Improved Video Player, Adds 4K, Chromecast

Over a year in the making, the new player offers Flash and HTML5 feature parity, and scores with accessibility offerings.

Featured Articles

V-Nova Gains Traction; Will Publish Performance Tests at IBC

Perseus technology is in use for contribution feeds for Sky Italia; company says it accommodates greater color depth and higher dynamic range in addition to offering efficiency gains

The 2015 Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards Finalists

The votes are in and counted. Here are the top three vote-getters in each category. Check back for the winners at the end of August.

Industry News

Dejero Chooses Monerjan Medientechnik as German Distributor

Leading Provider of Integrated Technology Solutions to Offer Dejero's LIVE+ Platform to Broadcasters and Other Media Enterprises in Germany

Thomson Video Networks Launches Upgrade of ViBE EM4000 Premium HD/SD Encoder

Latest Version Supports Company's Flextream 2.0 for Including Non-Video Components in Statistical Multiplexing; Also Includes New Capabilities for Targeted Advertising

ContentWise launches advanced metadata processing engine Knowledge Factory as stand-alone product

Maturity of the add-on to ContentWise Personalization System combined with customer demand inform decision to release metadata blending, enriching and management tool as a separate product

Thomson Video Networks Introduces Interlaced Mode and Statistical Multiplexing Support for HEVC in ViBE VS7000

Newest Version Provides HEVC Compression for Interlaced Video to Deliver Premium Video Quality at Maximum Bandwidth Efficiencies