December 10, 2015

Featured News

BBC Store Debuts, Encourages Viewers to Create Digital Libraries

Fans of BBC programming are now able to create online libraries of their favorite shows and specials. Mobile apps are coming soon.

Parrot Analytics Measurement System Charts Real-Time Demand

With Parrot's demand ratings, broadcasters and OTT providers can measure the popularity of content streamed from any service.

Netflix Is Driving the Direct-to-Consumer Movement, Says IHS

More channels are creating over-the-top direct-to-consumer subscription services, changing the meaning of what a channel is and what it provides.

Featured Articles

Testing the Vitec MGW Ace and MGW D265 for HEVC Encode/Decode

While Vitec's latest encoder and decoder are strong products by themselves, they're even more impressive when used together in a complete end-to-end solution.

HEVC's Journey in 2015: Going Downhill and Gaining Speed

This year, HEVC has gone from the heir apparent to an unmanageable mess. Meanwhile, open source codec efforts are focused and progressing. What happened?

What Esports Can Teach Video Creators About Attracting Viewers

Through a series of smart moves, esports organizations have built a global audience of millions of enthusiastic fans. Here are three takeaways for savvy content creators.

Resistance Is Futile: How Broadcast and Cable Are Embracing IP

Broadcast is moving to an IP-first, software-defined video infrastructure, and in the process reducing costs and creating new editorial opportunities.

Industry News

IPE Systems install Quicklink TX for a major UK commercial TV network

One of the UK’s leading broadcast systems integration companies IPE Systems, has installed multiple Quicklink TX for one of the UK’s largest commercial TV networks as part of a multi-million pound project. The Quicklink TX makes use of a Skype call manage

Zeop Optimizes Video Delivery With Pre-Caching Technology From Broadpeak

Using Broadpeak's Video Server and CDN Manager Solutions, Zeop Decreases Video Delivery Costs, Increases Flexibility, and Improves QoE and QoS for End Users

Sweden's TV4 Simplifies Live HD Streaming With AVIWEST DMNG System

MTV Finland selected Unified Origin to stream MPEG-DASH and HLS using PlayReady Encrypted Smooth content

By using Unified Streaming’s PIFF2CENC solution, converting the content to other formats including encryption was easy.