Cisco has unveiled its new Infinite suite of cloudpowered video solutions; Infinite Video will launch by the end of 2015, and Infinite Home will be available early 2016. The new solutions will offer full-featured linear, on-demand, and cloud DVR video experiences. The Cisco Infinite portfolio will operate across the entire range of delivery models, be it OTT or managed, and whether cable, satellite, wireline or wireless delivery. Being cloudpowered, the new technology allows service … [Read more...] about Heads up in the cloud
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Put Programmatic TV to Work for You Today
The U.S. TV landscape continues to change, and the rise of automated, programmatic trading continues unabated in the digital video advertising world (according to eMarketer, programmatic digital video ad spend in the U.S. will rise to nearly $4 billion in 2016). It now promises to disrupt and drive conversion within the traditional TV industry as well, offering broadcasters and operators the opportunity to drive greater efficiencies and revenue than ever before. Programmatic TV can begin to work … [Read more...] about Put Programmatic TV to Work for You Today
Southeast Asia – Among the Most Confi dent Nation Globally
SINGAPORE – Southeast Asian consumer confidence remains strong in Q4 2014, with four Southeast Asian markets ranking in the top 10 most optimistic countries globally, according to the latest Consumer Confidence Index released by Nielsen, a global information and measurement company. The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions also reveals five of six Southeast Asian markets register a confidence index above 100 percentage points (pp). Consumer confidence levels … [Read more...] about Southeast Asia – Among the Most Confi dent Nation Globally
NHK’s 8K transmission successfully tested
Tokyo – NHK is conducting research and development on a large-capacity terrestrial transmission technology to realise 8K (Super Hi-Vision) (hereafter referred to as 8K) terrestrial broadcasting. On this occasion, a long-distance test transmission was successfully achieved. In the test, a compressed 8K signal was transmitted on a single UHF-band channel (6-MHz bandwidth), from a test station at NHK's Hitoyoshi TV relay station in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. It was confirmed … [Read more...] about NHK’s 8K transmission successfully tested
Up in the Cloud
Q: Where is Brightcove today and how has it been entering the TV space? A: Brightcove is best known for our Video Cloud online video platform, but we’re much more than that. Brightcove provides cloud content services that help organisations of all kinds to publish and distribute professional digital media. We actually do two things: 1. Deliver the world’s professional digital media; so we enable organisations like Discovery Networks, Time, Sony Pictures and PUMA to publish and … [Read more...] about Up in the Cloud
The Need for Agility in Building OTT Platforms in Asia
As one casts a look across the evolving multiscreen market, there can perhaps be no more significant reality than the one looming for Asia Pacific-based pay-TV operators and telcos preparing to deploy mobile, over-the-top (OTT) television services. Whether or not OTT multiscreen efforts will generate significant revenues, they have become a necessary business strategy: multiscreen is here to stay and it’s clear that linear TV isn’t going away any time soon. Yet, while the multiscreen … [Read more...] about The Need for Agility in Building OTT Platforms in Asia