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Whatever happened to 3D TV and wireless power?
The hype over 3D TV and wireless power is long gone, but both are still attracting funding. Here’s where we are and who’s doing what. Read more…
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2025 is the 5G tipping point, and media will do the tipping
ITEM: The year 2025 will be the tipping point for 5G, and you’ll have media companies to thank for that. Or perhaps the other way around, as 5G will help media and entertainment companies generate Read more…
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Global OTT video revenues will double to $129b by 2023
Global OTT video episode and movie revenues will reach $129 billion in 2023; more than double the $53 billion recorded in 2017, according to Digital TV Research. From the 138 countries covered in the Global Read more…
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How AI can transform video offerings into Big Video
To accurately define the emerging status and trends of the convergent video landscape, ZTE and other players have proposed the concept of ‘Big Video’ that covers four aspects: Big Content, Big Network, Big Data, and Read more…
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Accedo and ITV launch AI-powered personalization project
Accedo has announced a project with British broadcaster ITV to use artificial intelligence to automatically generate cover artwork which is likely to appeal best to a given user segment. The project – which will be Read more…
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HKTV is officially done with TV as CA accepts terms of surrender
HKTV has officially ended its eight-year quest to break into Hong Kong’s free-to-air TV business after the Communications Authority (CA) accepted its application to surrender the broadcast license it only received less than a year Read more…
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Chunghwa Telecom upgrades Verimatrix VCAS to support 4K streaming
Verimatrix announced that Chunghwa Telecom has upgraded to the latest generation of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to secure new delivery models and support next-generation services and technology as it its multimedia-on-demand (MoD) offering Read more…
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KT Skylife deploys Nagra watermarking to protect 4K content
Kudelski Group’s Nagra announced that Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skylife will deploy its NexGuard watermarking solution for pay-TV to meet forensic watermarking requirements mandated by MovieLabs’ Enhanced Content Protection for premium content, including 4K Ultra HD and Read more…
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Ultracast taps Tata for global 360 video/VR broadcasts
Tata Communications has announced that it has been chosen by Ultracast to power the international expansion of the company’s 360° video and virtual reality (VR) platform. Ultracast creates live 360° video and VR content in Read more…
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SK Telecom, Sinclair and One Media to develop ATSC 3.0 platform
SK Telecom announced that it has signed an MoU at CES 2018 with US television broadcaster Sinclair Broadcast Group and its subsidiary, One Media, to jointly explore development of the ATSC 3.0 digital TV standard. Read more…
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Amazon drops TV bundles plan because there’s no money in it
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amazon.com has scrapped plans to launch an online streaming service bundling popular US broadcast and cable networks because it believes it cannot make enough money on such a service, people Read more…
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Tata to provide multi-platform CDN for Motorsport.tv
Motorsport.tv has partnered with Tata Communications to power the international growth of the network’s internet television platforms. Tata Communications will become Motorsport Network’s CDN (content delivery network) – the platform that will deliver video content Read more…
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KT Skylife takes on OTT competition via Alticast Ambient TV platform
Satellite broadcasting operator KT Skylife has selected the Alticast Ambient TV platform as the foundation for Telebee, a new end-to-end turnkey OTT service to compete against Netflix, Hulu and other SVOD services. According to Alticast, Read more…
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SVOD to overtake traditional pay TV in Australia in 2018: report
Subscription video on demand (SVOD) services delivered over the Internet are proving so popular in Australia that they could be more popular than traditional pay TV services by the middle of next year. According to Read more…
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ZoneTV, Ooyala and Microsoft to create AI-driven customizable linear TV
ZoneTV says it will utilize solutions from Ooyala and Microsoft to apply cognitive technology to linear TV by automatically curating content into a customizable suite of linear TV channels. ZoneTV has licensed 6,000 hours of digital Read more…
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Verimatrix acquires client data collection tech from Genius Digital
Verimatrix announced that it has acquired MiriMON technology and its development team from TV audience analytics firm Genius Digital. The client device data collection technology has already been integrated within the Verimatrix Verspective Operator Analytics solution suite Read more…
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Overcoming the challenges of IP migration for pay-TV content
The delivery of pay-TV content over IP networks is heating up. In the race to satisfy the consumer appetite for on-demand content and multiscreen access, a growing number of pay-TV operators are moving some of Read more…
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CNN International Commercial sets up big data division for advertisers
CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) says it has established a new Audiences and Data center of excellence to invest in data insight, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that will evolve the way advertisers can partner Read more…
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Aussie media dinosaurs seek rules change to fight OTT disruption
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Bosses of Australia’s media companies, including an arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, have formed an unprecedented front to lobby for changes they say will allow more consolidation and help them compete Read more…
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Fox Sports taps Telstra for centralized live broadcast production hubs
Telstra announced it had been selected by Fox Sports to be its network partner of choice, using Telstra’s Distributed Production Network (DPN) to enhance Fox’s outside broadcasting model. DPN is an end-to-end IP network been Read more…