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TikTok is eating Meta’s lunch, and the metaverse is too distant to help
Meta’s failure to repel TikTok is a rare example of a Chinese company using tech to take market share from a giant US digital ecosystem. Read more…
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Hotmail co-founder launches ShowReel video platform for jobseekers
Sabeer Bhatia unveils ShowReel, a social video messaging platform designed enable employment and upskilling opportunities for jobseekers. Read more…
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The media and video industry in India is booming, fueled by the pandemic
The media and video industry in India has undergone more change in the last six months than it has seen in the last 30 years. Read more…
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Video subscription models may not be all they seem to be
Problem with video subscription services, unlike music you can listen to many times – you can only watch so many murder-set-in-rustbelt-town documentaries. Read more…
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Global video and games market generates $152bn in 2019
The global video and electronic games market will generate $152.1 billion in 2019, up 9.6% over last year as gaming morphs into content and communication. Read more…
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Apple sets date for big TV and video service announcement
Apple has invited media to a March 25 event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus where it is expected to launch a television and video service. Read more…
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B2B embracing video and what that means for service providers
B2B businesses are increasingly using video to engage customers and employees – presenting new opportunities to B2B service providers. Read more…
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Blockchain your video (some assembly required)
Blockchain has much to offer the video world, but it’s not a simple silver-bullet solution. Verimatrix CTO Petr Peterka explains why that’s not a bad thing. Blockchain has perhaps become the big buzzword of 2018. Read more…
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Verimatrix reveals cloud content distribution platform
Verimatrix has unveiled a new content distribution platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that provides enhanced connectivity between content providers and video service operators, streamlines end-to-end workflows and automates video analytics reporting. The new ‘Viewthority’ platform, which is built Read more…
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DoCoMo PoC to analyze CCTV video via edge computing
NTT DoCoMo announced that it has commenced a proof-of-concept (PoC) aimed at realizing a new video IoT solution that it says will enable the interpretation and analysis of video data sourced from surveillance cameras using Read more…
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Where should telcos sit in the age of ubiquitous video?
Video is running out of control. You could say ‘growing exponentially’ but that would be like saying a firehose is quite a strong stream of water. Video traffic is already the most popular form of Read more…
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Enterprise video will be a $312 billion market for telcos in 2022
Enterprise video markets such as e-learning, video communications and video surveillance should be targeted by operators looking to benefit from the transition to IP-based services over the next few years, according to a new study Read more…
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Mavenir talks network transformation and mobile-native UCaaS
Network transformation continues to be a hot topic in the mobile sector, whether you’re talking about the RAN, the core or everything in between. That brings us quickly to Mavenir, which knows a little something Read more…
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Nokia video analytics trial to predict chances of elderly falling down
Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with St Luke’s Eldercare (SLEC) in Singapore to co-develop and conceptualize innovative solutions for the elderly – to include a trial of what Nokia is billing as Read more…
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Verimatrix launches managed video security/analytics in the cloud
Verimatrix has announced the launch of the Verimatrix Secure Cloud, a new deployment option that equips video service operators with a trusted, flexible, fully managed framework for video content security and analytics in the cloud. Supported Read more…
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IoT and video will drive IP traffic past 3 zettabytes by 2021: VNI
Global digital transformation will continue to have a significant impact on the demands and requirements of IP networks over the next few years, as annual IP traffic exceeds 3 zettabytes by 2021, up from an Read more…
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Wanna get the most out of customers’ personal data? Take their privacy seriously
It may sound paradoxical, but it’s not: operators who respect personal data privacy will get greater insight from that data Verimatrix hosted a stimulating and insightful event on data privacy ahead of the recent TV Read more…
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Philippines video service provider Blink Now taps Ooyala integrated platform
According to Media Partner Asia’s Online Video Distribution report presented at the APOS event last year, 27% of viewers in the Philippines were likely to cancel premium channel subscriptions. On the other hand, as much as 21% were Read more…
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Facebook’s video strategy is a smart and sensible move
Facebook is making the right choice in targeting video first, as it already has traction and video-based services tend to have the lowest requirements for artificial intelligence to make them easy, fun and useful. With Read more…
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Cisco unveils IVP Labs for Infinite Video customers to test new features
Cisco has launched the Infinite Video Platform (IVP) Labs, which it says will enable all of its Infinite Video customers globally to “define together the future of the consumer video experience” by giving them the Read more…