Category: Vendors
Mux Lands $105M Series d to Provide Fast Track for Developers in Exploding Video Streaming Market
As the world begins to adjust to its new normal, streaming video shows no signs of slowing down, and Mux is the leading platform to help developers continue building on-demand and interactive live video experiences. Our mission...
Read MoreThe Future of Live Online Sports & Piracy
It is imperative that over-the-top (OTT) providers consider anti-piracy and cybersecurity measures to defend against these attacks, including moving to a ‘Zero Trust’ model or edge solution. A key growth strategy for streaming...
Read MoreNBCUniversal, iSpot.tv, Publicis to Conduct Measurement Pilot During Super Bowl & Olympics
The new deal is part of a major effort by NBCUniversal to bring advertisers more accurate, timely and diverse insights that capture the way audiences consume content and use this broad array of performance metrics to modernize...
Read MoreDisruptel Partners with TCL to Bring Contextual Awareness to TV
“Traditional video ad pods are pretty disruptive,” Quinn said, “so we’re only showing ads when the user [asks for] it.” “This [will] mark the first time that TVs truly understand what’s [happening] on their own screens,” said...
Read MoreCloudinary Extends Video Capabilities with Indivio Acquisition
Cloudinary, the media experience platform for many of the world’s top brands, today announced its acquisition of Indivio, an innovative video software company that helps modern marketing teams create and deliver high-performing,...
Read MoreEthereum-Based Livepeer Raises for Its Decentralized Video Streaming Platform — Its Competitors Building Video Platforms On…
The company aims to reduce operating costs for online streaming and on-demand video applications by dispersing transcoding work to all participating computers on its network. Livepeer, a decentralized video streaming network...
Read MoreIntel to Ring in 2022 with New, Faster AV1 Encoder Release
These new presets allow for even higher levels of performance and the ability to handle more AV1 encodes concurrently on servers. At preset level 8, the Xeon Platinum 8380 2P server could encode a 4K stream at 95 FPS.
Read MoreComscore Acquires Shareablee
The deal, which closed on December 16, 2021, will allow Comscore to expand its Media Metrix and Video Metrix currencies to include Shareablee’s social media engagement and video insights. The combined audience insights of...
Read MoreThinkAnalytics 2022 Predictions
We’ll see video service providers selling prime tile space on their TV recommendations carousel to content and channel owners who will run campaigns personalized to each viewer. These personalized tile promotions will also...
Read MoreTaking Content Close to the Edge: How Broadcasters Are Using Edge Computing to Redefine the Viewing Experience
Despite the slow uptake of edge computing in the media and entertainment industry, it’s clear that edge computing will drive innovations that will help broadcasters reimagine the viewing experience by overcoming the challenge of...
Read MoreATP Media, AWS and Gravity Media Complete Large Scale, Multi-vendor Production Proof of Concept for Virtualised Live…
(AWS) and Gravity Media, the global provider of live broadcast facilities and production services, collaborated with leading manufacturers to undertake a large scale virtualised, AWS-based, live broadcast production Proof of...
Read MoreMoscow State’s Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin Talks Codecs and Quality
Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin is the Head of the Moscow State University Graphics and Media Lab, which is the developer of the Video Quality Measurement Tool (VQMT), the developer of the crowd-sourced video rating site Subjectify.us, and...
Read MoreAmazon Web Services Has Been Causing Issues with Disney+, Ring Doorbells, & More of the Internet Today
At 9:37 am PST, an hour after the problems were being reported, Amazon shared an update : “We have identified the root cause and are actively working towards recovery.” Have you noticed that your smart home devices, streaming...
Read MoreUnity, Weta, and Faceless Platforms
Peter Jackson: Together Unity and Weta Digital can create a pathway for any artist in any industry who will now be able to leverage these incredible creative tools. This too makes sense: developing software is both incredibly...
Read MoreDoubleVerify to Buy OpenSlate for $150 Million
DoubleVerify, a measurement and verification business, had agreed a deal to buy contextual targeting and brand safety specialist OpenSlate in a cash and stock transaction valued at $150 million. While Meetrics’ toolset was more...
Read MorefuboTV Acquires Molotov, Edisn.ai as it Records Subs Milestone
In what the sports-first live TV streaming platform says is an inflection point in its business, fuboTV has revealed that just after closing its third quarter of the year it has not only clocked up a million total paid...
Read MoreSigniant Acquires Levels Beyond – OTTVerse
The company recently acquired Lesspain Software to facilitate organizing, finding, and interacting with media assets, and the Levels Beyond acquisition will now extend Signiant’s offerings to include a range of configurable...
Read MoreAmazon Busts Its Way to the Top of Gartner’s 2021 Ad Tech Magic Quadrant
“Some of these companies have been thinking about that longer and harder than others, and that’s a differentiator,” said Andrew Frank, VP of research and a distinguished analyst at Gartner and one of the authors of the quadrant,...
Read MoreSony Investment Pushes Video Startup Kiswe Beyond $46M in Funding
The company will use the money to expand its sales efforts for its Kiswe’s Cloud Video Engine for content rights holders around the world who aim to deliver interactive video experiences for their consumers and build their own...
Read MoreYour Guide to Media and Entertainment At re:Invent 2021
Plus, stop by the AWS for Media & Entertainment and Games Lounge at the Venetian to network and learn from AWS experts and your peers. Learn how AWS for media and entertainment simplifies using the cloud to build, deploy,...
Read MoreG-Core Labs Integrates Its CDN with the HESP Protocol for Low Latency Streaming, up to 2?second Delay
G-Core Labs, the international cloud and edge solution provider, has joined the HESP Alliance and integrated the HESP protocol into its content delivery network. As opposed to its analogs — WebRTC, RTMP, HLS and MPEG-DASH — HESP...
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