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HOOQ ‘Smart dubs’ a choice move
Until recently, media companies have been paying humans to watch each TV episode to manually key in or translate the subtitle. HOOQ -- a South-East Asia-based VoD service -- is taking a different approach by leveraging machine learning (ML) to automate and localise its entire content library for the Indian market.
5GX enlivens eSports
SK Telecom (SKT), a South Korean telecommunication company, has signed a partnership deal with Riot Games Korea, an eSports event organiser, to sponsor and broadcast League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) till 2020.
AT&T losing the video war
Spring of 2019 is not a great start for AT&T — a US communications giant with vertical integration of media supply chain. The company lost 627,000 video subscribers in Q1; the main loss of 544,000 was from TV subs, while the balance 83,000 loss of subscribers was from OTT video subs (DirecTVNow).
Intelsat joins forces with Dejero to launch IronRoute
You’ll get an iron-clad, robust, reliable network connectivity — and at a highly cost-efficient price. Last month, at 2019 NAB
OTT Technology defines the future of live sports
The advent of OTT providers has changed the rules of media rights distribution — especially in live sports arena. Amazon, one of the new entrants to the market, has completed a much-anticipated US$50-million deal with NFL to live-stream Thursday Night Games in the US to its Amazon Prime subscribers.
Fifty years of bespoke solutions
Magna Systems has successfully worked with leading broadcasters and telcos building complete networks and playout centres, and offering robust turnkey
Vietnam going for 5G broadcasting
As the tech face-off between China and US intensifies, a dividing line starts to prevail within the South-east Asia region. Instead of choosing sides, Viettel Group — Vietnam’s largest mobile telecommunications provider — intends to develop and build its own 5G infrastructure ground-up.
TechStorm to storm Asia?
In today’s connected world of TV everywhere, compelling content is king and seamless distribution network is queen … and so TechTV, after careful research, decided to engage Globecast for its Asian launch of TechStorm — a new digital HD channel about innovative inventions and stories of the entrepreneurs who made them happen.
Accelerating the creation of next-gen video services
ARRIS, now a part of communications technology innovator CommScope, has partnered RDK Management — an open source consortium — to launch RDK Lab Accelerator.
MediaKind understands humankind
MediaKind, launched on July 10 last year as the new brand identity for Ericsson Media Solutions, is a joint venture between One Equity Partners and Ericsson — and the company continues to draw upon Ericsson’s 150-year heritage of bringing humankind together through pioneering fixed and mobile communications.
Get Smart – stop flying blind
As IP technology permeates the broadcast production workflow worldwide, a new challenge emerged: Do we really understand what is happening in the IP network blackbox and how do we ensure reliable operation?
Transition to IP: Keep calm and call GV
“In today’s rapidly shifting mediascape, the battle for attention from viewers and support from advertisers is creating dynamic challenges for our customers and our industry,” declared Tim Shoulders, president of Grass Valley, at a press conference at 2019 NAB Show.
Risky to embrace RIST?
RIST Forum co-chairman Jacob Kinsey, who is the chief development officer at Cobalt Digital, said in a prepared statement: “RIST
Embrionix scores two awards
Embrionix unveiled at 2019 NAB Show its new emVIRTU all-IP core infrastructure and media processing platform … and instantly won two awards: an IABM BaM Award and a NAB 2019 Product of the Year trophy.
Torn between SDI or IP?
CueScript, a developer in prompting solutions, debuts CSMV2 — a SMPTE 2110-enabled monitor that is capable of supporting a wide variety of market needs from IP to existing HD-SDI, HDMI and composite video infrastructure.
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