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Adopt IP today for tomorrow
It’s IP, IP and more IP-based solutions being demonstrated in the halls at Las Vegas Convention Center, USA, as 2019 NAB Show welcomed trade visitors from around the world.
Strategic move by Mediacorp
Mediacorp, Singapore’s leading transmedia platform, has formed a strategic partnership with iflix, an OTT platform for emerging markets, to pave the way for regional streaming of locally produced content. This is in line with the shift from star-studded contents to hyper-local originals.
What do cord-nevers want?
Cord-nevers in America have grown by 12% in 2018 to 31 million, up from 9% increase in 2017. This is not a surprising figure as the average cord-nevers have a median age of 33 – a generation that is closely-knitted by TV programming.
AWS accelerates video transcoding by up to 25x
Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon that provides B2B and B2C cloud solutions, unveils its accelerated transcoding technology on the first day of 2019 NAB Show. The new feature within AWS Elemental Mediaconvert enables broadcasters, OTT distributors, and other premium content providers to complete video transcoding process 25 times faster than the traditional process.
Next-gen IP video for broadcasters
The news of Vizrt, a provider of visual storytelling tools, acquiring NewTek, which is an IP-driven and live video production solutions company, has sent ripples across the broadcast industry — the acquisition is deemed by some as a formation of a video systems powerhouse. By joining forces, they aspire to empower every individual — regardless a student or a tier-1 broadcaster — to create his or her story using IP video.
Let PAM be your eyes and ears
The IP roadshow aims to educate technical professions in gaining insights into the challenges surrounding IP integration and provide solutions
Hulu ads surged to $1.5b
Hulu, an Internet-based VoD founded by NBC Universal, is leveraging binge-watchers to increase advertisement revenues.
5G is the backbone of 4IR
While China and the US are pulled into trade wars and brawled over Chinese telecom company Huawei, South Korea has sneaked up on the ‘technology arms race’ and launched 5G network services coupled with the first 5G phone in the world – the Samsung S10.
Singtel to have new curated VOD channels
HOOQ, Asia’s VOD service, has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Singtel. The new agreement will bring HOOQ’s content to even more Singtel’s postpaid mobile, broadband and TV customers in Singapore.
Mad to still live in ‘Guess Economy’!
New York-based MadHive is using cryptography and blockchain technology to address ad fraud that it estimates will amount to US$19 billion in 2019 — and a study conducted by Pixalate has found that 19% of global OTT impressions are invalid.
What’s real, what’s practical at Imagine?
While Japan is ready to broadcast the 2020 Summer Olympics in 8K, many countries are making do with HD+HDR or 4K, including Asian broadcasters visiting 2019 NAB Show looking for practical and cost-effective hybrid solutions to go fully digital. Imagine Communications’ willingness to share real-world deployment stories, especially how to seamlessly bridge SDI and IP networks, will attract much attention.
CyanView-Panasonic alliance saves $$$ & time
The lack of true multi-cam control solutions makes the sub-$10K cinema cameras difficult to use. CyanView has collaborated with Panasonic to solve the problem by a 3.0 firmware upgrade that supports a USB-LAN adapter, thereby allowing IP control. This enabled the EVA-LIVE multi-cam control to integrate with CyanView’s Cy-RCP remote control panel.
Get SMART, save costs
Tedial, the innovator of SMARTLIVE, will be demonstrating at 2019 NAB Show its AI-powered solution which automatically provisions a production environment to manage multi-venue feeds to generate personalised content, thereby creating content that leads to better fan engagement and additional revenue.
Aspera-tion: To create fastest & secure transfer of data
IBM Aspera aims to move the world’s data at maximum speed regardless of distance and file size without compromising security and reliability.
OTT in the balance
Cord-cutters have a new reason to cut the cord as Sling TV adds two separate add-on network — E! and Paramount Network — to its suite of shows at no additional charge.
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