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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).
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.
Hulu ads surged to $1.5b
Hulu, an Internet-based VoD founded by NBC Universal, is leveraging binge-watchers to increase advertisement revenues.
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.
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.
Five crucial ways the pay-TV industry can innovate to ensure long-term growth
In today’s disrupted pay-TV landscape, consumers are demanding more for less, new entrants are flooding the market, and content investment costs continue to rise.
Bridging the IP gap
IP has improved workflow production, but challenges of transiting to IP still exist for many broadcasters. Catering to the needs of broadcast professionals, Bridge Technologies is introducing hardware and software tools to enable a smooth transit to an all-IP infrastructure.
Piracy killing SVoD in Indonesia
Despite the growing success of OTT in Indonesia, the conversion rate from AVoD to SVoD is less than 1%. This alarmingly low conversion rate can be largely attributed to a high level of piracy in Indonesia. DTH piracy market thrive as illegal cable operators re-transmit DTH signals to their own subscribers.
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