VoD

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Blackbird-Imagen cloud platform a fast-turn social/VoD workflow

Cloud media asset management platform Imagen is now integrated with the Blackbird cloud native video editing platform.

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Streann partners Blackbird to offer powerful remote live streaming

Streann Media, an over-the-top (OTT) streaming platform, has teamed up with Blackbird, a cloud native video editing and publishing platform, to bring content providers a more efficient way to produce live events remotely.

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Globecast empowered Infront to use cloud streaming for IIHF 2021

Globecast, the solutions provider for media and content management, has announced that Infront, a Wanda Sports Group company, partnered with the company for the delivery of global distribution services for the 2021 IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) World Championships, held recently in Riga, Latvia.

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Mediacorp providing extensive coverage of Tokyo Summer Olympics

Singapore sports fans are in for a treat, as Mediacorp will be broadcasting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games across multiple platforms, including 14 channels of dedicated content on the video-on-demand (VoD) streaming service meWATCH.

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Tightrope weaves live community VoD and OTT content onto apps

Tightrope Media Systems has expanded its Screenweave mobile and over-the-top (OTT) apps to bring community media organisations’ live channels and on-demand programmes to a wider range of viewing platforms.

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Disney+ ropes in AWS as public cloud infrastructure provider

Since its launch in November 2019, Disney+ has surpassed the 100-million subscriber mark in 59 countries across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

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STARZPLAY secures US$25 million in financing from Ruya Partners

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have grown in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, if STARZPLAY's experience is anything to go by.

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Automating the VoD/OTT distribution workflow for speed and flexibility

Speed and efficiency are essential in today’s multi-platform media world.

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Video content investment skyrocketed to US$10b in Asia

MPA’s latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics said that India and South Korea are leading the growth, accounting for a combined video spend of more than 75% among the seven countries surveyed — India, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Big Data & Analytics

Synamedia hires Kewley to enhance data monetisation

Synamedia, a video delivery solution backed by Sky, has appointed Scott Kewley as its vice-president of Advanced Advertising & Data Products to lead growth in its advertising and data monetisation business — AdSmart, a personalised ad-targeting platform.

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South Korean broadcasters call for OTT Tax

The Ministry of Science and ICT & Future Planning has asked the Korea Legislation Research Institute to study the current status of digital taxes in the country — especially in the aspect of OTT services.

Get SMART, save costs

Tedial is leveraging its metadata engine to automate sports highlights and distribution, including integration of digital platform to feed campaigns into social media platforms.

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Interra Systems to deliver QoE across all screens at 2019 NAB Show

Interra Systems will be showcasing its Baton ABR QC and Orion-OTT monitoring solutions, which are designed to perform QC checks and monitor video-on-demand (VoD) and live content from ingest to distribution points.

Distribution

CABSAT 2019: Globecast delivers content across all screens

With the aim of delivering 'any event to any screen', Globecast has developed Globecast Live, a turnkey live content solution that combines the company’s live content acquisition expertise with its Digital Media Hub cross-platform suite of content publishing services for sports and live events.