Anne Morris
Anne Morris is a freelance journalist, editor and translator. Now living in France, she writes for a number of telecoms and broadcast titles and also provides research work for analyst companies. She has been part of the IBC Daily news team since 2011.
Industry TrendsAI and ML: driving content automation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is far from a new concept, as anyone who has watched the Terminator films will attest. But articles about AI and machine learning (ML) are now increasingly appearing in the mainstream media, in part owing to the release of the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT by OpenAI.
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Vodafone Germany goes live with Synamedia Clarissa
Video software provider Synamedia announced that Vodafone Germany has gone live with Synamedia Clarissa to help evaluate advertising performance and reveal actionable insights into viewing behaviour across its GigaTV service.
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TV3 Group ties with ThinkAnalytics
TV3 Group has teamed up with ThinkAnalytics to implement AI-based, personalised content recommendations for its Go3 streaming customers.
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Insys Video Technologies partners with Bitmovin
OTT solutions specialist Insys Video Technologies and Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, have partnered to provide clients with an all-in-one solution to stream live content and secure videos with Cloud DRM by integrating Cloud Video Kit and the Bitmovin Player.
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VodafoneZiggo deploys Media Distillery for better CX
Netherlands-based telco VodafoneZiggo has deployed EPG Correction Distillery from Media Distillery to improve the user experience for its nearly four million video subscribers.
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ThinkAnalytics appoints Jo Kinsella
ThinkAnalytics, which specialises in AI-based personalised content discovery and viewer analytics, announced the appointment of Jo Kinsella as strategic advisor, advertising.
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LTN hits one million milestone
LTN said it delivered one million live video feeds via the LTN Network, the company’s proprietary multicast-enabled global IP network that it says delivers less than 200ms latency and 99.999% reliability.
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XroadMedia ties with Green Streams
OTT SaaS platform provider Green Streams and XroadMedia, a specialist in personalisation and content discovery, have joined forces to provide operators and pay TV providers with what they describe as a superior experience for their TV and entertainment subscribers.
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Varnish Software unveils MSE 4
Caching, streaming and content delivery software specialist Varnish Software unveiled Massive Storage Engine (MSE) 4, its latest solution for storing and managing cached objects and their metadata, and the latest addition to Varnish Enterprise 6.
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Bitmovin and Akamai launch joint CMCD offering
Video streaming infrastructure provider Bitmovin and Akamai Technologies teamed up on a new offering that aims to provide media organisations with end-to-end visibility between the video player and CDN.
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Israel’s Yes picks 3SS and Synamedia
Yes, the pay-TV subsidiary of Israeli telco Bezeq, has turned to 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) and Synamedia for the launch of an enhanced smart TV user experience on its yes+ premium streaming service.
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Sweden’s Sappa picks Appear and Magine Pro
Sweden-based telecoms and TV services provider Sappa selected media processing and delivery technology specialist Appear and Magine Pro, a B2B managed services platform for OTT, for its OTT linear distribution media workflow including fully on-premise transcoding.
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Edgio collaborates with Canadian Hockey League
Edgio announced its collaboration with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) to provide an integrated platform for the delivery of live and on-demand hockey games broadcasts across Canada.
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Synamedia launches Quortex Link
Video software provider Synamedia unveiled Quortex Link, a pay-as-you-use, self-service multi-tenant SaaS platform for video distribution.
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Planetcast wins three Indian sports deals
Planetcast Media Services, a broadcast technology and media services provider in India and Southeast Asia, was selected as media services partner by Indian Premier League (IPL) rights winners Star Sports (domestic TV broadcast), Viacom18 (domestic OTT on JioCinema), and Times Internet (international via Cricbuzz).
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Qwilt partners with Telefónica to provide content delivery services in Spain
Telefónica, through its Telefónica Soluciones area, and North American company Qwilt reached an agreement to implement a content distribution system based on the union of both companies’ technologies.
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Cellnex picks Synamedia for RTVE in Spain
Telecoms and broadcasting infrastructure provider Cellnex opted for Synamedia’s virtual digital content manager (vDCM) to support Spanish public broadcaster RTVE in Spain.
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The benefits and challenges of cloud playout
Playout is the technology used in broadcasting to effectively transmit media content to target audiences. It has been gradually moving to the cloud for a number of years, as notably illustrated by Discovery Communications in 2018 when it moved playout of 300 channels to the cloud using technology from Amazon ...
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Planetcast Media Services acquires Desynova platform
Broadcast technology and media services provider Planetcast Media Services has acquired cloud-native content lifecycle platform Desynova to strengthen and expand its cloud-based content management capabilities for the global marketplace.
