All Connected TV & Devices articles
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Industry Trends
CDNs: Building a better video experience
Western European premium content owners plan to greatly accelerate their content distribution (CDN) workflows by 2022. With CDNs set to be the top media technology in the minds of enterprises, get prepared, and learn from the experiences of a panel of experts.
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News
Android TV: Inside Google’s TV platform
IBC recently gathered a panel of experts in the pay-TV field, including set-top box (STB) manufacturers and Android TV integrators, to explore and discuss the opportunities for pay-TV operators offered by Google’s platform. The discussion provided valuable insight into a market in the throes of transformation.
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Video
GTMedia Product Portofolio
IBC SHOWCASE: GTMedia is the world’s leading brand of set-top boxes and multimedia products, ranking top in market shares in many countries. Watch this product demo to get taken through their product portfolio.
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Industry Trends
Why Quibi pulled the plug
Quibi launched its shortform streaming service amid great fanfare in April this year, but just six months later founders Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg have announced it is to close. So, what went wrong?
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Jigna Chandaria, BBC R&D
BBC R D lead research engineer Jigna Chandaria has led pioneering research into the environmental impact of the broadcasting industry. She hopes her findings – that set top boxes, TVs as well as routers are “the hotspots in the system” – could prompt change.
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Executive Interviews
Q&A with Tang Wei, ZTE
With smart homes becoming more common, ZTE VP of Home Media Center Product Tang Wei speaks to IBC365 about what the Chinese vendor is doing in this space.
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Thought Leadership
The outlook of home multimedia centre in a 5G Era
5G will have a huge impact on home entertainment by allowing consumers to have more personalised services, writes ZTE FM CTIO Lu Wei
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News
News Roundup: Apple TV+ named least popular SVOD & DPP report on building back
24-28 August: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Webinar
Android TV: Inside Google’s TV platform
Catch up on demand to explore the options for operators and broadcasters who operate or plan to launch Android TV-based services.
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Video
HiSilicon SmartHome, know you and know more
IBC Showcase: As a long-term partner of pay-TV operators, HiSilicon provides chips with media capabilities, visual capabilities, and complete connection capabilities represented by 8K+AI to meet customers’ diversified application requirements in smart home scenarios.
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Whitepaper
Thematic Services: The future of OTT?
IBC Showcase: This whitepaper explores how thematic OTT services stack up and how they can compete in a world of giants.
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News
Trump puts timer on TikTok takeover talks
President Donald Trump says any purchase of TikTok’s US unit by an American firm must be completed by a 15 September deadline, with the US government taking a cut from the deal.
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News
Teletubbies brought to life via AR
Classic kids TV characters from Teletubbies, In the Night Garden and Boy Dragon are to be brought to life through augmented reality.
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Industry Trends
IBC2020 Accelerators: 5G centralised streaming for location-based VR
A new IBC Accelerator investigates the potential of a 5G centralised streaming model to enhance the user experience in location-based VR venues. Ian Volans investigates.
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News
Altice’s BFMTV launches vertical mobile viewing solution
French news channel BFMTV has launched what it claims is the world’s first “Live Vertical” solution which automatically converts the horizontal frames of standard TV streams to a vertical format better suited to smartphones.
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Video
Moso PD 65W GaN
IBC Showcase: Moso PD 65W GaN is a USB Type-C, USB Power Delivery 3.0 output port multifunctional charger.
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News
Connected TV viewership rises in key European markets
Connected TV viewership has grown to reach 50% of households in Europe’s five biggest markets, according to a new report from video advertising platform SpotX.
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Industry Trends
Quibi wins first court battle over Turnstyle technology
A US judge has denied an injunction that would have forced streaming platform Quibi to ditch its signature “Turnstyle” screen feature.
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News
Disney+ to become the exclusive home of Disney Channels in the UK
The Walt Disney Company is closing its kids channels in the UK after negotiations over carriage agreements with pay-TV platforms Sky and Virgin Media ended without a deal.
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News
Weekly News Roundup: Technicolor files for Chapter 15 and Nent launches Finnish OTT
22-26 June: Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.