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Executive InterviewsPrivate networks and personalisation: Verizon’s vision for the future of media
As the media and entertainment landscape evolves, telecoms provider Verizon is stepping up to become a significant player in this dynamic space. With a focus on advancing technology and improving the user experience, Verizon is set to make a substantial impact at IBC2024. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.
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Daily NewsVelocix boosts efficiency with analytics
Carrier-grade cloud TV software provider Velocix is showcasing its hybrid-cloud streaming portfolio featuring AI technology and content steering for multi-CDN delivery.
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Daily NewsCinedeck stand to be a Hub of M&E innovation
ConneX HuB from Cinedeck is described as an “advanced integrated delivery platform designed to streamline content creation, production and delivery workflows for media and entertainment professionals”.
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Industry TrendsHow AI-enhanced automation led to big efficiency gains for a leading sports league
A leading sports league looked to qibb and Vidispine to streamline content workflows, managing hundreds of games per season. The subsequent automation of content ingestion and press conference summarisation helped significantly improve efficiency. Jonas Michaelis, CEO at qibb, provides greater insight on the project.
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Thought LeadershipHow 2024 has become the 5G Broadcast Olympics
Frank Copsidas, President of the 5G Broadcast Collective, discusses the transformative potential of 5G Broadcast technology, a novel platform for delivering content directly to smart devices equipped with a 5G broadcast-enabled modem chip.
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NewsComcast launches Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ bundle
Comcast is set to launch a streaming bundle combining its Peacock platform with Netflix and Apple TV+ for $15 per month in the US.
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VideoNAB 2024: What are the dominant and emerging tech trends?
IBC365 asked broadcasters, consultants and vendors about the dominant and emerging tech trends they were seeing at NAB and in their sector. While GenAI had undoubtedly been the buzzword at the show, participants referenced the widespread adoption of IP tech, the integration of AI-powered tools with current workflows, interactive TV, ...
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Industry TrendsHow to create clearer reporting metrics for ad-supported streaming services
Ophélie Boucaud, Principal Analyst at Dataxis, sheds some light on the quest for more relevant and comparable performance metrics in the ad-supported streaming world, and what needs to happen to create greater transparency.
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Technical PapersIBC2023 Technical Paper Sessions: Streaming - improving delivery efficiency
Multicast has promised to solve the scale issue of delivering very popular television over the internet for a long time. In this session, speakers presented the first paper from BT Research, both a proof-of-concept architecture and field trial results are presented for a means to assist unicast delivery using multicast, ...
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Daily NewsInside the IBC Accelerator exploring the success of future streaming services
Challenges that will shape the success of future streaming services and ultimately increase user engagement are the pain points targeted by one of eight collaborative projects in this year’s IBC Accelerator Innovation Programme.
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Daily NewsTAG Content Matching adds confidence to monitoring
A Content Matching technology set to be on show from TAG is claimed to be its most ground-breaking yet.
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Daily NewsVelocix to unveil hybrid-cloud CDN at IBC2023
Content delivery, origin and storage, and stream personalisation software provider Velocix is showcasing its newest hybrid-cloud CDN application, which the company says enables video service providers to combine elastic, cloud delivery with ultra-cost-efficient, on-premises streaming.
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Industry TrendsMoving from LTO to Cloud – the Media Business Case
The increasing volume of digital content and the need to derive additional revenue from it has resulted in a shift in perspectives around storage strategies, as John Maxwell Hobbs reports.
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Industry TrendsThe Future of OTT Business Models: Localisation and Personalisation
The death of terrestrial TV has been a repeated topic of discussion ever since the first streaming services gained popularity. But how true is it today? Andrew Williams gets to grips with the reality…
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Daily NewsVarnish 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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Daily NewsQwilt 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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Industry TrendsThe 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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Daily NewsSTC’s Intigral selects ThinkAnalytics for streaming services
Intigral, the media arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), is using ThinkAnalytics’ Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform for its stc tv and Jawwy TV streaming services.
