Zixi recently announced the global availability of Zixi as a Service (ZaaS), broadcast infrastructure as a service that enables media companies and service providers to quickly ingest and distribute live video over any IP with ultra-low latency.
EEG Video launches CDI Alta to support live captioning for AWS Cloud Digital Interface, streamlining real-time captioning for uncompressed live video over IP.
Broadcasters such as the BBC and CNN were among major casualties of the recent global internet outage involving Californian CDN provider Fastly, which will lead to re-evaluation of measures to reduce impact of such disruptions in future.
The strategic partnership with Encompass Digital Media provides content management and media processing for Encompass’ Altitude Media Cloud.
There was a time when the mere mention of bringing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into the media industry brought visions of robots replacing humans. Today that is certainly not the case—although we might be getting close: I saw a robotic camera operator move the cameras for a national television news show from his converted kitchen table. On-air, viewers never saw a difference from the programs they always watch.
Norway’s biggest commercial broadcaster, TV 2 Norway, has chosen Grass Valley’s Kaleido-IP Video Multiviewer as part of its migration to open standards-based IP workflows.
UK audience measurement agency BARB (Broadcasters Audience Research Board) is about to launch regular data on SVoD (Subscription VoD) viewing, as well as video-sharing platforms.
NBC Olympics will use Signiant’s file transfer software for its production of the Tokyo Games.
