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Driven in no small part by the COVID-19 pandemic, over-the-top (OTT) streaming has exploded over the last few years. In the United States, about 53% of households currently have three or more subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services, and 27% have five or more. And the demand for premium content anytime, anywhere, and on any screen only continues to grow.
There can be no doubt that the humble ‘throw down’ brick as our American friends would call them, (although we don’t recommend throwing equipment around) has played a vital role in broadcast systems for many years. Originally conceived as economical and convenient ‘glue’ to add some basic stand-alone functionality and fiber or format conversion to the periphery of a larger system, the capabilities of the now ubiquitous yellobrik continues to grow. This is the story of yellobrik, enjoy.
One of the key trends at IBC 2022 is virtualization and moving to cloud-native infrastructures. Manufacturers and users want to improve workflow efficiencies with whole cloud ecosystems and data.
Veset will be showcasing a number of new features in its enterprise cloud playout platform, Veset Nimbus, at this year’s IBC. The new features and functionalities include the introduction of scheduling blocks, support for Adobe After Effects, and the ability to view a weekly programme schedule.
Founded in 2004 as Appear TV, the company rebranded in 2021 as Appear to better reflect its expanding product portfolio and the non-broadcast customers (like telcos, head-end operators and the hospitality sector) it is now supporting. Based in Oslo, Appear launched a new U.S. division in April 2022, with sales/technical support offices in Palo Alto, Calif., Denver and the East Coast. They also maintain a sales, support and operations office in Southampton, UK.
Bitmovin, a leading provider of video streaming infrastructure, has announced its new Live Event Encoder. The Live Event Encoder optimizes start-up times and provides more efficient encoding workflows for developers to deliver live events in the highest image quality to viewers worldwide.
After the success of the first MPEG-5 LCEVC Showcase at NAB’22 in Las Vegas, a similar display will reunite the growing LCEVC ecosystem in Europe for the first time - to present the new video standard by MPEG, MPEG-5 LCEVC - at IBC.
The scope and scale of broadcast monitoring and compliance (M&C) has increased greatly in the three years since the last physical IBC show in 2019, with vendors now showing off capabilities designed to compete on an expanded front beyond the basic operational and legal functions required.
