December 22, 2016

Featured News

Top Shopping Sites Have 2.7M Listings for Video Piracy Devices

E-commerce sites including Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba have millions of listings for products that let consumers subscribe to pirate online video platforms.

Mid- to Long-Form Content Views Grow Across All Screens: Ooyala

In the latest version of its Global Video Index, Ooyala warns about the growing piracy threat for sports publishers offering 4K live video.

YouView Takes Service to the Cloud

YouView claims to be the first large-scale UK broadcaster to embrace the cloud; changes include a redesigned UI and a move from Flash to HTML5

Featured Articles

SVOD Is the Clear OTT Winner

Amazon Prime Instant Video's expansion and the introduction of BritBox drive home the point: SVOD will be the leading OTT business model for the foreseeable future.

Dailymotion/Peer5 Partnership Is A Big Win for WebRTC

WebRTC and peer-based content delivery allow Dailymotion to offload expensive hardware and bandwidth costs while improving video quality and service. Other streaming media publishers should take note and follow suit.

Enterprise Video from the Other Side of the Firewall

Enterprise video vendors are touting a slew of new features, from enterprise YouTube to HTML5 support, but enterprises themselves—particularly in the financial sector—move slowly and face hurdles to adopting the latest technologies

Industry News

Edgeware streaming TV technology provider goes public

TV CDN provider lists on the NASDAQ Stockholm exchange, joining other successful Stockholm-based IT companies

V-Nova Joins SMPTE® to Encourage Deployment of Next-Generation Video Encoding

V-Nova will participate with the SMPTE UK Section membership to assist the industry in devising practical and valuable steps to utilise standards effectively, regardless of the infrastructure in place.

Ukrkosmos Launches DTH Teleport Powered by Harmonic

BBC Worldwide and ITV Partner to Bring New SVOD Service BritBox to the U.S.

Partnership Brings Together Unrivaled Digital Catalog of British Content Under One Ad-Free Subscription Service