CABSAT: SipRadius To Feature Live AV1 & JPEG-XS Over Transport Streams

SipRadius, a specialist in live media transport and transcoding, will showcase their world-leading implementation of AV1 and JPEG-XS over transport streams at CABSAT (May 21-23, Dubai World Trade Center | […]

OTTera Partners With ThinkAnalytics To Enhance Personalization And Drive Revenue Growth

OTTera, a provider of end-to-end OTT and FAST channel solutions, partnering with ThinkAnalytics, a global provider of advanced content discovery and viewer engagement solutions. Through this collaboration, OTTera will integrate ThinkAnalytics’ ThinkFAST AI […]

Amagi Appoints Richard Perkett Chief Product Officer

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), today named Richard Perkett its chief product officer. He brings more than 25 years of experience […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Cobalt Iron Earns Patent On Analytics-Based Dynamic Authorization Control

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that it has received a patent on its technology for dynamic authorization control based on information technology security and […]

NAB SHOW 2024

At NAB Show, An Anxious Hunt For Efficiencies

Last week’s NAB Show thrummed with broadcasters keen to arm themselves for a rocky 2025.

Deutsche Telekom Powers New MagentaTV Service With Broadpeak’s Cloud DVR Solution

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced today that Deutsche Telekom has revamped its MagentaTV IPTV platform […]

Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance And Nautel Collaborate On Emergency Alert Virtualization

Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance and Nautel have joined forces to “reimagine EAS alerting for radio’s increasingly virtual, IP-driven world.” This approach, called EAS At The Edge, was demonstrated at […]

IBC Launches 2024 Innovation Awards With Nominations Now Open Across Five Categories

IBC is preparing to honor the highest achievements in technological innovation and social impact with the launch of its IBC2024 Innovation Awards, as nominations are now open. This year’s awards bring […]

Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 5.4 With New Motion Design Mode, Unreal Vcam For Android

Epic Games today released Unreal Engine 5.4, with new features and improvements to performance, visual fidelity and productivity designed to benefit game developers and creators across industries. Notable in UE 5.4 […]

GlobalM And Scoopa Partner To Facilitate Rapid Content Distribution

GlobalM has set a strategic partnership with Scoopa, a specialist in broadcast-quality content distribution, offering a complementary service for live transmission of recordings and file exchange. While GlobalM’s software-defined video network […]

Disney Entertainment Chief Technology Officer Aaron LaBerge To Step Down After 20 Years

The executive will join PENN Entertainment, which operates ESPN’s online sportsbook.

Bolin Adds NDI Advanced Connectivity Across Product Line

Bolin Technology, a brand of PTZ cameras, and NDI, a global video-over-IP connectivity standard, announce a new partnership of NDI integration across the Bolin product line. Under the agreement, Bolin will […]

AI & THE MEDIA

Meta, In Its Biggest AI Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.

COMMENTARY

Local Approach May Be Key To Combating Digital Discrimination

Stuart N. Brotman: “Recently, Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to ban digital discrimination by expanding L.A.’s authority to oversee discrimination writ large. This localized approach may be a more effective route to confront this problem. It promises to lead to faster resolutions of neighborhood problems there, while also making sure that government continues to monitor the situation for potential violations.”

Meta Should Give Users Free Option Without Targeted Ads, EU Privacy Watchdog Says

Meta Platforms and other large online platforms should give users an option to use their services for free without targeted advertising, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Board said on Wednesday. The EDPB’s opinion came after it was asked by national privacy regulators in the Netherlands, Norway and Germany to look into consent or pay models adopted by large online platforms such as Meta.

House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid To Ukraine And Israel

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.

AI & THE MEDIA

As AI-Created Photorealistic Images Proliferate, Documentary Producers Draw Up Guidelines

On Tuesday, a group of archival producers presented a draft set of best practices for using generative AI tools in Los Angeles, noting a “danger of forever muddying the historical record.” Pictured: In a demonstration of OpenAI’s video tool Sora, this still was created from the prompt, “The camera directly faces colorful buildings in Burano, Italy. An adorable dalmatian looks through a window on a building on the ground floor.” (OpenAI)

NAB Show: Grass Valley Unveils Integrated Wireless RF & 5G Camera Solutions

Grass Valley, a provider of live production solutions, unveiled its new LDX 135 RF and LDX 150 RF camera solutions at the NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 14-17), Booth C2308, […]

NAB Show: DigiCAP, Sinclair & Eonti Introduce System For Automating ATSC 3.0 Security Certificate Management

DigiCAP announces “the first installation of a new system to automate ATSC 3.0 security certificate management.” Sinclair will install the system, called Centralized Certificate Lifecycle Management System (CCMS), in collaboration […]

NAB Show: intoPIX Unveils Titanium For Accelerating IP Media Workflows

intoPIX, a provider of low-latency lightweight JPEG XS technologies and solutions, has released Titanium, a range of solutions designed to empower developers, installers and end-users in accelerating the deployment of SMPTE […]

Graham Media Selects Bitmovin Playback To Enhance Viewing Experience In 7 Major U.S. Cities

Graham Media Group has chosen Bitmovin’s Playback to enhance its viewer experience. The solution includes the Bitmovin Player and Bitmovin Analytics. The Bitmovin Player “ensures seamless video playback across a […]

Goldbach To Use Operative’s New Converged Advertising Platform To Modernize Linear And Digital Ad Stack

Operative has made a new and expanded partnership with Goldbach Media, a media sales organization in Switzerland. This partnership encompasses the first implementation of Operative’s AOS platform in the European […]

NAB Show Announces Winners Of 2024 Product Of The Year Awards

Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts in 19 categories. To be eligible, nominated products must be from companies exhibiting at the 2024 NAB Show and available for delivery within the 2024 calendar year.

Vinten And Electric Friends Partner On Robotic Track Systems

Vinten and Electric Friends are partnering to launch a range of virtually cable-free robotic track systems into North and South America. The advanced Tower robotic solution with customizable design, innovative […]

NAB Show: MNC Software & SuiteLife Systems Merge To Create Leeward Software

MNC Software and SuiteLife Systems, two real-time broadcast monitoring and control solutions providers, have merged, forming Leeward Software and have a presence at the NAB Show in Las Vegas (April […]

NAB Show: Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K & More

Blackmagic Design announced several product announcements, for the NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 14-17), Booth SL5005: URSA Cine 12K ($14,995; available now) – A revolutionary new digital film camera that introduces […]

Amagi Integrates Intertrust ExpressPlay DRM For Delivering Premium Content To FAST Service Platforms

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, and Intertrust the leading digital rights management (DRM) provider, today announced a joint solution that integrates Amagi’s CLOUDPORT platform […]

OTTera And Spideo Form Strategic Partnership

Drawing from years of cooperation with top tier video platforms (Sky, Canal+, Altice, Claro), Spideo says its product is guided by a key principle: “In the entertainment world, explanations matter […]

NAB Show: Teradek Announces Smaller, More Robust Built-In Antennas For Bolt 6 750

Teradek, a provider of wireless video transmitters and receivers, has launched Bolt 6 LT 750 and Bolt 6 Monitor Module 750 RX with internal antennas. “Our customers have been asking for […]

NAB Show: Newsmax Extends Relationship With 24i To Rapidly Launch Premium Subscription-Based App

Video streaming platform 24i says its 24i Video Cloud for OTT service providers is powering the new Newsmax+ subscription service, which features breaking news and analysis with the latest on […]