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FilmOn Surprises with Legal Win on TV Streaming

by Bob Raikes

There has been an ongoing debate in the US about the re-transmission of free-to-air (FTA) content by companies that have wanted to offer new services, the most famous being Aereo which eventually failed and …

Comcast Streams Live TV

by Tom Allen

By the end of the summer, Comcast will have launched the beta test of a new service called Stream (how many meetings did it take to come up with that one, we wonder…? – …

Tags:Comcast| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Who is the Cable Cutter?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The cable companies and networks in the US have been facing a change in their business models over the last few years. As we have reported before, cable subscriptions are declining, while the use …

More than a Quarter of US TV is Streamed

by Tom Allen

28% of all TV viewing in the USA is now accomplished via streaming, says GfK. 16% is through a PC or mobile device; 9% through a TV set; and 3% through other methods, such …

Tags:GfK| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 28

MediaMelon and Media Excel Claim 35% Bitrate Saving

by Tom Allen

Streaming company MediaMelon, and OTT transcoding solution supplier Media Excel, have announced a product integration to improve streaming video quality and bandwidth efficiency. The combination of Media Excel’s Hero encoders and MediaMelon’s QBR streaming …

MediaMelon, Media Excel Collaborate to Enhance OTT Video Quality & Streaming Efficiency

by Tom Allen

MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, and Media Excel, a leading supplier of OTT multiscreen transcoding solutions, today announced product integration designed to improve streaming video quality and bandwidth efficiency. Service providers deploying Media Excel …

Tags:OTT Video| Streaming Video| UltraHD & 4K

FujiTV Uses New P2P Technology for 4k Streaming

by Tom Allen

Tokyo-based startup Mist Technologies has launched an UltraHD streaming service with FujiTV – Japan’s largest TV network. The service represents Japan’s first commercial UltraHD broadcasting system. It uses a peer-to-peer technology developed by Mist, …

Clary.Icon Shows New user Interface for One Screen Collaboration System

by Norbert Hildebrand

Clary.Icon, the California-based developer of collaboration systems, announced a new user interface for its One Screen collaboration system at Infocomm 2015. The One Screen system is a room based collaboration system that also allows …

Amazon Beats Netflix to HDR Punch

by Tom Allen

Amazon is now streaming HDR content on its Prime VoD service in the USA. Plans were announced at NAB this year (Amazon to Offer HDR Content). Currently, content availability is limited to Samsung’s SUHD …

Visix Shows Newest AxisTV 9.2 at Infocomm 2015

by Norbert Hildebrand

Visix, the Georgia, USA-based provider of digital signage software premiered its latest version of AxisTV 9.2 at Infocomm 2015. The web access TV solution runs either from a dedicated server or in the cloud. …

Tags:Digital Signage Software| Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Wowza Announces Video Streaming from the Cloud as a Service

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wowza provides a video streaming engine for content creators and announced the new 4.2 release at InfoComm. The software allows for video streaming up to 4k. The streaming engine transcodes , prepares and delivers …

Tags:Infocomm 2015| Large Display Monitor| Media Servers| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 26

ZeeVee Can Support Legacy Coax Video (DS15)

by Bob Raikes

Danny Barr is from ZeeVee and he talked about extending and switching UltraHD video in mission-critical applications. His talk was entitled “The 3 Cs of Video Distribution:Complexity, Compression and Cost”. ZeeVee’s history is in …