umbrellaCDN Optimizes Video Streaming by Enabling Video Services Providers to Choose the Optimal Content Delivery Network

CESSON-SEVIGNE, France — April 20, 2021 — Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, today announced that its umbrellaCDN™ CDN selection solution is now available on AWS Marketplace. AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that makes it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Using Broadpeak's umbrellaCDN solution, video service providers can always select the best CDN for streaming video content based on various criteria, such as device, geolocation, type of customer, or network operator. By making umbrellaCDN accessible on AWS Marketplace, Broadpeak simplifies the deployment and use of its solution while providing reliable, transparent, and flexible pricing.

Leading B2B technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 has appointed the former Brand Director at Speedo, Rob Hicking, as its Chief Financial Officer.

In his new role, Rob will be responsible for the entire financial function of the company, which delivers specialist IT services and solutions to customers across sectors including enterprise, education and media and broadcast.

Award-winning post production facility Electric Theatre Collective (ETC) has invested in a 31 inch 4K Sony Trimaster BVM-HX310 31-inch professional master monitor for the grading suite at its London studios. The monitor was provided by Big Pic Media, an accredited Sony dealer specialising in the supply of broadcast grade monitors.

Gravity Media, the leading global provider of complex live broadcast facilities and production services to content owners, creators and distributors, has appointed Meryl McLaren as Director, Media Services and Facilities. She will oversee the post-production and broadcast rental offering within the EMEA region.

Cardiff-based film and video post production house Gorilla has chosen an MTI Film Cortex Enterprise mastering and validation system for a new 4K HDR mastering suite at its recently expanded GloWorks facility. Supplied by MTI Film distribution partner Big Pic Media, the Cortex forms part of Gorilla's investment in new 4K HDR technology.

Black Box Corporation, an industry-leading provider of IT connectivity solutions, today announced that the company was named a Bronze Award Winner of the 15th annual Stevie® Awards in the Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year category. The awards recognize the achievements of contact center, customer service, business development, and sales professionals worldwide.

Viaccess-Orca (VO), part of the Orange Group and global leader providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, announced today that Megacable, one of the largest cable TV providers in Mexico, is expanding the delivery of its Xview+ OTT service to Android TV set-top boxes using VO's TV Platform solution. With unified content management and multidevice delivery capabilities, VO's TV Platform will simplify the delivery of Xview+ to Megacable subscribers, providing them with access to live, VOD, time-shift TV, catch-up TV, and recorded content as well as premium OTT offerings on any device.

PGA TOUR uses AWS machine learning and analytics to bring fans closer to the course and transform how they experience the world’s greatest golf tournaments 

AWS, First Tee, and the TOUR will partner to empower children and teenagers to build inner-strength, confidence, and resilience through the game of golf

The Digital Cinema Society announces the completion of a new mini-doc, Getting Safely Back to Work in the Age of Covid. The program is dedicated to the memory of our friend and longtime DCS member, Allen Daviau, ASC, an early victim of the disease.

Cobalt Digital, provider of a best-of-breed interoperability signal processing platform, has announced that its EVP of engineering, Dr. Ciro Noronha, will deliver a presentation during Virtual VidTrans 2021 that evaluates options for transporting HDR over a communications link using compression. The session, entitled “Bit-Rate Evaluation of Compressed HDR using SL-HDR1” is scheduled for Monday, March 1 at 10:30 eastern and is free to all attendees.