MediaKind, a global media technology leader, today announces that it is working with Microsoft, Evergent, Slalom and VisualOn to develop an interactive, Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) platform which will enable the Chattanooga Film Festival to take place in front of a digital audience, while carefully maintaining the event’s intimacy, culture, and intent.

The combined technology-solution partnership aims to support the festival’s community of independent content creators and sponsors who have been hard-hit by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Verizon Media has announced that its streaming platform is now available on Microsoft Azure, ready for customers to use in beta. The integration means simplified workflows, global support and scale, and access to a range of Azure capabilities, including Azure Media Services : Video Indexer and Azure Blob Storage, enabling broadcasters and content providers to deliver the future of media today.

SES announced today it is developing a broadcast-grade managed cloud service offering on Microsoft Azure as a result of an expanded collaboration with Microsoft. Benefitting from Azure's extensive cloud and AI capabilities, and its own expertise in providing managed services for leading broadcasters and media companies worldwide, SES is transforming media service delivery via the cloud.

Paywizard, the subscriber intelligence specialist, today announces the full product launch at IBC 2019 of Paywizard Singula™, the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven subscriber analytics platform that has been successfully tested by a number of major European broadcasters and has recently been selected by Racing TV. Powered by Microsoft Azure AI, Singula™ provides subscriber intelligence and identifies the ‘next best action’ pay-TV operators and over-the-top (OTT) providers can take to boost customer engagement. The platform leverages AI and machine learning to generate insights that arm operators to proactively build subscriber loyalty, grow average revenue per user and acquire new customers.

Bitmovin, a world leader in innovative cloud-based video streaming solutions has announced that at IBC2019 it will debut Bitmovin Encoding and Player integration on Microsoft Azure. Azure customers can now use encoding and player solutions from Bitmovin to create highly customizable, flexible, easy and quick to deploy secure streaming solutions for video on demand (VoD) and live streaming use cases.

Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) announced that it is working with Microsoft to deliver a simpler way for broadcasters, content owners or streaming services to deliver high-quality, ultra-personalized viewing experiences on Microsoft Azure.

While others talk about concepts for the cloud, Support Partners will be showing practical and proven hybrid cloud production workflows. Join us at NAB 2019 (8th – 11th of April) at the Microsoft booth (SL 6716) to learn more about these real world solutions.

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide Emmy® award winning video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is demonstrating a cloud-based workflow layered with the very latest in artificial intelligence (AI) at NAB. The demo shows how Microsoft Azure AI capabilities—including facial recognition, metadata tagging, and speech-to-text functionality—enhance collaboration between traditional newsroom and digital teams to produce stories faster than ever before.

Paywizard, the pay-TV subscription, billing, customer relationship management (CRM) and insight specialist, today announced that it is building the next-generation version of its subscriber intelligence platform, Paywizard Singula™ on the cutting-edgeMicrosoft Azure AI platform. Harnessing Azure’s analytics environment ‘Databricks’, the move enables Paywizard to more quickly, easily and comprehensively extend its machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capability. The result being that Paywizard’s clients are better positioned to action data insight to strengthen customer loyalty, grow revenues and win new subscribers.

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is collaborating with partners Microsoft Azure, Avid, Haivision, Hiscale, Make.TV and Signiant at IBC2018 to showcase how live production workflows in the cloud can deliver greater flexibility, scalability and budget efficiencies to broadcasters.

Cinegy today announced that it is making its Cinegy Air Cloud Pack available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

The Cinegy Air Cloud Pack includes Cinegy Air PRO Bundle with Cinegy Multiviewer. Cinegy Air PRO consists of a control panel and playout engine. The control panel is a state-of-the-art interface for control of one or more playout channels connected via TCP/IP. The Cinegy Air PRO playout engine executes the playlist provided to it and renders video and audio to air.