As a key part of its ongoing commitment to provide business expertise and technical services that help customers with their ongoing digital transformation, Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that it has partnered with Viaccess-Orca (VO) and MainStreaming to provide a new end-to-end OTT platform, app and associated backend infrastructure.

TAG Video Systems, the leader in realtime cloud-based monitoring of linear video workflows once again sets an industry first by supporting JPEG XS to allow live production in the cloud. JPEG XS is a format that answers the need for visually lossless quality with microseconds delay – significant concerns as more broadcasters seek to migrate their live production workflows to the cloud where overall contribution quality and latency are critical.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announces today it has achieved breakthrough performance increase of its video encoders. By closely collaborating with Intel and harnessing the combination of Intel processors and ATEME encoders, ATEME’s customers will benefit from the delivery of up to 2x higher-performance encoding for OTT, resulting in high visual quality at a lower cost.

Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced today that Megacable, one of the largest triple-play providers in Mexico, has optimized the delivery of its Xview+ streaming service with Broadpeak solutions. Using Broadpeak's CDN and nanoCDN™ multicast ABR, Megacable can deliver live, VOD, time-shift TV, catch-up TV, as well as premium TV offerings on the TV and any device, ensuring a superior quality of experience (QoE) for millions of simultaneous viewers while reducing delivery costs.

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected TAG Video Systems to provide OTT monitoring and multiviewing for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23 – August 8. The announcement was made today by Chris Connolly, VP of Transmission Engineering and Operations, NBC Olympics, and Kevin Joyce, Zero Friction Officer, TAG Video Systems.

Bitcentral Inc., the leading provider of media workflow solutions, announces a reseller agreement with Foccus Digital to distribute Bitcentral’s news production suite, Core News, and automated master control system, Central Control, in Brazil. The agreement, which sees Foccus appointed as a value-added reseller, involves technical support from Foccus’s highly trained team, pre-sales, and sales.

Core News provides an elegant and efficient way to handle news

production and is optimized to tasks that are vital to keeping mission critical

newsroom operations running smoothly. It is trusted by over 450 channels across

North America and over 1,000 media operations worldwide, delivering unparalleled levels

of reliability and agility across ingest, asset

management and live production.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, today announces that its NEA streaming solution now supports full channel origination. This allows content owners, broadcasters and service providers to deliver content that is more relevant to their viewers through personalized TV channels, resulting in higher viewership and increased loyalty to both OTT and OTA services.

Bitcentral Inc., a well-known provider of efficient media workflows in the U.S. and Latin America, has completed centralizing operations for Entravision Communications Corporation, the leading global media and marketing technology company, through its Central Control product, a comprehensive and fully integrated master control and automation system.

Bitcentral Inc., the leading provider of media workflow solutions, announces a strategic partnership with Veset. Bitcentral will market, sell and support Veset Nimbus, a cloud-based playout solution which provides greater flexibility to broadcast playout, in the Americas. Veset Nimbus will be represented alongside Bitcentral’s own on-premises Central Control playout system and will allow the launch of playout services in the cloud. This will enable broadcast customers to easily create new services quickly and efficiently.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announced today that HUAWEI Cloud, the leading cloud service provider, successfully implemented ATEME transcoders to support its new OTT video services deployed in the company’s cloud environment.

Medialogy Broadcast announces an innovation in media archiving with the introduction of ArcPaaS (Archiving Platform as a Service). Designed for broadcast-related users such as TV channels, production studios and post-production facilities, Medialogy's ArcPaaS can be configured as an on-premises subscription platform, a secure cloud networked archive or a hybrid of the two.

Riedel Communications today announced the appointment of Trip Wootten as regional sales manager for the U.S. Southeast. Reporting to Rich Zabel, Vice President of Sales, Riedel Communications Inc., the Americas, Wootten will lead direct and channel sales for a large and rapidly growing market that includes Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Tolka announces a new addition to its management team with the appointment of Michael Day as chief executive officer, effective from May 1st 2021. His role will include spearheading the company's expansion as a globally active producer of equipment, software and services for the broadcast telecommunications market.

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, today announced the launch of its Green Delivery solution – an integrated, end-to-end solution enabling both OTT and DTH operators to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of their video delivery, thereby helping them meet sustainability goals.

Switch Media, a world leader in online video technology, has announced it won the contract with Solomon Telekom Company Limited (STCL) to provide an online streaming service for its free-to-air television network, Telekom Television (TTV). Recently launched, the offering, which utilises Switch Media’s MediaHQ Lite online video platform, provides subscribers with a two-channel service that is available online across multiple devices including Chromecast streaming technology.