The video streaming market faces many challenges, including new standards, formats, device types, and changing video production and delivery approaches. To succeed, service providers need to work with an experienced quality control (QC) and monitoring solutions provider that can fully address the different needs of the market at various stages of the streaming media workflow, for both live and video-on-demand content.

Verizon Digital Media Services today announced that it has extended its relationship with Newsy, the national news network for the next generation, inking a new agreement that makes select Newsy video content available for Verizon Digital Media Services Uplynk Video Streaming service customers. Publishers seeking content to build a 24/7 live stream for their over-the-top (OTT) apps can easily add content from the Newsy library directly into their video streams powered by Verizon Digital Media Services.

Mariner xVu(TM), today announced significant growth in tier-1 operators who are looking for economies when managing new, interrelated services like TV entertainment, over-the-top streaming, broadband, and Wi-Fi. The xVu software platform is now successfully monitoring over 3 billion events per week, with over 40 million devices under management, providing operators with a solution that can manage both current and new offers simultaneously, with more agility and service visibility for the teams that build and operate the services.

OTTilus -- Business-Integrated OTT Solution

Launching at TV Connect 2013, the OTTilus OVP (Online Video Platform) is an enterprise-class over-the-top (OTT) TV solution designed to expand broadcasters' and TV operators' multiplatform product offerings while leveraging their broadcast operations' existing workflows and systems. OTTilus, a Pilat Media company, enables end-to-end OTT deployments that encompass all major solution components from content acquisition to player applications. The OTTilus OVP is easy to deploy and highly compatible with all security, streaming, device, and monetization options, and it can be deployed as a cloud service or to drive a local OTT headend. An optional BMS middleware layer ensures the seamless integration of OTT applications with broadcasters' business processes. OTTilus provides a highly compelling and consistent viewer experience with player applications that support major end-user devices from smartphones to tablets to smart TVs. OTTilus solutions can be deployed quickly out of the box or tailored to meet specific client needs.