OSN Play now available on Google’s Play Store
OSN Play is now available as a free application on Google's Play Store, enabling more OSN viewers across the region to enjoy premium Arabic and English entertainment and live sport...
OSN Play is now available as a free application on Google's Play Store, enabling more OSN viewers across the region to enjoy premium Arabic and English entertainment and live sport...
YRfree Technologies, a mobile video streaming technology specialist, has appointed Mantech Computer Services, Bahrain, as their distribution partner for the GCC region.Mantech, the longest established computer company in Bahrain, has...
iMediaShare, ? video content discovery and playback solution, announced reaching 1,000,000 active users during the month of February 2013. iMediaShare realises the idea of easy internet video streaming over to...
The key to the success of any OTT service is the quality of delivery, says Antonin Král of nangu.tvTheres no doubt that smart phones and tablets have provided a major...
Karl Schubert.Broadcasting used to rely solely on proprietary technologies. That isnt surprising considering the massive amounts of real-time information that broadcasters deal with on a daily...
Joel Ledlow, CEO, ScheduALLBroadcast networks can reduce the costs and challenges related to broadcasting live sport if they have an appropriate Enterprise Resource Management softwareAl Jazeeras...
Andrew WarmanThe channel-in-a-box device has evolved from a simple system to a sophisticated solution that can enable a TV station to go on air within a...
Jean-Francois NivartJPEG 2000 versus MPEG versus uncompressed. Jean-François Nivart explores the differenceAs images have such a ubiquitous and important place in our lives, this industry is continuously...
Action replay is no longer an element that only TV viewers have come to expect. Playing the highlights of a game on digital signage displays at stadiums have become a...
Connected TV may give the consumer access to content when they want it and enable real interactivity, but in practice it needs to provide better quality to move the viewer...
The word convergence has been used around the television business for decades, without anyone really understanding its potential. With the advent of file-based workflows and the proliferation of IP circuits,...
Mustafa Tell.Arab Radio and TV, Jordan, recently opted for IP over satellite to transport its Ramadan content from its headquarters in Jordan to its distribution centre...
Keith Potter.Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television (HbbTV) has become vital to the success of connected TV as it enables content providers to offer their services on a...
The broadcast and video production industry is yet to see the full benefits of cloud-based service provision largely due to bandwidth/cost constraints associated with storing, moving and processing large video...
Deploying a Business Process Manager (BPM) solution can help streamline workflows and, in turn, increase production speed, reduce operational costs, preserve quality and improve the utilisation of available resources, says...
Fibre is playing an increasingly important role in broadcast infrastructures, says Josh SimonsThe idea of sending video and audio signals down a fibre optic cable, rather than copper, is not...
Theres no doubt we have reached a tipping point in the world of integrated playout devices or channel-in-a-box (CiB) if not in terms of deployment, then certainly in...
Billed as the entertainment playground of the world, Las Vegas plays host to the NAB Show in April, offering broadcasters the answers to coping with...
OTT operators must make fundamental infrastructure choices in order to strike the best balance between investment, flexibility and scalability as well as the...
Thuraya, is the first in the mobile satellite industry to launch SMS-based Twitter services for its handheld consumer base. Scheduled for launch on December 15 2011, this unique service will enable...
This paper is part of a three-part series that looks at what adaptive bit rate streaming is and its potential as a disruptive technology Adaptive rate streaming is a breakthrough...
Sky News Arabia, the 24-hour Arabic language multi-platform breaking news service, has launched a weekly video blog on its website called Diary of a...
Abu Dhabi TV Network is upgrading the software of all Ad Sports Humax IR 2020 HD set-top boxes to allow subscribers to visit websites through their set-top-boxes. Now viewers will be...
Sports rights are one of the most valuable rights in the world today but broadcasters pay a huge price if they are unable to secure their rights, says Christopher Schouten.The...
In the last part of this series, Andy Davies looks at how we can apply cloud infrastructure to broadcast...
We outlined the history of cloud computing and the technologies on which it depends last month. In this issue, Andrew Davies explores the current technologies that can provide cloud services...
In the first of a three-part series, Andrew Davies looks at the recent cloud computing phenomenon that has swept...
The humble intercom has now evolved into a more sophisticated solution that links large communication networks and installations across various sites. This paper looks at the role of the modern...
Monitoring systems should be an integral part of any IPTV infrastructure build right from the pre-deployment stage, says Simen Frostad.A digital media delivery system is a complex thing to construct...
Making the internet an integral part of an efficient production workflow is challenging but can be done, says Trevor FrancisThe internet is revolutionising the way we consume TV and other...
Chris Pollard discusses why hybrid technology is the way forwardOn the face of it, delivery of TV services over the internet, or over a private network, has a lot going...
By the end of the first quarter of 2010, the number of IPTV subscribers around the world stood at 36.3 million, up by almost 8% in the first three months...
