Winning over the fans: Five drivers shaping MENA sports streaming
Over the past 25 years, the journey has been defined by collaborations with top broadcasters, a dynamic most clearly seen in the MENA region.
Over the past 25 years, the journey has been defined by collaborations with top broadcasters, a dynamic most clearly seen in the MENA region.
Both partners aim to enhance the digital experiences across Saudi Arabia by providing diversified internet services with low latency, targeted to meet the surging demand for advanced internet services and ...
AI-assisted personalisation and monetisation, optimising CDNs, examining security solutions to safeguard emerging threats in streaming, dynamic broadcasting scalability and streaming flexibility were some of the topics regional CTOs discussed at ...
At the recent BroadcastPro ME summit, over 300 industry professionals gathered for a day of knowledge sharing and networking. One of the highlights was our sports panel, which discussed monetisation ...
In addition to the Freely announcement, Simplestream will reveal details of a significant new project for a major client.
In line with its commitment to helping content and service providers reduce expenditures, Ateme has presented solutions for low-latency streaming and streamlined OTT operations.
At IBC, Broadpeak will showcase its nanoCDN multicast ABR solution for scalable video streaming.
While delivering on viewers’ service expectations around video quality, Audience-aware Streaming also enables operators to reduce their overall environmental impact.
Al Mashhad, which went live last month, is looking to target Arab youth with a mix of edgy content and new digital initiatives. Vijaya Cherian takes a tour of the ...
Bob Lyons, CEO of Edgio, has created an edge technology leader by combining Limelight and several acquisitions. In conversation with BroadcastPro ME, Lyons discusses the company’s strategy, his vision for ...
Any shift to virtualised infrastructure must also address the specific challenges that accompany it.
Using an open-source paradigm, MCS allows media companies to take the raw data from the MCM and expose it to third-party analytic and visualisation applications.
The automated production systems feature AI-powered action-tracking technology that has been developed and deployed by Mobile Viewpoint.
Cashing in on the thrills of watching trained race camels mounted with robotic jockeys galloping at 70km/h and the spills of F1 cars hurtling around a track, video pirate sports ...
With 5G presenting broadcasters with the opportunity to expand their video services and offer higher-quality video streaming and immersive AV experiences, Alexandre Arnodin examines the wide range of applications that ...
AI experts across MENA broadcast gathered to look at the impact of this evolving technology on various aspects of newsgathering, production, contribution and distribution. Nicolas Hans, Partner at Broadcast Solutions ...
BroadcastPro Middle East, in association with Limelight, recently hosted a roundtable exploring new trends in the streaming market and the role of CDNs in offering a better user experience. We ...
OTT is not unique to the broadcast business, which means there are fresh lessons to learn from other verticals.
With the Covid-19 outbreak creating a huge appetite for binge-watching services, entertainment platforms experienced massive traffic, compelling media houses to ramp up their in-house technology services to cope with the ...
Livestreamed June 14 -15, the virtual BroadcastPro Tech Summit is set to be the critical forum for understanding the technologies and trends transforming the industry’s commercial future.
In an exclusive interview with Vijaya Cherian, Shahid CTO Dominic Farrell and Head of Digital Infrastructure Adriaan Bloem talk about what led MBC to install a private CDN and what ...
Based on the Kubernetes infrastructure, the NEA-CDN 5.0 range enables operators to meet peak traffic requirements by allowing operators to scale their infrastructure up or down as per demand.
Kyle Goodwin, VP of Product and Innovation at Concurrent Technology, writes that delivering a quality of experience on a par with linear TV broadcast is the goal that OTT operators ...
Harrie Tholen, VP Sales, Nagra Anti-Piracy & NexGuard.Nagra, a Kudelski Group company and a provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its ...
Brad Price, Senior ProductManager, AudinateThe epic HBO series Game of Thrones has demonstrated the power of storytelling and production brilliance in its ability to impact entertainment ...
Etisalat has announced the readiness of the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) undersea cable, the largest global submarine cable system bringing additional international capacity to UAE connecting Europe and Far East.With this announcement, the ...
Content delivery network provider Akamai Technologies is all set to acquire Soasta, a provider of digital performance management.Akamai said it plans to integrate Soasta's technology into its web performance solutions ...
Goran Appelquist, Chief Technology officer at Edgeware.Does a dedicated TV CDN deliver the best value when serving regional TV markets like the Middle East, or is ...
Akamai Technologies, Inc. has released its Second Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet Report showcasing positive growth in connectivity across the Middle East. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent ...
Tony Bishop, Vice President, Equinix.Equinix has announced the Equinix Media Cloud Ecosystem for Entertainment (EMCEE), an ecosystem of interconnected media and content providers, along with content ...
Tony Saab.Intigral has selected Broadpeak solutions to support the deployment of its CDN and video distribution platform. Through Broadpeaks BkS300 origin and streaming servers, BkS400 video ...
Microsoft is hosting a day-long event on Monday, May 23 at Waldorf Astoria, The Palm Jumeirah to introduce its cloud solutions to broadcast professionals in the region. Held under the ...
Adam Lewis, CEO of Voddler Group.A key aspect of online video streaming is the Quality of Experience (QoE), which is not governed by a single entity ...
Understanding the dynamics of the media player, and how to efficiently integrate metadata into live streams, will help broadcasters elevate the streaming radio experience and remain competitiveThe proliferation of digital ...
Radwan Moussalli, Tata Communications.Today, theres a wide range of opportunities for content discovery on digital platforms, whether its through over-the-top services or media companies, further empowering ...
Cisco Systems has acquired over-the-top (OTT) cloud streaming platform startup 1 Mainstream for an undisclosed price. 1 Mainstream offers an automated platform for distribution of linear and on-demand content to connected devices such ...
At IBC2015, NETIA will highlight new product features that enhance the flexibility and reliability of multichannel radio playout and new capabilities that enrich multimedia production, as well as mobile and ...
Elemental Technologies has announced that Sky, the UKs largest pay TV provider, is leveraging Elemental to process and deliver its over-the-top (OTT) TV service NOW TV and mobile TV service, ...
Volicon has announced the release of Observer OTT, an over-the-top (OTT) A/V service monitoring solution that offers broadcasters a way to capture content delivered over IP networks to smartphones, tablets, and ...
Alec Stichbury.Replacing SDI with IP offers significant benefits, not only in cost butalso in the flexibility of design that IP supports. It's high time we made ...
Ingo lalla, Limelight Networks.Limelight Networks has announced the opening of its office in Dubai, underscoring Limelights ongoing commitment in the MENA region.Commenting on the companys presence ...
Du and Akamai Technologies have announced that Selevision, a Saudi Arabian on demand service provider, has selected the companies content delivery services to support over-the-top delivery of its channels throughout ...
Sony and FIFA will collaborate to cover the World Cup in 4K.Viaccess-Orca has released a series of reports that provide detailed information about live-streaming piracy and ...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Tata Communications have entered into a partnership to launch a Content Delivery Network (CDN) in the Middle East. The agreement was signed during Capacity Middle ...
Andrew Jones.With more devices accessing content in a variety of formats, CDNs have the tools, knowledge and, more importantly, relationships to help broadcasters evolve their platformsThe ...
