Tag: CDN

February 6, 2025

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 ...

Transforming the entertainment experience with tech

by Kalyani Gopinath

January 20, 2025

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 ...

Strategic innovations in sports broadcasting and fan engagement

December 17, 2024

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 ...

Simplestream to unveil product enhancements and Freely partnership at IBC

July 5, 2024

In addition to the Freely announcement, Simplestream will reveal details of a significant new project for a major client.

CABSAT 2024 to offer insights into media and satellite tech advances

Ateme puts video compression in focus at CABSAT

May 23, 2024

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.

Broadpeak to demo video streaming and monetisation solutions at IBC

July 17, 2023

At IBC, Broadpeak will showcase its nanoCDN multicast ABR solution for scalable video streaming.

SVOD drives content spend to reach $220bn in 2021: Ampere Analysis

Ateme to bring audience-aware streaming solution to CABSAT

May 15, 2023

While delivering on viewers’ service expectations around video quality, Audience-aware Streaming also enables operators to reduce their overall environmental impact.

A fresh take on news

February 8, 2023

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 ...

Living on the edge

November 22, 2022

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 ...

The Future of Cloud-based Broadcasting

by Chris Clarke

August 20, 2022

Any shift to virtualised infrastructure must also address the specific challenges that accompany it.

TAG Video Systems offers to take control of media with MCS

May 15, 2022

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.

Vislink to showcase AI-driven news and sports production systems at NAB 2022

March 23, 2022

The automated production systems feature AI-powered action-tracking technology that has been developed and deployed by Mobile Viewpoint.

The crystal ball and camel trail leading to increased sports streaming piracy

by Simon Brydon

March 17, 2022

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 ...

Unlocking the 5G opportunity in video services

January 31, 2022

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 ...

Exploring the power of AI

December 13, 2021

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 ...

Driving innovations in streaming

October 11, 2021

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 ...

New normal inspires fresh storylines and alternative filming strategies

Ecommerce experts to share their experience at MENA OTT conference

September 6, 2021

OTT is not unique to the broadcast business, which means there are fresh lessons to learn from other verticals.

Breaking new ground with the cloud

August 12, 2021

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 ...

BroadcastPro to bring experts together for virtual tech summit

June 10, 2021

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.

MBC’s private CDN: Living on the edge

September 9, 2020

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 ...

Anevia launches cloud-native CDN solution

March 29, 2019

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.

The battle for eyeballs

March 18, 2019

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 ...

Nagra forensic watermarking integrated with Amazon CloudFront CDN

November 20, 2018

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 ...

Workflow strategies for a CDN World

October 5, 2017

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 announces readiness of AAE-1 subsea cable

by Clayton Vallabhan

July 3, 2017

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 ...

Akamai to buy performance analytics company Soasta

April 1, 2017

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 ...

The right CDN

February 20, 2017

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 ...

Middle East and Africa experience positive connectivity growth – Akamai report

October 4, 2016

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 ...

Equinix introduces media cloud ecosystem for entertainment industry

September 22, 2016

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 ...

Intigral chooses Broadpeak for CDN deployment of its new video distribution platform

September 21, 2016

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 ...

Take your media to the cloud

by Vibhuti Arora

May 22, 2016

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 ...

Boosting quality of experience

April 9, 2016

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 ...

Metadata strategies for streaming

November 22, 2015

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 ...

Gaining a competitive edge

November 19, 2015

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 acquires OTT platform 1 Mainstream

November 2, 2015

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 ...

NETIA products at IBC2015

July 30, 2015

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 powers Sky Go and NOW TV

July 19, 2015

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 announces Observer OTT

by Vibhuti Arora

April 6, 2015

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 ...

Leap of Faith

February 12, 2015

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 ...

Limelight Networks opens office in Dubai, appoints Regional Director

February 3, 2015

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 ...

Selevision teams with du and Akamai for digital content in MENA

January 21, 2015

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 ...

Viaccess-Orcas ‘eye on piracy’ at the World Cup

July 26, 2014

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 ...

STC and Tata in CDN tie-up

March 6, 2014

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 ...

Relationships play key role in CDN evolution

September 7, 2013