June 17, 2013

Online Video News

Gracenote Boosts Second-Screen Presence with Video APIs

Introduced at the TVOT Hackathon in San Francisco, new APIs show Gracenote stepping up its second-screen game

Zenverge Offers Transcoder Plugin for Comcast RDK

The plugin can transcode up to four HD streams at a time and is supported by the company's ZN200 content networking system-on-chip.

LG Introduces IP Set-Top Boxes at Cable Show

Smart TVs or dumb TVs with smart connected devices? LG tries to have it both ways at the Cable Show in Washington, D.C.

Wowza Enters Mobile Encoding Space with GoCoder

Company's GoCoder app integrates with flagship media server for live streaming from iPhones over Wi-Fi and cellular

Featured Articles

Will HEVC/H.265 Kill the Data Center?

QuickFire thinks so, which is why it's introducing the T-Video Transcoding Platform V1100, a single-RU box with multiple Ethernet connectors and 11 quad-core Core i7 mobile CPUs

Tips for Choosing an Online Video Platform (OVP)

Companies looking for an OVP often chase the wrong features. It's not what the OVP can do, but what platforms it integrates with easily.

Rovi Introduces MainConcept HEVC SDK

Claims to achieve transcoding conversion time savings via software using a single decoded stream and offering up to 10 simultaneous re-encodes for any given stream

Industry News

Net Insight wins significant expansion orders from EBU

Net Insight today announces that EBU has ordered the Nimbra platform for expansion of its global fibre network.

Simple.TV and Rovi Entertainment Store Collaborate to Add Live & Recorded Broadcast Television Capabilities

Integrated Platform to Enable Discovery and Access to Live TV, Recorded TV, Paid VOD and Streaming VOD for Rovi Entertainment Store Customers

Sonic Foundry to Record 11th Annual Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison

Sonic Foundry to Record 11th Annual Digital Healthcare Conference in Madison

Sonic Foundry to Webcast Higher Education’s Fastest Growing Technology Event, UBTech, for 10th Consecutive Year

Keynotes and select sessions will be streamed live to a remote audience via Mediasite