IBC: Amagi Launching Cloud-Based Amagi Dynamic

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV (CTV), is introducing Amagi Dynamic at IBC, what it calls “a ground-breaking platform that empowers rights owners […]

IBC: New Veset Nimbus Feature Expands Prospects For Live-Ad Insertion

Veset, developer of Veset Nimbus, an SaaS platform for broadcasters, media content owners and service providers, has announced its new seamless ad-insertion feature for live and premium feeds. The new […]

IBC: Frequency Launching Studio 5 For Linear Channel Streaming

Cloud-based SaaS platform provider Frequency is introducing Studio 5, the next major release of its multi-tenant SaaS platform that enables the creation, management, distribution and monetization of linear channels. With […]

Virgin Media Unveils New FAST Channels Powered By Amagi And 24i

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, in collaboration with 24i, a video streaming user experience expert, today announced that U.K. telecoms, media and […]

Amagi Unveils CONNECT: A Global Online FAST Marketplace For Platforms & Content Partners

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has launched its end-to-end FAST marketplace, Amagi CONNECT, to facilitate the discovery, connection and monetization of digital […]

Amagi Helps Estrella Bolster & Expand Spanish-Language FAST Channels

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, today expanded its partnership with leading Spanish-language media company Estrella Media to streamline its ingest segmentation, creation, […]

NAB Show: Amagi Demonstrates Enterprise-Ready Cloud Transformation Solutions

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, announced that it will be celebrating 10 years of pioneering and shaping cloud adoption in the broadcast […]

NAB Show: 24i & Amagi Set Technical Partnership

24i, a video streaming user experience expert, has formed a technical partnership with Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV. The partnership will see […]

NAB Show: VertiCast Taps Harmonic To Enhance Live Sports Streaming

Harmonic announced that VertiCast Media Group’s CSport, a Caribbean sports service streaming the Premier League, is using Harmonic’s award-VOS360 video SaaS platform. The platform provides VertiCast with agility, resiliency, security […]

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Automated Local TV Ad Sales Finally On Near Horizon

New platforms from Matrix, Operative and WideOrbit aim to make local broadcast competitive with digital. Note: This story, originally published for TVNewsCheck Premium members only, is now available to everyone thanks to a sponsorship by Revenue Analytics.

Sanjay Duda Named Planetcast Media Services CEO

Planetcast Media Services, a broadcast technology and media services provider in India and Southeast Asia, has appointed Sanjay Duda chief executive officer. He will be responsible for spearheading the growth of the […]

Vevo Partners With Amagi To Support Its Global CTV Expansion

Vevo, a leading music video network, today announced enhancements to its global connected TV (CTV) programming and advertising infrastructure by partnering with Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology […]

Digital Nirvana Connects MetadataIQ Directly To Avid Media Composer And MCCUX Through New API Support

Digital Nirvana, a provider of leading-edge media monitoring and metadata generation services, today announced that MetadataIQ, its SaaS-based tool that automatically generates speech-to-text and video intelligence metadata, now supports Avid […]

Amagi Intros Cloud Playout Solution On Google Cloud Marketplace

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has announced the general availability of its broadcast-grade cloud playout product, Amagi Cloudport, on Google Cloud Marketplace. […]

IBC: Amagi To Showcase Cloud Streaming, Monetization Innovations

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, will showcase its range of cloud streaming and monetization innovations, as well as highlighting strong growth powered […]

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Broadcasters To Vendors: Wait, Not So SaaS

Broadcasters are more receptive than ever to buying their tech on an opex basis, but that doesn’t mean the capex model is anywhere near extinction, nor has a standard definition of software as a service settled in across the industry.

Synamedia Acquires Quortex To Accelerate SaaS Offerings

Synamedia, a global independent video software provider, says it has acquired Quortex, the privately-held provider of a cloud video delivery platform optimized for just-in-time processing of live video streaming. With this acquisition, Synamedia […]

Broadpeak Launches New Virtual Channel As A Service On broadpeak.io

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay TV operators worldwide, has debuted a new Virtual Channel-as-a-Service application on its broadpeak.io software […]

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Broadcasters Weigh New Playout Options

TV stations and groups are increasingly turning to the cloud for playout solutions, and vendors are meeting them there with SaaS options. Above: Imagine’s Aviator control interface. The cloud-based system is designed to support both linear and OTT playout.

CuttingRoom Launching Cloud-Native Professional Video Editor

CuttingRoom, a provider of SaaS video editing solutions, today released its browser-based video editing and publishing tool, “designed as the world’s first cloud-native solution for professional editors in the broadcast […]

Dalet Champions New Technology Partner Alliance & Sales Channel Programs

Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, today announced two partner-focused programs. The new Dalet Channel Sales Partner and Technology Alliance Partner programs, which are slated to roll […]

Comcast Technology Solutions Expands Video Understanding Tool VideoAI Beyond Its Own House

Comcast Technology Solutions is expanding the software-as-a-service (SaaS) tool it uses to understand and manage metadata in Comcast’s own streaming video to the broader market. VideoAI is a tool the service provider uses for video understanding tasks such as video segmentation and contextual advertising within in-house platforms including streaming service Peacock, as well as the TV service divisions of Sky and Comcast Cable.

TVU Networks Reports On Global Media/Entertainment Trends

TVU Networks, a provider of live broadcast innovation and technology, announced its key insights from 2021. Based on an analysis of key measures and product usage from thousands of customers […]

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Capex To Opex Shift ‘Makes All The Sense In The World’

Broadcasters and their technology vendors are carefully moving from traditional capital expenditure models to software-based operational expenditure models. A Discovery executive says it’s about time as the industry moves toward its own distribution costs being based on volume.

Connect Ramps Up NMS SaaS Offer With New Cloud-Powered Solution

In April 2020, a new licensing offer became available to Kybio users with the launch of its SaaS solution for network monitoring. Today, just 20 months later, WorldCast Connect introduces a “major update” […]

EVS Adds Oscar Teran As SVP SaaS Offering & Digital Channels

EVS, a provider of live video technology for broadcast and new media productions, has named Oscar Teran SVP SaaS offering and digital channels. Bringing more than 10 years’ experience in […]

Amagi Secures Over $100M To Accelerate Cloud-Led Innovations

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, announced today that Accel, Avataar Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and existing investor Premji Invest have collectively invested […]

Cobalt Iron Sets API Integration With ServiceNow

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced a new user-configurable API integration with ServiceNow. The new integration means that the Cobalt Iron Compass enterprise SaaS backup […]

Dalet Makes ‘Key’ Management Appointments

Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, today appointed Marc Mongomard head of global customer success; Maria Bulavskaya product manager, customer care; and Ben Zores head of cloud […]

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Grass Valley Tackles A Changing Industry

The vendor’s shift to SaaS products is a reflection of broadcasters’ changing business models, as they invest in new over-the-top services to meet consumer demand for nonlinear programming while traditional broadcast revenues decline.

Cobalt Iron Enhances Compass Support for Amazon Web Services With Management of Virtual Machine Snapshots

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, is bolstering its support for Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition to backup and data protection, the company’s Compass enterprise software-as-a-service […]

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Cloud Editing Capabilities Grow, Latency Improves

With adoption pushed by the pandemic, cloud editing tools have expanded to cover light-weight, heavy-weight and hybrid workflows as vendors continue to minimize latency problems. Above, Avid’s Edit On Demand provides a fully provisioned and secure virtual editing environment, complete with Media Composer cloud editing and Avid NEXIS cloud storage, that can be deployed and scaled quickly.

Cobalt Iron Honored By CIOReview

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, has been named to CIOReview’s “20 Most Promising IBM Solution Providers” for 2021. The CIOReview listing recognizes Cobalt Iron’s Compass enterprise SaaS […]

Report: Gigabit-Speed Broadband Subscribers Increase 75%

Although data usage moderated in the first quarter of 2021 after pandemic-fueled rapid growth last year, subscribers continued to adapt to the new broadband environment by embracing faster speeds, according […]

Cobalt Iron Assigned Patent For Dynamic Authorization Control That Automatically Responds To Threats and Events

Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, has been granted a patent on its technology for dynamic authorization control based on conditions and events. Issued on May […]

Mórbido TV Expands Content Distribution With Veset Nimbus

Horror-theme Latin American TV network Mórbido TV has chosen Veset Nimbus, the professional cloud playout SaaS from Veset, to distribute its linear channel to multiple destinations in Latin America. Launched in Mexico in […]

International Sales Team Launches Global Broadcast Sales Service

International Sales Team (IST), a worldwide network of highly experienced broadcast and media industry sales professionals for hire and deployment, has been launched. IST Director Darren Frearson, a senior broadcast […]

Synamedia Adds SaaS Solutions For Pay TV, OTT Video Providers

The content protection, advanced advertising and video networking provider announced the first two in a series of services designed to allow video providers a more flexible, frictionless way to roll out and enhance new services while monitoring and capitalizing on consumer experience. Company executives also reported rapid growth in the video networking sector, a reaction to the media industry’s move from traditional delivery to OTT.

Cobalt Iron Compass Named One Of DCIG’s Top 3 Google Cloud Platform Cloud Backup Solutions

Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that DCIG has named the company’s industry-leading Compass enterprise SaaS backup platform as a TOP 3 Google Cloud Platform […]

Hudson MX Names Sarah Lawson Johnston EVP, Managing Director Of Agency Partnerships EMEA

Hudson MX, an advertising technology business providing media buying and media accounting solutions globally through a cloud-based SaaS platform, today named Sarah Lawson Johnston executive vice president, managing director of […]