Kauser Kanji – VOD Professional

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Mergers & Acquisitions News Supply Chain VendorsBrightcove to Acquire Ooyala’s Online Video Platform Business

Brightcove, the global provider of cloud services for video, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the online video platform (OVP) business of Ooyala, a provider of cloud video technology.

Brightcove is acquiring Ooyala’s OVP technology, including video content management and publishing platform Backlot, Analytics, Live, and its underlying IP and associated patents. As part of the transaction, Brightcove will acquire substantial portions of Ooyala’s engineering, support, and sales

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Broadcasters News Payments TVOD VendorsBT Selects Paywizard to Deliver PPV Purchases on Sky

VOD Pro News3 days ago3 min

Solution is already live and deployed to support high-profile PPV events from BT Sport’s dedicated pay-per-view channel, BT Sport Box Office HD

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AI Broadcasters Content Recommendation Features MonetisationHow UKTV Used AI in its New VOD Apps Suite

Kauser Kanji4 days ago4 min

Last month, Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, announced that it had added elements of machine learning and AI – specifically in terms of personalisation, content recommendation and building up taste profiles – to its iOS, Android and Amazon FireOS VOD apps.

AI is a hot topic in the industry right now and I wanted to learn more, so I spoke to Oliver Davies, UKTV’s Director of Digital Product, about these product enhancements. Here are four

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Mergers & Acquisitions News VendorsSeaChange Acquires Xstream

VOD Pro News5 days ago1 min

Adds more than 5 million active subscribers; transaction expected to increase revenues and be accretive to SeaChange in current fiscal year

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Broadcasters NewsDarren Childs to Step Down as UKTV CEO

VOD Pro News1 week ago2 min

The Board of UKTV has announced that Darren Childs has decided to step down from his role as CEO of UKTV, Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster. He remains in his post until 1 July and the Board, will in parallel, explore new leadership options for the next phase of UKTV’s growth.

During the eight years he led UKTV, the company has grown its commercial share of viewing by 42% (1), driven a 66% increase in revenues

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Broadcasters News VendorsQvest Media equips ORF with new Studio Control System

VOD Pro News1 week ago2 min

Qvest Media, the systems architect and ICT integrator, has been commissioned by Austrian public broadcaster ORF to equip the station with new studio automation systems. Qvest Media will be integrating automation solutions tailored to the broadcaster’s work processes for the control of five studios at the ORF centre in Vienna.

As the general contractor, Qvest Media will be taking care of all tasks relating to the planning, delivery and implementation of new hardware and software

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AI Amazon Broadcasters Features Research Sports UI / UXThree TV & VOD Use Cases for Amazon Rekognition

Kauser Kanji1 week ago4 min

ITV, Accedo and Make.TV have all been using Amazon's Rekognition software so I decided to check it out.

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AVOD Broadcasters Catchup Content Deals Features Finances Strategy SVODExpanding BBC iPlayer & The Challenges in Opening up Broadcast Archives for VOD Viewing

Kauser Kanji2 weeks ago6 min

On January the 7^th, the BBC announced plans to reinvent its iPlayer service with the aim of “…making it a destination in its own right, with box sets, live programming and archive titles that champion quality UK content and offer great programmes for longer.”

A related consultation document recognises that in the future, “BBC iPlayer will be the main way that audiences watch BBC television programmes and not just a catch-up

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Broadcasters Growth NewsBBC iPlayer Serves 3.6bn Programmes in 2018

VOD Pro News2 weeks ago7 min

December saw a total of 298 million requests, with an average of 9.6m requests per day.

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Growth NewsConviva Reports 165% Growth in Streaming in Q418

VOD Pro News3 weeks ago3 min

Overall, 2018 saw 89% growth in overall viewing hours. Live viewing was up 65%.

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