April 2016 – At NAB, Adobe was showing their currently release of Adobe Primetime which is the core of the Adobe Marketing Cloud. The platform contains the advertising analytics functions such as campaign management along with content management for OTT applications. Currently the platform is targeted at TV channels, MVPDs (Multichannel Video Program Distributors) and…
February 2016 – At the Digitial Entertainment World conference in LA, Highwinds was displaying their low latency CDN service that is targeted at OTT, IPTV and mobile content delivery. Several years ago, they entered this competitive marketplace, with a new architecture for their high performance servers that includes advanced storage architecture. The current marketplace is…
June 18, 2014, SMPTE Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age Conference, Stanford, CA—A panel considered the trends and implications for broadcast as over the top and cable change the shape of network TV. Jim Burger from Thompson Coburn LLP moderated the panel, with panel members Mark Aiken form Sinclair Broadcast, Michael Bergman from the Consumer…
April 2014 – At the 2014 NAB show in Las Vegas, Digital Nirvana was showing there latest hardware and service offering. Their two highlights for new products were MediaPro and FIFOPro. MediaPro is a content repurposing system and FIFOPro is a new tapeless ingest backup system Since 1996, Digital Nirvana has focused on the data…
March 19, 2013, OTTCon, Santa Clara, CA– Drew Baldwin from TubeFilter held a fireside chat with Lance Sloan from Warner Bros. The main topics included the future of entertainment programming, what is working in digital distribution and what isn’t, the impact of different digital platforms, and future prospects for over-the-top and other platforms. So how…
March 21, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel discussed the monetizing strategies for the OTT, TV everywhere, and multi-screen jungle. Tom Morgan form MediaD.TV moderated the panel which was comprised of Scott Brown from Nielson, Brent Horowitz from Freewheel, Eric Goldstein form Disney ESPN, and Sam Chang from LG Electronics. Monetizing content has…
March 20, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—a panel considered the on-going commentary on the demise of cable and broadcast. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated the panel. Panel members included Scott Mirer from Netflix, Colin Decker from the Virgin Group, and Richard Bullwinkle from Rovi. Cord cutting? Bullwinkle said this requires redefining service…
March 20, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—a panel considered the implications for the next generation connected media experiences. Colin Dixon from the Diffusion Group moderated the panel. Panel members were Martez Moore from BET-Viacom, Sean Knapp from Ooyala, Trevor Doerksen from Mobovivo, Sandy Khaund from Turner Broadcasteing, and Guy Piekarz from Macha.TV. Broadband…