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04/13/2012
LiveCast Trims Bandwidth, Adds LTE Capability
Canada’s LiveCast Media has integrated InterDigital’s video optimization technology into its live streaming platform, "yielding bandwidth reduction averaging 52 percent with virtually no reduction in subjective video quality in most use cases," the company says. LiveCast offers a video solution for breaking news, emergencies in the field, law enforcement and for any other event where […]
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04/12/2012
CDNs Key To Mobile Ops’ Futures
Mobile operators finally may have a weapon in the battle for over-the-top (OTT) service revenues. According to a report from Strategy Analytics, content delivery networks (CDNs) will become a “significant revenue opportunity” for mobile broadband providers. The group outlines three ways mobile providers can enhance their bottom lines: >> Multi-screen delivery of video to […]
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04/12/2012
New SCTE Resources Include Measurement Pub, Standards Group
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is touting two new developments it says are intended to help cablecos optimize network performance: the release of the SCTE Measurement Recommended Practices, Fourth Edition and the creation of a standards subcommittee focused on network operations. The group says the new resources "are part of an ongoing SCTE […]
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04/12/2012
CodecSys Media Server Enables 'TV Anywhere' Solution
The software-based CodecSys Media Server from Broadcast International streams media content from one unified source to multiple clients and devices for a complete "TV Anywhere" solution. The server, being demonstrated for the first time at NAB next week, “was developed to extend and enhance a broadcaster’s content delivery options, opening new over-the-top (OTT) television opportunities […]
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04/12/2012
Toolset Provides ITU-Based Video Quality Testing
With the help of an algorithm recently recommended by the ITU-T, the Q-Master2 toolset from Silicon Valley-based QoE Systems measures video quality using a single metric: the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) that gauges video quality as perceived by an actual viewer. The Q-Master2 uses predetermined video clips for testing while also enabling the use of […]
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04/12/2012
Charter Ad Options Now Include Viewer Interactivity
Charter Communications will deploy FourthWall Media’s Ad Widgets interactive solutions to approximately 800,000 digital households in five markets, “providing the capability for interactive advertising and laying the groundwork for additional interactive capabilities for consumers,” the operator says. Ad Widgets is an end-to-end interactive-TV advertising solution built on CableLabs’ EBIF and SaFI standards, and tailored to […]