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SWAC TV puts live college sport on six FAST platforms
Triple B Media will operate the free channel across Prime Video, Plex, Xumo Play, Fire TV, Google TV and Dingo TV.
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RecordPlus moves its OTT front and back ends to one cloud stack
Accedo’s rebuild spans mobile, web and connected-TV clients while integrating third-party services for an audience reported at 17 million users.
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Disney+ turns curated libraries into continuous lean-back channels
The global Playlists rollout packages episodes and films into themed streams while keeping the transport controls of on-demand viewing.
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Apple TV adds 59 countries in its largest distribution expansion
The service will reach 170 markets, with iCloud+ and Apple Arcade bundles used in more than 100 countries outside several established territories.
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TiVo OS enters US retail in new Element 4K televisions
Element is launching 50-inch and 65-inch models that use TiVo's content-first interface as an alternative smart-TV operating system.
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LNK joins five playout chains to ST 2110 and cloud recovery
Playout X and Framelight X run on shared AMPP compute in Vilnius while a separate AWS deployment protects the five national channels.
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Roku Labs puts unfinished television apps on the home screen
The opt-in programme lets US viewers test experimental experiences while Roku opens the lightweight LT OS core to external developers.
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Dish OnStream carries live football onto United’s Starlink fleet
The inflight workflow delivers multiple national sports channels to seatback screens while passengers use the same satellite connection for personal devices.
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SES CORE chooses between satellite, fibre and IP from one control layer
The infrastructure-neutral platform monitors active feeds, exposes network performance and automates hybrid distribution tasks and redundancy.
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KEET moves master control to a managed, redundant cloud platform
PMM Cloud lets the public broadcaster avoid a large equipment replacement while keeping local control and adding dual-NOC monitoring and disaster recovery.
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WebRTS adds DRM and server-side ads without leaving sub-second delivery
Ceeblue and Layercake encrypt once at ingest, keep keys away from edge nodes and orchestrate protected SSAI streams across standard CDNs.
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Video teams plan MoQ faster than they deploy it
Bitmovin’s 2026 survey reports 98% AI or ML use and 28% MoQ plans, but only 2% of respondents already run Media over QUIC in production.
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Agent TiVo routes entertainment questions across a hybrid AI stack
The white-label discovery layer accepts voice or text and lets operators keep brand control while reducing reliance on a single large language model.
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AV2 moves from specification into encoder and compliance tools
AOMedia members are demonstrating SVT-AV2, multistream playback, bitstream analysis, device testing and early visual comparisons at IBC2026.
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Delta Protocol turns live sport into frame-synchronised scene instructions
The DAZN-led proof of concept keeps video in the path today while a lightweight intelligence track tells client devices what changed and what matters.
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Optional overlay targets age-related barriers in internet television
The IBC best technical paper applies human-factors research to everyday streaming tasks instead of requiring a separate service for older viewers.
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AI sign-language pipeline joins live compositing with global delivery
The IBC award-winning workflow combines Signapse digital signers, Norsk processing and Akamai distribution for live and on-demand accessibility.
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Nagravision puts hardware security inside future MediaTek television chips
The agreement moves premium-content protection from an added software layer into the TV SoC and applies the same hardware anchor to broadcast and streaming services.
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Tiledmedia Fabric merges live mixing, graphics and encoding
One data-driven processing pipeline can make a produced main channel and interactive multiview streams from the same live video, audio and event feeds.
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DVEO moves Premio and D-Streamer control from Windows to the browser
Linux-based encoder and decoder updates add web administration, multiple outputs and simultaneous SDI and UDP delivery from one channel.
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Imagine XVR adds graphics, newsroom MOS and guarded AI playout
The high-density server is becoming an integrated channel engine with assured ingest, MXL interoperability and MCP-controlled operations.
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AWS assembles personalised multiviews without re-encoding every layout
MediaPackage Dynamic Multiview composes HLS and DASH views from encoded sources while new Elemental services add scene metadata and low-latency advertising.
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Bitmovin Encoder V3 adds MoQ delivery and read-only AI diagnostics
The release pairs new HEVC and AV1 encoders with real-time VMAF, additional HDR formats and natural-language inspection of live and VOD jobs.
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A+E centralises multi-platform VOD delivery on Comcast MediaExpress
The multi-year agreement gives A+E Global Media one managed ingest and distribution path for services including Amazon, Apple Channels, Xfinity and DirecTV.
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RTBF moves live and time-shifted advertising onto HLS Interstitials
The broadcaster's deployed SGAI workflow combines AIP AdBlendr with Bitmovin playback across smart TVs, browsers and mobile apps without per-user manifests.
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M2A orchestrates Ateme processing for hundreds of concurrent live events
The AWS-based integration covers ABR encoding, transport-stream normalisation, frame-rate and HDR conversion, timecode and watermarking.
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BCE deploys multi-tenant Gecko OTT inside its media-services stack
Alpha Networks' modular platform separates brands, catalogues, users, rights and workflows while giving BCE a shared operational foundation.
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BBC Studios and UKTV move 53 channels into Full Season services
The multi-year agreement covers content preparation, linear playout, associated VoD workflows and delivery to multiple global collection points.
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Irdeto follows cryptocurrency flows behind pirate streaming services
Chainalysis Reactor is being added to investigations that already combine content forensics, infrastructure mapping and payment disruption.
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Veset turns Nimbus cloud playout into a self-service subscription
Channel owners can configure a FAST or OTT service online, start a seven-day trial and operate file and live playlists with SCTE-35, graphics and redundancy.
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nanocosmos joins MoQ delivery and browser production in one real-time platform
nanoStream and nanoStudio add server-side chroma key, replay, session recording and multilingual AI captions around a sub-second delivery path.
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Beamr pairs live NVIDIA super resolution with content-adaptive compression
The GPU pipeline enhances HD sources with NVIDIA VSR and then applies CABR encoding, aiming to improve perceived quality without carrying the full uncompressed processing cost downstream.
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Brightcove Gen 2 adds agent-driven control across video operations
The platform update connects content, metadata, monetisation and experience configuration through a conversational Agentic Hub alongside lower-latency live delivery.
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Big Blue Marble reports 10 Tbps CloudFront peak for World Cup streaming
The unnamed European public broadcaster used the capacity inside a wider multi-CDN service supported by continuous engineering coverage and AWS event-readiness teams.
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Comcast Media360 adds Ateme compression and OTT delivery options
A new collaboration lets CTS package Titan, NEA OTT and Ateme+ services with its managed media supply chain for live encoding, distribution and monetisation.
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TiVo OS adds DVB-I reception and targets 1GB smart-TV hardware
The independent TV platform combines broadcast-over-IP discovery, expanded FAST navigation and conversational search with a reduced memory and storage footprint.
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AgileTV pre-integrates Friend MTS watermarking at the CDN layer
Session tokens drive A/B stream assembly so premium live services can trace a leaked feed to an account and optionally trigger real-time enforcement.
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Accedo and MediaKind package a production-proven operator streaming stack
The white-label service combines multi-device native applications with MK.IO entitlements, content, discovery, security and delivery, citing Cogeco EPICO as a live deployment.
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Broadpeak adds seven 1-Tbps-class video HyperPoPs in Brazil
The local ISP deployments expand Broadpeak's Adaptive Streaming CDN for high-audience events while exposing the service through the broadpeak.io API platform.
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DTVKit and Ocean Blue move DVB-I client from trials towards deployment
The shared-source C++ implementation supports DVB-I service discovery, regionalisation, EPG and accessibility data while keeping the user interface behind a portable JSON API.
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Quickplay Live Operations puts scheduling, SCTE-35 and failover in one console
The cloud control plane manages live and FAST channels across distributed stations, including signal health, slate insertion, clipping and local VOD fallback.
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Kaltura adds Verimatrix protection to its cloud TV marketplace
The joint offer combines multi-DRM, secure delivery and controls against piracy and credential sharing, with existing customers scheduled to migrate.
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Synamedia adds video-quality monitoring to Gravity and previews Proximity
The company is extending device operations beyond North America while testing a viewer-aware layer that adapts recommendations and advertising by who is in the room.
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Seven-country study puts live sports latency alongside product value
Big Blue Marble's survey found delayed streams are widespread, but replay, alternate angles and personalised highlights can influence what viewers will pay for.
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VodafoneThree selects Netgem PLEIO for managed UK television service
The October launch will combine Freely, more than 150 channels, streaming apps, transactional video and cloud games through a 4K Dolby-capable Android TV hub.
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Mediagenix Curation combines editorial rails with automated personalisation
The new workflow uses configurable recipes and previews to shape streaming homepages and collections without surrendering final editorial control to an algorithm.
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Cricket Australia takes live and archive video direct to global fans
The early-access Cricket TV service uses Eluvio Content Fabric to serve markets outside existing rights deals with one live-to-VOD and monetisation stack.
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Oracle federates live MoQ delivery across ISP and CDN networks
Oracle Video Edge is moving from component demonstrations toward coordinated Media over QUIC relays that operate across independently managed networks.
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Odisha Television moves encoding and multiplexing onto Quortex software
The East Indian broadcaster has replaced fixed video hardware with a virtualised processing stack covering encoding, multiplexing, scrambling and central control.
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Foxtel selects software-defined Vipe playout for 38 channels
The Australian operator will consolidate thematic services, live events and pop-up coverage on a cloud-built platform that allocates resources by channel demand.
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PlayBox Neo adds role-based control to hybrid playout operations
New role-based user management is intended to limit functions and toolsets by operator responsibility across cloud, IP and on-premises PlayBox Neo Suite deployments.
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DeviceAtlas adds viewer-device energy data to streaming analytics
Sustainability Properties exposes energy-class and power-use metadata for TVs, tablets and phones so streaming services can account for the device side of delivery.
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Yospace brings non-linear ad formats into live, VOD and FAST workflows
Ad Presentation uses device intelligence and emerging IAB formats to add pause ads, overlays, squeezebacks and L-banners without per-device implementations.
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Court TV consolidates broadcast and FAST operations on Amagi CLOUDPORT
Law&Crime completed the cloud playout migration on a five-month timetable, with automated repackaging of weekday live programming for syndication.
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Stingr removes QR codes from second-screen television interaction
A broadcaster app can identify the programme and moment from a phone camera, then surface commerce, sponsor, information or accessibility content.
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LTN combines event routing, graphics and ad signalling in live master control
The sports workflow brings contribution, cloud playout, localisation and operational monitoring into one event-control layer.
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Encompass and Grass Valley launch software-defined playout for Channel 4
Altitude Playout Plus combines Encompass operations with AMPP and Playout X for live, late-changing channels across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
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Frequency turns channel strategy into a natural-language Blueprint
Studio AI is designed to analyse FAST schedules and scale programming decisions while preserving rights windows, localisation and editorial constraints.
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Sky launches user-selected four-event sports multiview
Your Multiview moves beyond fixed mosaics by letting Sky Glass, Stream and Q viewers choose feeds, change the layout and select which event supplies audio.
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iWedia bundles DTV delivery, testing and fleet operations in Teatro Factory
The operator-facing framework links software delivery with Cuttlefish-based Android validation, physical-device regression tests and live fleet telemetry.
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Zixi Broadcaster v19 targets resilient hybrid live transport
The new release expands contribution and distribution controls for mixed on-premises and cloud workflows, with orchestration through ZEN Master.
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Broadpeak brings retailer baskets into shoppable CTV ads
Click2Cart links connected-TV advertising to existing retail accounts, aiming to reduce the steps between viewing a product and adding it to a basket.
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Sony and VITEC move IPTV playback inside BRAVIA displays
The Avedia application will run on compatible professional displays using the built-in system-on-chip, eliminating a separate IPTV player at each screen.
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Broadpeak moves live multiview into a managed packaging service
The SaaS offering assembles multiple live feeds at the packaging layer, aiming to add viewer-selectable mosaics without rebuilding the underlying player stack.
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TVU brings its cloud channel playout stack onto local servers
TVU Channel On-Prem carries scheduling, graphics, ad insertion and distribution into a local appliance or customer-owned server.
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NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 13.1 adds AV1 reference trees and zero-copy transcoding
The release expands NVENC quality controls, NVDEC analytics and frame seeking, while redesigning sample transcode pipelines.
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TelevisaUnivision details the edge architecture behind its World Cup streaming
Deep ISP caching, direct peering, reserved capacity and an edge session store supported 104 matches across Latin America.
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TV9 adopts POIS-based ad orchestration across connected-TV news channels
The Indian news network is consolidating feed management, CTV distribution and monetisation with Amagi.
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Cinegy moves Air playout back-end into Docker containers on Linux
The IBC2026 demonstration focuses on containerised channel deployment while keeping the familiar operator layer.
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Channel 5 consolidates multi-platform packaging on MediaPackage v2
The UK broadcaster replaced parallel packaging paths with a single just-in-time service supporting DVB-DASH, MPEG-DASH and HLS.
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Evertz X-CALIBER scales dense codec processing in one rack unit
X-CALIBER is a 1RU modular processing platform with eight hot-swappable blades and high-density HEVC, H.264, JPEG XS and JPEG 2000 options.
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