digiANALYSIS, BIZ + BITZ
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Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) market trends are “moving the goalposts” for Wi-Fi equipment makers, which will result in winners and losers across the industry. As no single vendor owns all the intellectual property required for a complete solution, the winners will be those vendors able to forge effective partnerships, rather than employing mere joint marketing announcements. ABI Research has found that key ecosystem partnerships include close working relationships with PBX manufacturers, fixed mobile convergence players such as DiVitas Networks and Agito Networks, and handset manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola. A partner’s product must have some degree of integration with VoWi-Fi equipment to be a part of the VoWi-Fi ecosystem. The strength of a VoWi-Fi equipment vendor’s overall solution is directly proportional to the strength of its VoWi-Fi ecosystem partners. The overall VoWi-Fi market will grow significantly through 2012. ABI Research forecasts that the number of access points used to handle voice traffic will experience a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 93 percent during this period, reaching nearly 56,000 access points by 2012. North America is the market leader at this time, but European sales are growing rapidly. By 2012, revenue associated with access points used for VoWi-Fi traffic will exceed $12 million. ABI Research’s recent study, The Voice Over Wi-Fi Ecosystem, provides in-depth analysis of all market partnerships required for success, and evaluates vendors who are positioned to lead the market. More info…
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OmniBus Systems revealed Malaysian broadcaster NTV7 (Natseven TV Sdn Bhd) has successfully gone live with an OmniBus Colossus automation system. Launched in 1998 as Malaysia’s first digital terrestrial channel, and now part of the Media Prima group, NTV7 shares its OmniBus automation infrastructure with Media Prima’s other stations, TV3, 8TV and TV9. They allow the company to mix and match storage and share content across multiple servers, stations and users. NTV7 opted for Colossus for its ability to scale with the growing multi-channel capability of the Media Prima group. Media Prima’s other channels have been long-term OmniBus operators, using Columbus automation systems, with TV3, 8TV and TV9 also basing their news automation on the same core infrastructure. With NTV7’s news bulletins soon to join them, all of Malaysia’s TV news programs — including those of RTM, Malaysia’s state broadcaster — will be automated by OmniBus—Denver, Colorado
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RIPL developed a nexgen Internet “push” technology to enable rapid distribution and re-distribution of content and advertising in a rich-media format. The company has just announced two key leadership appointments to its management team. They are Rob Green as the new Senior Vice President, Business and Corporate Development, and Russ Ryan as Vice President of Software Engineering. Prior to joining RIPL, Mr. Green was the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Nine Systems, which was acquired by Akamai for $160M/US. He was also a Group Manager of Business Development for Microsoft where he was responsible for the global advancement of Windows Media Technologies in the Broadcast Television and Content Distribution Network (CDN) markets. Ryan joins the firm from Real Networks, where he was General Manager for Desktop Products, including the recent release of Real Player 11. He had two tours at Microsoft where he shipped Microsoft C and LAN Manager 1.0—Seattle, Washington
digiCONTENT, CREATION + DELIVERY
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SES NEW SKIES will support international broadcasters in their live coverage of the Beijing Olympics Games from August 8th through the 24th with quality satellite capacity. To that effect, the company has renewed its China re-sale agreement. This will allow television coverage around the world via the SES NEW SKIES satellite fleet. The Beijing Olympic Games are expected to attract billions of global television viewers. SES NEW SKIES has been contracted by AT&T/NBC in the U.S., the BBC in the UK, TV Globo in Brazil and the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) to provide occasional use services out of Beijing via its satellites. The company offers occasional use capacity across its fleet of satellites: NSS-806 (319.5º E), NSS-7 (338º E) and NSS-10 in the Atlantic Ocean Region; NSS-703 (57º E) in the Indian Ocean region; NSS-6 (95º E), and NSS-11 in the Asian Region; and NSS-5 (183º E) in the Pacific Ocean region—The Hague, Netherlands
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Tata Communications and BitGravity, Inc. now have a strategic partnership. Tata Communications will co-brand, resell and jointly market BitGravity’s technology platform worldwide as part of a value-added services offering on top of Tata Global Network. As part of the arrangement, Tata Communications, with a global presence in more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs, will provide tight integration with BitGravity’s platform and their carrier-grade infrastructure, including collocation and IP-network capacity, and local sales presence in each region for the CDN offering. BitGravity will provide technology and manage the content delivery operation. The service will be sold in Europe and Asia and branded as Tata Communications’ CDN Powered by BitGravity. BitGravity is an award-winning technology provider in the content delivery space. The company has won numerous awards including DemoGod, LightReading’s Service Company of the Year, Digital Hollywood 100, and RedHerring 100. Built on top of BitGravity’s patent-pending routing architecture, BitCast, BitGravity’s services include BitGravity’s High-Definition Service and BG LiveBroadcast, the Internet’s first affordable, high-quality, massively scalable live product.
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Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today has completed a new HD-capable TV production and broadcast facility in Manhattan for Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world’s largest Christian television network. Located on the corner of 15th and Park Avenue, the installation will support production of TBN‘s digital TV channel in New York and support theatrical and motion picture debuts. TBN’s Manhattan production location replaces their SD television production studio and analog TV station located outside New York City. The new facility, located off-Broadway in the historic Century Center for the Performing Arts, provides TBN with a cutting-edge presence in the heart of the Big Apple. Now under the ownership of TBN, the building provides advanced HD production capabilities for Channel 54, which is now equipped to provide more local programming targeted to city residents. The production infrastructure will support events and programs held in the facility’s 298-seat auditorium—San Diego, California
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