September 16, 2024
                
                        
        
            Online Video News
    
        
            IBC 2024: Gracenote Exhibits New Watch Prompts Dataset That Drives Audience Tune-in and Engagement
        
        
            
                
                    13 Sep 2024
        
        
            Leveraging AI and human editorial expertise, Watch Prompts complements Gracenote Video Descriptors to deliver facts, talent call-outs, and content comparisons.
    
                    
                        
        
            Short Cuts
    
        
            How to Improve Fan Engagement for Live Sports Streams
        
        
            
                
                    13 Sep 2024
        
        
            Keeping users engaged in between main events and enhancing overall fan experiences is a challenge for all sports streamers. It means giving fans new chances to interact with the content, developing second screen experiences, bringing in influencers, addressing accessibility concerns, and more, according to Joe Caporoso, President of DAZN's Team Whistle, in this conversation with Reality Software's Nadine Krefetz from Streaming Media Connect 2024.
    
                    
                        
        
            Blog
    
        
            Why Streamers Need Rural Sports Fans — and Why Quality is Key for Keeping Them Around
        
        
            
                
                    11 Sep 2024
        
        
            Steve Miller-Jones, Vice President, Product Strategy, Netskrt Systems, discusses why streamers need rural sports fans, the reasons quality is key for reducing churn, and how streaming platforms and ISPs can beat buffering problems associated with delivering live sporting events to remote areas.
    
                    
                
        
            Industry News
    
        
            TOD by beIN MEDIA GROUP Partners with Harmonic to Enhance Live Sports Streaming in the MENA Region
        
            Harmonic’s VOS360 Media SaaS to Enable TOD with Low-Latency Live Sports Streaming with Superior Video Quality
    
        
            Harmonic Drives Innovation with New Game-Changing Capabilities for Its Market-Leading VOS Software and SaaS Solutions
        
            SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 10, 2024 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that it will unveil groundbreaking new features for the company’s VOS® family at IBC2024, enabling simpler video streaming and broadcast delivery, increased monetization and eleva
    
        
            24i Worked with Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to Launch Bluu, a new All-in Video Streaming Service
        
            The Power and Flexibility of 24i Video Cloud Enables All-you-Need Service with 24/7 Local Broadcast Channels, Live Sports and General Entertainment.
    
        
            Teradek Launches New Prism 877 4K HEVC Encoder/Decoder Cards and Demos Innovative Live Production Solutions at the 2024 IBC Show
        
            Teradek is launching its new Prism 877 Encoder/Decoder Cards at the 2024 IBC Show, offering significant improvements in broadcasting efficiency. The cards enable users to switch between encoding and decoding on-demand and can double Prism Rack’s capacity 
    
        
            FAST Platform wedotv Adopts  Zixi to Distribute Content to Partners
        
            Zixi-as-a-Service serves as a foundation to deliver the needs of today and the future
    
        
            m:tel Banja Luka to Launch New TV Experience
        
            Leading Telecom Provider Partners with 24i and Antecna to Deliver Seamless TV Interface with Advanced Features.
    
        
            AJA Debuts New Products and Updates at IBC 2024
        
            Reinforcing its commitment to engineering solutions that address emerging IP, live production, and data management workflow demands, AJA unveiled a host of new products and updates at IBC 2024. Visitors to the AJA stand (7.B19) will be able to explore AJA
    
        
            AJA Previews Virtual KONA in Collaboration with AWS at IBC 2024
        
            New AJA SDK integration with AWS CDI to unlock virtualized video input/output (I/O) capabilities for cloud-based creative, streaming, and broadcast solutions built on AWS