As part of a push to expand its ability to deliver live events, linear television and video on demand, Verizon Digital Media Services has acquired upLynk, a technology and television cloud company.
Some companies hit the ground running. In January, 2013, UpLynk, which provides simplified live and on-demand HD adaptive streaming for premium partners, came out of stealth mode. It already had a giant win of a customer with Disney/ABC. Today, Verizon Digital Media Services announced that it has acquired UpLynk for an undisclosed amount, adding UpLynk’s technology to its portfolio.
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) said Wednesday that it acquired upLynk, the streaming video technology provider that Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) uses to manage video encoding and delivery for TV Everywhere apps such as Watch Disney Channel.
Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) announced this morning that it has acquired upLynk, which offers content providers an innovative cloud-based adaptive streaming platform for multi-device TV Everywhere distribution. upLynk gained wide visibility earlier this year when it announced that Disney was using it to power the Watch Disney apps, ABC player and ABC Family player.
Verizon Media Services (VMS) announced today that it has purchased upLynk, the cloud-based streaming video solution. upLynk is best known as the power behind the Watch Disney apps, and in particular the newest affiliate-driven Watch ABC. upLynk’s unique architecture and business approach was the reason Disney selected upLynk for the service, and the reason Verizon Media Services purchased […]
Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS), a division of Verizon Communications focused on cloud-based video service delivery, is looking to scale up its online video and TV Everywhere capabilities via the acquisition of upLynk, a startup founded in 2010 that is powering the suite of Watch Disney apps, as well as Watch ABC.
File-delivery specialist, Brevity Ventures has launched a new desktop app that will allow users to simultaneously transport, transcode and transfer files to and from any location with a computer. The product is designed to speed up the movement of large files and make it easier for users to collaborate
Sorenson Media, a company that specializes in video encoding and workflow systems, has hired online video vet Marcus Liassides as president and CEO. He succeeds Peter Csathy, who has since joined Manatt Digital Media Ventures, but will maintain an advisory role at Sorenson, according to a spokeswoman.
The American Cancer Society of Utah’s Hope Gala is just around the corner. It’s a time when the community pitches in to help cancer patients in the Beehive State. Money raised will help fund programs such as Look Good, Feel Better, which gives cancer patients free beauty products and advice.
A national, long-term study researching the causes of cancer is looking for volunteers from Utah. The American Cancer Society will be following 300,000 participants from around the nation for the Cancer Prevention Study-3.
Cancer researchers are tackling a tough topic and asking Utah residents to help. Unlike much of the ongoing research to find a cure, a new nationwide study — backed by the American Cancer Society — aims to give physicians, patients and the public a better understanding of how cancer is caused, perhaps uncover more effective prevention […]
Sony released a 4K movie store which fueled concerns about bandwidth caps on broadband connections. EyeIO is handling the encoding and, if what they showed me holds up, the concerns could be overblown. Sony worked with musician Kurt Hugo Schneider to create a unique music video featuring cello with coke bottle accompaniment!
According to Sony, the 4K movie titles will each take up 45 to 60 gigabytes, allowing users download and store up to 50 movies on the company’s FMP-X1 4K set-top. Sony’s using an encoding system from startup Eye IO to compress the video, but has declined to specify the compression rate.
Sony is trying to keep bandwidth requirements in check using proprietary compression encoding technology developed by Eye IO, but the new 4K downloading service could wreak havoc on emerging usage-based broadband service policies that charge extra when customers exceed their monthly consumption limits.
Sony, which is using compression technology from Palo Alto-based eyeIO, obviously thinks otherwise and believes that it has timed everything right — the bandwidth availability and compression technology are both ready for 4K content and screens.
Sony has developed the FMP-X1 4K media player to provide 4K content for its 4K UltraHD TVs and to cope with streaming 4K’s high bandwidth demands, the company has licensed EyeIO’s UltraHD compression encoding technology.
Today’s TVs and other devices have decompression software on a chip inside the device.  Sony’s new 4K TVs and accompanying 4K media player use compression from tech company eyeIO, but the media player sidesteps the problem by downloading content instead of streaming it.
TV Everywhere? Hardly. Four years after Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian Robert and Time Warner Cable CEO Jeff Bewkes introduced their concept of TV of the future at the Cable Show in Los Angeles, a service that would deliver a plethora of content to subscribers at any time anywhere, the initiative remains stalled.
Live-streaming is a nice additive to the concert-going experience, but will it ever replace sold-out arenas? How you approach the world of live-streamed concerts is probably mostly a matter of personal taste. Some people would never trade the rock, sweat and tears of a live event for a calm, on-screen viewing experience.
