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EyeIO said Friday that Sony Pictures has licensed its Ultra High-Definition compression-encoding technology to support native 4K movie downloads to the home.

While it’s still unclear how many consumers will take a shine to new Ultra HD TVs, Sony is getting ready to launch the industry’s first 4K streaming service this summer using an encoding system from startup Eye IO to squeeze the video down for broadband delivery.

Owners of Sony’s Ultra HDTVs will soon be able to access 4K movies delivered to their sets via a Sony 4K media player (pictured above), which was first previewed at CES and launches this summer. To help make this possible, Sony Pictures is working with eyeIO.

upLynk, a streaming technology platform, was selected as one of four vendors essential for all digital media businesses in the 2013 Gartner Cool Vendors report. Gartner recognized upLynk for finding a practical solution to help broadcasters monetize their content with a simple workflow for streaming video online.

Disney’s ABC network will become the first broadcast network to stream its shows live online through an ongoing service, starting with viewers of its TV stations in New York and Philadelphia on May 14 and expanding to its other stations by the end of the summer.

Just in time for Tuesday’s fall-schedule announcement, ABC is introducing its long-rumored Watch ABC app for live-streaming TV shows. Viewers in New York and Philadelphia will be the first to have access to the service

This week, ABC is taking the fight against Aereo to the New York-based startup’s home turf: the network will start streaming its entire programming schedule in real-time to viewers in New York and Philadelphia. This marks the first time one of the major broadcasters has streamed a 24-hour live feed online.

This week, ABC is taking the fight against Aereo to the New York-based startup’s home turf: the network will start streaming its entire programming schedule in real-time to viewers in New York and Philadelphia.

ABC is debuting an app for viewers to watch live television on computers and mobile devices. ABC-owned and operated affiliates in New York and Philadelphia will begin live streaming of its shows and local programming on Tuesday

This week ABC will quietly revolutionize its app for iPhones and iPads with a button called “live.” Users around New York and Philadelphia will be able to live-stream all the programming from ABC’s local stations there, the first time that any major broadcaster has turned on such a technology.

Today, there is a lot of growth of video usage on mobile platforms, with tablets leading the way.

These days, many want to suggest that cable TV offerings will be “killed” or “replaced” by content services being delivered over the Internet using content delivery networks.

One of the themes at NAB 2013 was high efficiency video codecs. I spoke with several vendors, including upLynk and Harmonic, claiming that we would not have to wait very long to begin to reap the benefits of HEVC/h.265 technology.

CBC, a national broadcaster in Canada, has strategically collaborated with Conviva to incorporate Conviva’s anticipatory optimization and per-viewer performance analytics.

The key part of the upLynk solution is that is cost-effective for anybody of any size. When you have a customer like Disney that has a massive operation that you’re trying to work with, keeping costs low is incredibly important for them.

2013 is the year of live video online, and so Bulldog Digital Media has formed as the first live video consultancy.

Conviva recently signed one of the longest deals in streaming media; a 6 year agreement with HBO to provide video optimization support for the Go product.

Uplynk is the company that’s responsible for the WatchDisney apps and their live streaming. Here’s a great example of a company that’s really optimized their technical solution to deliver live, in real time, with very little latency.

Video streaming technology provider upLynk will be demoing a new live linear multiscreen streaming service at the 2013 NAB Show.

There are a number of trends in the broadcast environment relating to the evolution of the codecs for compression and managing the workflow to support more channels and devices.