VOD

How “Little America” Captures the Immigrant Experience One Story at a Time

Inspired by true stories, Apple TV+ anthology series uses stylized, dramatized vignettes to go beyond the headlines.

PR Wire

Kit Barritt Joins Pixel Power as Training Manager

Well known, highly experienced project manager Kit Barritt has joined Pixel Power in the newly created role of training manager. Bringing with him a...

PR Wire

‘Showtime Pixel Power’ launches

Pixel Power is hosting a massive personalised customer engagement programme with a series of over a hundred one-to-one online meetings over the next six...

PR Wire

V-Nova Collaborates with Amazon Web Services for On-Demand, Low-Cost High-Quality Contribution Over Commercial Internet

Combination of V-Nova P.Link software with AWS Elemental MediaConnect and AWS Direct Connect provides intra-only grade contribution feeds without the need for leased dark...

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Pixel Power Software Enhancements Bring Real-World Efficiencies in Integration and Implementation

New versions of Gallium Workflow Orchestration and StreamMaster Media Processing built on innovation and user expectations

Starring Lauren Ambrose, Toby Kebbell, Rupert Grint and Nell Tiger Free, “Servant” is created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan. Image: Apple TV+

Creative Inspiration

M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant:” How to Master the Slow Burn in Storytelling

Single-location psychological thriller recently renewed for a second season on Apple TV+ explores trauma and loss.

PR Wire

New Accelerated Transcoding from Amazon Web Services Delivers up to 25X Faster VOD Processing

Enables high-resolution streaming of on-demand content for broadcasters and over-the-top providers

2016

HDR, IP, VOD, CFast and a Ton of Pixels: Data and Distribution Predictions for the Coming Year

It's almost inevitable that there will be more and better HDR monitoring options at all levels

Consumption

Netflix Overtakes YouTube as Most Watched VOD Service

Ampere Analysis has announced that Netflix is now the number one most watched on-demand service in the US, garnering 47% of viewers, while YouTube,...

Distribution

Will NBC’s ‘Aquarius’ Herald a New Era of Binge-Watching for Networks?

As NBC experiments with its summer series Aquarius, by making the full series available online while still airing it weekly on traditional TV, Variety‘s...

Distribution

NBC Releasing All Episodes of New Show Simultaneously on VOD

NBC will be releasing all 13 episodes of its new summer series Aquarius simutaneously on NBC.com, the NBC app and VOD while still traditionally...

Consumption

40% of U.S. Homes Use Subscription VOD

A new study from Nielsen has found that subscription VOD services, like Netflix, are now prevalent in 40% of U.S. homes. As MediaPost‘s Daisy...

Distribution

Documentary Subscription VOD Service CuriosityStream Launches

A new subscription video service from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks has just launched. CuriosityStream will feature factual and non-fiction long-form and short-form programming....

Consumption

What ‘The Interview”s VOD Success Says About the Future of the Business Model

Fast Company‘s Nicole LaPorte explores what The Interview‘s $15-million four-day VOD haul says about the future of the business model for studios. She writes,...

News

Bjork Releases ‘Biophilia’ VOD Pack

Bjork’s multi-platform Biophilia–the original album of which was released in 2011–still has legs. The singer has just released a VOD pack featuring three documentaries...

Expertise