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  • World animation industry comes together at MipJunior 2014

    World animation industry comes together at MipJunior 2014

    CANNES: The wait is over as the influential buyers, sellers and producers from world over unite at MipJunior 2014, what is called the biggest international digital library of kids’ programmes. Over the next two days, these influential digital players, publishers and licensing executives will present, discover and screen the very latest content, giving them the edge on concluding deals at MIPCOM.

     

    Presenting a huge bouquet of content is also the Indian animation industry, which is looking for co-production deals with international players, while also presenting its work to the world.

    Being held at Palm Beach in Cannes, MipJunior has a new address this year.

     

    The focus at this year’s MipJunior is to capture kids where ever they are watching content. Setting the right tune for the exciting two days, is the session on ‘Kids and Multi Screens’, where panelists will find out how changes in technology is impacting kids’ viewing habits.

     

    Another exciting session to look forward to is ‘The digital strategists show and tell: Hit IPs breaking through all screens’, moderated by World Screen managing editor Brzoznowski Kristin. The session will see Rovio Entertainment head of content strategy Dorra Nick, PlayKids worldwide head of content Gorfine Bethany, Unicorn Black founder and CEO Haroon Rashid Aaron and 1B9 Entertainment COO Liberini Marcelo educating people on the strategies that work the most to engage young audiences in multi-screen content consumption.

     

    While day one will conclude with close to four screenings, day two will see speakers talking about the emerging multi-platform acquisition trends, the next gen TV projects for connected kids, keeping up with connected kids and a guide to developing the future kids’ classics on the web.

     

  • Verizon Digital expands global content delivery network

    Verizon Digital expands global content delivery network

    NEW DELHI: As internet users increasingly demand high-quality content at lightning-fast speeds, Verizon Digital Media Services is responding by adding direct local connectivity from its network to many of the world’s largest broadband providers.

     

    The expansion streamlines delivery and distribution to ensure high-quality user experiences and seamlessly handle traffic spikes as connected devices, user bases and file sizes continue to grow.

     

    Since its acquisition of EdgeCast Networks, a content delivery network, Verizon Digital Media Services has rapidly expanded the capacity of the Verizon EdgeCast CDN, adding more than 20 new points of presence, or POPs, in major cities around the world since January.

     

    These cities include Warsaw, Stockholm, Milan, Vienna, Melbourne, Helsinki, Kaohsiung, Batam, Jakarta and Sao Paulo. The company also expanded its presence with additional POPs in many cities already served, including London, Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam.

     

    These additions offer customers even greater connectivity and performance within these markets.

     

    “The majority of our customers offer their services to a global audience. Our continued worldwide expansion means content is as close as possible to the end-user’s digital doorstep,” Verizon Digital Media Services chief marketing officer James Segil said.

     

    He added, “Continuing to add points of presence to our network helps our customers deliver even their largest files quickly and efficiently no matter whether the viewer is watching video, shopping, gaming or sharing content.”

     

    Each new POP is built securely on Verizon Digital Media Services’ latest generation of delivery servers, with pre-built dedicated space for rapid expansion. The POPs have multiple diverse connections into last-mile networks and are provisioned to support the full suite of Verizon EdgeCast services.

     

    Located in one of the world’s busiest business gateways, Verizon Digital Media Services is now a part of a massive and diverse carrier-neutral Brazil, colocation site in Sao Paulo. Serving as one of the most important internet exchanges in the region, this Verizon-owned data center is in Sao Paulo’s high-tech corridor and has redundancy links across both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

     

    “Brazil is one of the biggest markets in the world and our customers have let us know how important that market is to them,” said Segil. “This new, full-scale POP in Sao Paulo is already outperforming the demand for lightning-fast response times.”

     

    As demand grows from content providers and online consumers, Verizon Digital Media Services plans to add additional global POPs to meet that need, while the company continues to deliver Internet global traffic at top quality and at high speeds.

     

    Verizon Digital Media Services provides blazing-fast and secure websites, the highest-quality video, and massive scale for exceptional multi-screen experiences — all while reducing costs. The end-to-end platform removes the complexities of connecting an increasingly mobile world and enabling businesses to securely leverage the cloud.

     

     

  • Cognizant acquires American digital video solutions vendor, itaas

    Cognizant acquires American digital video solutions vendor, itaas

    NEW DELHI: Digital video solutions vendor, itaas, is being acquired by Cognizant, though no details of the financial terms involved have been disclosed.

     

    The Atlanta, Georgia-based itaas assists television providers and broadcasters, particularly cable channels, to deliver live streaming and video services on digital platforms.

     

    The digital video solutions vendor has approximately 200 professionals in the United States, Canada and India.

     

    The acquisition will enable Cognizant to capitalise on the demand for interactivity, personalisation, and content delivery in the multi-screen and video market.

     

    Cognizant said that the expanded capabilities will also support other industries such as banking, retail, and healthcare, which are rolling out advanced customer and business platforms centered on video.

     

    Cognizant IT services CEO Rajeev Mehta said: “This acquisition continues our long-standing strategy of acquiring sharply focused business capabilities that complement our existing offerings.”