Nothing stands still in telemedia. Whilst there’s still a very healthy market for traditional services such as; chat, dating and other premium rate services, the evolution of how people now communicate with one another (particularly via social media) and the development of new devices on which that communication is happening i.e. smarter smartphones, web books, tablets and interactive text – has meant that never before have brands, media companies and other businesses had such a great opportunity to connect with their customers.

This new unfettered, comm’s free-for-all, comes at a price. Consumers now expect to be able to interact with brands, TV shows, media companies, content and adverts through this vast array of channels, anytime day or night. So as a business, it’s vital to ensure this is now possible.

StreamingMedia.com announced that this year's Streaming Media East Exhibition and Conference will feature a special "Broadband Device Pavilion" on the show floor. Attendees will be able to get hands-on with more than two dozen of today's leading streaming devices, tablets and connected Blu-ray players, and experience content platforms in action from Netflix, Hulu, Apple, VUDU, Microsoft, Sony, Blockbuster, Amazon, Google TV, MLB.TV, ESPN, HBO and others, all at no charge.

TVover.net and Parks Associates are giving away 2 free pass to CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference and Showcase on June 28-30, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. Enter to win by emailing us at media@tvover.net with subject line 'CONNECTIONS 2011 raffle', name, email, company, address and phone number by noon CST, May 13, 2011. The winner will be randomly drawn.

Main fields of professional interest: Television. Radio broadcasting. Telecommunications. Internet. Cinema production.

Within the framework of TV and Radio Fair will be:

• Exhibition «Professional equipment and technology for television, radio, cinema production»;
• Content market (Exhibition) for ether, satellite, cable television and broadcasting;
• Section «Production studios»;
• Offices (stands) of professional associations of media industry;
• 4rd Congress of Independent Association of Broadcasters;
• All-Ukrainian Session of cable television operators and teleinformation networks; Conference «European programs in Ukraine: To allow is impossible to forbid» (Organizer: Association «TCU»);
• 7-th Conference «Technics of TV» and other conferences, seminars, round tables, presentations for media professionals.

Digital Rapids is providing the encoding capabilities powering live and on-demand video of the 2011 NAB Show on the official show website, www.nabshow.com. Expanding upon the on-demand content featured on the site during previous events, the NAB Show is for the first time featuring official daily webcasts, live from the show floor. The automated, high-performance Digital Rapids Transcode Manager software is being used in the production of on-demand content for the third consecutive year, while the TouchStream portable live streaming appliance is being used for encoding and streaming of the live webcasts.

Envivio announces a comprehensive lineup of demonstrations, new products, and partnerships on display at NAB 2011. New product highlights include the world premier of Envivio Halo Network Media Processors, the North America debut of the 4Caster C4 Gen III multi-screen encoder, and the application of the Envivio Genesis broadcast standards-based universal mezzanine output format. The combination of these three key Envivio technologies provides an architecture built from the ground and specifically tuned for multi-screen . This revolutionary approach gives to the operator:

• The best quality of viewing experience on any device offered to their subscribers.
• Large bandwidth savings on their core network.
• The ability to serve the latest devices as soon as they come to market in a protected fashion.

Digital Rapids has unveiled version 2.0 of the award-winning Digital Rapids Transcode Manager enterprise-class, multi-screen media file transcoding software. Transcode Manager 2.0, built on the groundbreaking new Kayak application platform, combines outstanding quality, intelligent automation and exceptional performance for transforming high volumes of media between acquisition, production, archive and distribution formats. New features include powerful, logic-driven process automation; greater deployment flexibility; and seamless scalability beyond facilities into the cloud.

In addition to previews of Transcode Manager 2.0 in Digital Rapids' booth (SL6010) at the 2011 NAB Show, the new cloud transcoding capabilities running on the Windows Azure platform will be demonstrated by Digital Rapids in the partner demonstration area of Microsoft Corp.'s booth, SL3812.

Exterity will be showcasing the latest additions to its range of TV and video over IP products at NAB 2011, the world’s largest digital media and entertainment event. The show is taking place from 11th-14th April at the Las Vegas Convention Centre.

Throughout the show Exterity will be demonstrating its extensive range of industry-leading Building IPTV solutions available to the market, including a preview of the soon to be launched AvediaServer version 3.4., which includes:

• Support for hardware RAID
• Improved performance and easier maintenance
• Multi language support
• AvediaPlayer Desktop application

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Verimatrix will be sharing its broader vision of the vital role revenue security will play as pay-TV operators upgrade their networks to add expanded services at NAB 2011. On the heels of its acquisition of the German DVB conditional access company, Comvenient, the combined team will discuss how offering a multi-network, multi-device security architecture can help position network operators for the next phase of their growth. Specifically, the company will discuss a full range of multi-screen strategies that can accommodate the addition of various types of IP-based service delivery while managing a single content authority platform.

Executives will be available at Verimatrix's booths (SU6207 and SU3024) during NAB 2011, April 11-14, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

IneoQuest will be previewing an advanced solution for end-to-end analytics of adaptive video streaming to mobile and residential devices across CDN and wholesale delivery networks. Come see a live demonstration in booth # SU2226 at NAB Show.

With the exponential growth of mobile devices such as smart-phones and tablets, and the addition of OTT video applications on new and existing residential devices such as set top boxes and games consoles, the number of content providers and content aggregators looking to find new channels to potential subscribers has increased considerably. To achieve this, the content providers are looking to CDN and wholesale network providers for video transport, while CDN and wholesale network providers are conversely looking to win new business for delivering that content.

Pixelmetrix will demo its latest application for the Electronic Couch Potato, the Video Quality Index.

Video Quality Index is a video quality measurement tool that scans all channels, identifies common video impairments such as macro-blocking, tiling and freeze frame, then combines them to a single, integrated metric. Results are consolidated across all channels and remote sites – making it easy to identify when and where video quality issues strike.

An innovative and leading-edge conference called “Broadcast, Interactive, Internet and Hybrid TV in Africa” will be held from the 4th to 7th July 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ‘TV in Africa’ conference brings together TV industry leaders from Africa and around the World to understand the latest innovations in TV delivery and specifically what this means to Africa. Speakers include the Secretary General of the Africa Telecommunications Union, the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organization, Regulators, Broadcasters, TV content producers and owners, Telecom Operators and Suppliers; it’s the whole of the emerging TV ecosystem.

“TV in Africa is a unique conference, its created in Africa for the African market. We’ve brought the best and the brightest from around the World together for 4 days to understand what the Digital and Interactive TV revolution means for Africa.” said Mark Maritz, CEO of Vital Training, the conference organizer.

The 19th Convergence India 2011 Expo organized by the Exhibitions India Group, and currently being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, was today buzzing with business-to-business interactions. In addition to Telecom and Broadcasting, the exhibition floor had strong presence from the Broadband and LTE companies. The focus of the industry towards the two technologies clearly indicates the emerging trends and the growth path for the ICT sector.

At the concurrently held conference, a special session was conducted by Huawei Telecommunications to highlight strategies for successful implementation of LTE technology. The conference also covered discussions on digitalization,3G ,wireless broadband, network health, VAS, rural infrastructure and green ICT.

The emerging role of Broadband Wireless Access was topical and definitive at the opening ceremony of the 19th Convergence India 2011 Expo which began at Pragati Maidan today. Envisaging a future for the communications industry to be data heavy, Hon’ble Minister Shri Sachin Pilot emphatically pointed during the inauguration that, “ less than 1% Broadband connectivity is unacceptable”. Admitting that the technology agnostic government needs to adapt itself to the latest developments, he said “Convergence has happened much faster than anyone expected”. However, Indian ICT industry has all the ingredients to lead from the front. Hailed as South Asia’s largest event on information and communications technology, the 19th edition of Convergence India expos continues to make difference in the lives of ordinary men, by showcasing and promoting innovative technologies and new applications.