BE_IPTV UPDATE_ Penton Media April 14, 2009 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/broadcastengineering_/v/92 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://broadcastengineering.com/webinar/web/) ---------------------------------------- TOP STORY --NCAA March Madness on demand traffic sets record The final tally for traffic to CBSSports.com.'s NCAA March Madness on Demand video player indicates more than 7.5 million unique online visitors accessed the player during the tournament. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/ncaa-march-madness-demand-traffic-sets-record-0414 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Broadcast Facility Opens on the Moon! Experience broadcast challenges in an exciting outer space environment. Put your engineering skills to the test in this interactive adventure. 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Click VIP Pass for yours today! http://www.freepassnab.com/beiptv ---------------------------------------- STUDIES & STATS --Worldwide IPTV subscriptions approach 22 million; North America shows strong growth, says report A new report prepared for the Broadband Forum indicates the global economic environment has not deterred more people from subscribing to IPTV services. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/worldwide-subscriptions-million-north-america-strong-growth-0414 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT BE@NAB http://blog.broadcastengineering.com/nab/ Join the editors and writers of Broadcast Engineering magazine at NAB2009, even if you can't make it to Las Vegas! Beginning Monday, April 13, check out Broadcast Engineering's exclusive NAB blog, BE@NAB http://blog.broadcastengineering.com/nab/ , featuring pre-show coverage of events, conferences and NAB news. Then, check back Monday, April 20, when Broadcast Engineering writers and editors begin to post live from NAB2009 with the latest product and company news, audio podcasts with interviews from attendees and exhibitors, first-person accounts and links to videos taken from the show floor and posted on Broadcast Engineering's premiere video site! So, don't just sit around worrying about what you might be missing; visit BE@NAB http://blog.broadcastengineering.com/nab/ and join Broadcast Engineering at NAB2009! ---------------------------------------- IPTV NETWORK --The latest happenings from around the world of IPTV Business, technology, programming and personnel highlights from around the world of IPTV. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/happenings-ant-everyzing-yume-orca-harmonic-0414 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT White Paper: Archiving in the Entertainment and Professional Media Market The amount of digital content created by media & entertainment customers is growing at an alarming rate and archiving is becoming a critical factor to many media companies success. This report explores the current trends and drivers for digital archiving in the entertainment and professional media markets. Read this whitepaper now. http://broadcastengineering.com/white_papers/quantum/ ---------------------------------------- SOUND OFF --Targeted, addressable advertising is at hand, says Concurrent VP Paul Haddad The company's Everstream system is poised to help the ad community reach IPTV, mobile phone, cable and Internet audiences with information about viewing preferences that will better allow them to target their ads. 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To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/tandberg-television-unveils-watchpoint-content-management-system-0414 Thomson unveils SmartVision QoE server SmartVision QoE servers improve the overall IPTV subscriber experience by packet loss recovery to deal with video artifacts and minimizing channel change times. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/thomson-unveils-smartvision-qoe-server-0414 Pilat introduces IBMS:OnDemand IBMS:OnDemand lets broadcast networks and service providers deploy and differentiate on-demand services. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/pilat-introduces-ibms-ondemand-0414 Front Porch Digital releases DIVAdirector 4.0 DIVAdirector 4.0 is a mini media asset management package that lets users track digital assets in a storage system using automatically generated low-bit-rate proxies. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/front-porch-digital-releases-divadirector-0414 IMAKE expands on-demand ad system with targeted linear ad support IMAKE has created a centralized way to manage, target and execute ad campaigns across multiple linear and on-demand networks. To view the full article go to: http://broadcastengineering.com/iptv/imake-expands-on-demand-ad-system-targeted-linear-support-0414 Advertisement ---------------------------------------- (http://broadcastengineering.com/webcast/best ) ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Automation system vendors and server vendors appear to be picking up the baton regarding the many new formats; the element missing from the playout centers of broadcasters is automated QC. 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