Bluestreak Technology Teams with blinkx, L4Media, Kannuu and SENSIO to Demonstrate the First Comprehensive Video Everywhere Ecosystem
Video Everywhere Ecosystem Emerges with Multi-screen Video, OTT Services, and Social Media Enabled by Bluestreak Technology
IBC 2011 - AMSTERDAM — September 9th, 2011 -- Bluestreak Technology, the leader in Video Everywhere, announced today that they have teamed with several companies and brands, including blinkx, L4Media and Kannuu to initiate the industry’s first comprehensive Video Everywhere ecosystem. By assembling and integrating the leading video technologies, the new ecosystem speeds time to market for content owners, device manufacturers, and network operators who want to create and launch multi-screen video experiences across a wide array of connected devices.
“Our research has shown that over 80% of pay TV customers in the US and 40% in Western Europe are able to receive multi-screen services from their pay TV provider today. Those figures will continue to increase worldwide,” said Kurt Scherf, Vice President and Principal Analyst for Parks Associates. “By combining their proven MachBlue™ platform with video content and technology from trusted partners, Bluestreak Technology is now offering service providers a one-stop-shop for all their over-the-top (OTT) and managed video services.”
Today’s most popular video services, such as live video programming, HD video on demand and personal video recording, are best served on managed networks using set-top box devices. However, the growth of broadband networks allows the increased availability and quality of over-the-top services on connected devices, like connected TVs, Blu-ray players, PCs, tablets, smartphones, and digital media players. Video Everywhere blends content and services from traditional pay TV operators, OTT properties and users’ CE devices, PCs, tablets and smartphones to create smart video services on any device.
The new Video Everywhere ecosystem that Bluestreak Technology is currently spearheading includes services such as:
- Over-the-top (OTT) Services – A series of comprehensive OTT video channels delivered by blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine. blinkx indexes and manages web content from over 800 channel partners and delivers targeted video advertising from the growing inventory of web advertisements.
- Social Media – A fully integrated suite of interactive and social media enabled widgets and applications, including Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr applications, powered by L4 Media, a leader in interactive media and mobile development.
- Innovative Search Navigation – Instant access to advanced search and navigation technology from Kannuu which streamlines discovery of content in an IPTV environment.
- MachBlue Smart Screens – MachBlue Smart Screens is a multi-screen solution providing network operators, content aggregators, and system integrators with the capacity to deliver cross platform Pay TV and OTT video services. It enables operators and content aggregators to distribute their content anywhere (on an operator’s managed network or over-the-top) on any device (set-top box, connected TV, tablet, smartphone, etc.). The solution also enables operators’ managed devices to access OTT applications and local network video content.
For more information on Video Everywhere, download the new white paper “Video Everywhere: The Dominant Trend in Video” from the Bluestreak Technology website at: www.bluestreaktech.com/videoeverywhere.php.
“Bluestreak brings almost ten years of experience delivering optimized video solutions to some of the largest connected device vendors and content providers in the world. These customers were consistently asking us for more efficient solutions to provide smart video services across any device,” said Dominique Jodoin, Bluestreak Technology CEO and President. “To solve this issue we teamed with top companies to provide a smart solution for all of our customers’ video needs. The result is a comprehensive ecosystem that makes the promise of delivering Video Everywhere a reality.”
Demonstrations of the fully integrated Video Everywhere ecosystem will be showcased by Bluestreak Technology on a variety of connected devices at the IBC Expo 2011 conference and exhibition in Amsterdam, September 9th-13th. 3D content for the demonstration at the IBC show was provided by SENSIO Technologies in its superior-quality SENSIO® Hi-Fi 3D format. For more information, please visit the Bluestreak Technology stand in Hall 13, stand number: 13.123.
About Bluestreak Technology
Bluestreak Technology is the leader in enabling Video Everywhere. The company’s MachBlue™ platform provides content owners, device manufacturers, and network operators with the ability to deliver an outstanding over-the-top (OTT) video experience to any device. Bluestreak Technology’s products are embedded in over 25 million connected devices today, delivering outstanding video that is optimized to run across multiple screens, including connected TVs, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, smartphones, and tablets.
Bluestreak Technology products are deployed by the largest connected device vendors and content providers in the world, including Bouygues Telecom, DivX, Mitsubishi, NDS, Orange, Panasonic, SagemCom, Soft@Home, Time Warner Cable and Videotron. Additional information is available at www.bluestreaktech.com, +1 (514) 448-7662, info@bluestreaktech.com, or Twitter: @Bluestreak_Tech.
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