News & Views

Johan Vanmarcke, Managing Director MEDIAGENIX Asia in the Jan/Feb issue of APB (page 14-15, A media lifecycle landscape mapped within BI and MAM sytems): “(...) Media companies differentiate themselves by providing content that their consumers want to consume. To do this, they must have a better understanding of their customer,… [+]

OTT viewing is on the rise, that much was clear at CABSAT 2018 in Dubai. Not only the traditional broadcasters with linear channels found their way to MEDIAGENIX. Attracted by the extensive OTT functionality in WHATS’ON and the increasing number of OTT customers in the MEDIAGENIX portfolio, ever more OTT… [+]

How to enjoy more automation when scheduling the same content in multiple formats for different channels, platforms and territories? On 22 November, WHATS’ON users from Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium came to the MEDIAGENIX HQ in Brussels to attend our Master Class on Media Management in WHATS’ON. Among many other features, this module offers the option to work with predefined segmentations or to segment automatically based on the need of every individual transmission. The module supports any number of video, audio and subtitling components, all time coded in sync. This meets the needs for more automation when scheduling the same content in multiple formats with different audio and subtitling on different channels or countries.  Any complexity is hidden from the user thanks to extensive configuration possibilities. [+]

Wednesday 25 October saw a good turnout at WHATS’ON Academy, with broadcasters from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK attending our master class on LAVA (Linear and VOD Alignment). As on-demand services and linear broadcasting will dovetail in today's content-centric media world, everyone is eager to learn the ropes of the single toolset for planning content on both VOD and linear delivery platforms. [+]

TV Everywhere addresses demand for more personalised viewing experience In some of the most developed and connected countries in the world, there are probably more mobile devices than TV sets in a household. And as viewers continue to embrace multiple devices for content consumption, how does the concept of TV… [+]