Anne Morris

Bitcentral, a provider of professional media solutions for broadcast and digital video, announced the appointment of Silicon Valley executive Rick Arnold to its board of directors.

Video over IP specialist Zixi said Roi Sasson has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Sasson will lead Zixi’s global engineering organisation with a focus on “hyper-scaling” the technology teams, structuring processes, and accelerating innovation to meet the increasing market demand for IP video delivery.

Cloud-based video streaming technology provider MediaKind has entered into an agreement to acquire the video business of Harmonic for approximately $145m.

Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) has been selected by Charter Communications and Cox Communications, in separate deals, to help create, manage, and distribute linear channels for top-of-form, out-of-market games from premium sports leagues, including MLB, NHL, and NBA.

Bitmovin has announced a strategic partnership with ThinkAnalytics that will see the integration of Bitmovin’s AI Scene Analysis into ThinkAnalytics’ ThinkMediaAI platform.

Video streaming software and services provider Accedo and OTT platform provider Magine Pro have signed a binding agreement to merge their respective SaaS departments, Accedo One and Magine Pro, into a new jointly owned company.

IBC has announced the call for challenges for the 2026 Accelerator Media Innovation Programme.

Bitmovin has announced that its Observability for video playback (formerly Bitmovin’s Analytics) is now available on Akamai Cloud for the Akamai Adaptive Media Player 2 (AMP2). This integration enables improved streaming efficiency, real-time visibility, and deeper integration with Akamai’s services, the company said.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announces the general availability of AWS Elemental MediaConnect router, a new capability that it says enables broadcasters and content providers to dynamically route live video between sources and destinations in the AWS network.

3 Screen Solutions (3SS) said Canadian telco Telus has launched its Telus TV+ entertainment platform on Samsung and LG smart TVs, following on from the April 2025 rollout of Fire TV devices.