DASH is the first international standardized adaptive bit-rate HTTP-based streaming solution

DENVER - Friday, November 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA, LLC announced today the availability of the MPEG-DASH (“DASH”) Patent Portfolio License. The joint license includes patents that are essential to the MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard, which enables high quality streaming of media content over HTTP to be dynamically adapted to changing network conditions to provide smooth, high quality playback of video and other content without stalls or re-buffering events.

The DASH standard is used in products such as mobile phones, tablets, televisions, set-top boxes, computers, digital/personal video recorders, optical disc players or recorders, game consoles and software.

Current DASH essential patent holders include Amotech Co., Ltd.; AVerMedia Technologies, Inc.; CableTelevision Laboratories, Inc.; Electroni ... Read more »

SES addresses US Government SATCOM needs in a cost-efficient way, brings US Government civilian content to homes across the globe

LUXEMBOURG - Friday, November 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, was awarded a managed services contract to support the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The service will support the Broadcasting Board of Governors in broadcasting US Government civilian content across the world via SES satellites. The single Firm-Fixed-Price Task Order will service some of the existing BBG’s satellite capacity requirements. SES GS will provide high quality satellite solutions and possesses the agility to reach BBG’s distribution hubs, news bureaus, and international audiences via satellite and terrestrial connectivity.

The contract for these SES GS managed services includes a one-year base peri ... Read more »

BUSAN, South Korea - Friday, November 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

    35 countries, 653 companies, 2,719 booths - the largest showing in history
    A comprehensive gathering of platforms including online, mobile, console, even VR
    A ‘top’ venue for the best game businesses in Asia

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Korea’s largest global game exhibition ‘G-STAR 2016 (Game Show and Trade All Round 2016)’ opened on November 17th(Thursday) at Bexco in Busan.

653 companies from 35 countries all over the globe are participating in ‘G-STAR 2016’, hosted by the Korea Internet Digital Entertainment Association (K-iDEA), boasting 2,719 booths (a 3.1% growth over the previous year) which is the largest ever to take place in history.

The B2C Exhibition Hall holds 1,530 booths, a 5.5% increase over the previous year, while the B2B Exhibition Hall holds 1,189 booths; together they ma ... Read more »