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AI-powered Video Super Resolution and Remastering

AI has been the hot buzz word in tech the past couple of years and we’re starting to see more and more practical applications for video emerging from the hype, like automatic closed-captioning and language translation, automated descriptions and summaries, and AI video Super Resolution upscaling. Bitmovin has especially focused on how AI can provide…

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Globo, Google Cloud and Bitmovin: Taking Quality to New Heights

Globo’s content and reach When it comes to content scale and audience reach, Globo is on par with Hollywood and the big US broadcasters with over 3,000 hours of entertainment content being produced each year. The viewership numbers are equally impressive with forty-nine million Brazilians watching the daily, one-hour newscast and Globo’s Digital Hub attracting…

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Split-and-Stitch Encoding with incredible speed, quality and scale

Introduction In the early days of digital video, encoding a full-length movie could take several hours or even days to complete, depending on the settings and techniques that were used. Over time, as processor speeds increased and specialized hardware was introduced, encoding turnaround times decreased, but it was usually an incremental, linear response to the…

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Supercharging Data Insights with AI for Video Analytics

Introduction At a recent internal hackathon, two of Bitmovin’s software engineers, Myriam Gantner and Thomas Sablattnig, explored whether AI could be used to process the large volume of data captured by Bitmovin Analytics into concise summaries and recommendations. The project was a success and is now being developed into a feature that is now available…

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Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Evolved: WISH ABR and Bitmovin’s Player Integration

Video streaming has grown rapidly over the past few years and is the prominent content people engage with online. This puts a lot of pressure on streaming companies as they now have to support a wide range of devices to maximize their viewer reach. Additionally, depending on the device type and the user’s network connectivity,…

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Game-Changing Savings with Per-Title Encoding

Introduction The post will explain how Per-Title Encoding works and the advantages of using Per-Title Encoding compared to using the same bitrate ladder for all your content. Per-Title often requires fewer ABR ladder renditions and lower bitrates that translate into storage, egress and CDN cost savings. It also improves QoE with less buffering and quality…

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Building Better Together with the Bitmovin Innovators Network

Over the past 3-4 years, each industry that streams video has changed significantly. Depending on the company’s size, cloud adoption for streaming workloads before 2020 was driven by leading-edge “builders” with the technical expertise and in-house resources to experiment. Now, we’re in an era of early mainstream adoption led by “buyers” looking for comprehensive, reliable,…

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PhD video research: From the ATHENA lab to Bitmovin products

Introduction The story of Bitmovin began with video research and innovation back in 2012, when our co-founders Stefan Lederer and Christopher Mueller were students at Alpen-Adria-Universität (AAU) Klagenfurt. Together with their professor Dr. Christian Timmerer, the three co-founded Bitmovin in 2013, with their research providing the foundation for Bitmovin’s groundbreaking MPEG-DASH player and Per-Title Encoding….

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Unlocking the Highest Quality of Experience with Common-Media-Client-Data (CMCD) – What Is It and What Are the Benefits

As video workflows get more detailed, companies face numerous challenges in delivering a seamless viewing experience to their audiences. One of the biggest hurdles is the ability to make sense of disjointed sets of information from different points in the video delivery workflow. When a client experiences buffering or other playback issues, it can be…

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