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Alibaba Cloud Supports the First Winter Youth Olympic Games in Asia to Enhance Efficiency and Engagement

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
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As the official cloud services partner of the IOC, Alibaba Cloud continues to foster a more efficient Winter Youth Olympic Games and maximise the engagement for sports fans.

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  • As the official cloud services partner of the IOC, Alibaba Cloud continues to foster a more efficient Winter Youth Olympic Games and maximise the engagement for sports fans.
  • As Asia's first Winter Youth Olympic Games, the Gangwon 2024 Organizing Committee has deployed its major platforms for operations, including the staff management portal and ticketing system, on Alibaba Cloud's scalable and secure cloud infrastructure to optimize efficiency.
  • The digital flame, displayed at a 8.6m*2.5m*2.7m physical "cauldron" stationed at the Olympic Park in Gangwon, is to be lit throughout the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
  • To inspire the young generation in South Korea to unleash their creativity, the Gangwon 2024 Organizing Committee have partnered with Alibaba Cloud to host the "Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Alibaba Cloud Hackathon".

ZIXI LEADS SEVERAL IBC ACCELERATOR MEDIA INNOVATION USE CASES

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zixi, the industry leader for enabling cost-efficient and highly scalable live broadcast-quality video over any IP network or protocol, and the provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP®), today announced, after winning the 2022 IBC Accelerator Project of the Year Award, its participation in two more innovative projects for the 2023 edition to be featured at the forthcoming IBC 2023 show.

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  • IBC created the Accelerator program in 2019 to support the Media & Entertainment industry with a framework for agile, collaborative, and fast-track innovation with a unique multi-company project-based approach to solving complex media and entertainment business and technology challenges.
  • This year Zixi will be participating in two cutting-edge 2023 Accelerator Media Innovation projects for IBC 2023.
  • "The IBC Accelerator Media Innovation program is a fantastic platform for the industry to come together to solve media and entertainment business and technology challenges," said Chris Fellows, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, Zixi.
  • Zixi will be exhibiting at IBC 2023, with Singular.Live in the Zixi Partner Village demonstrating these Innovation use cases.

ZIXI LEADS SEVERAL IBC ACCELERATOR MEDIA INNOVATION USE CASES

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zixi, the industry leader for enabling cost-efficient and highly scalable live broadcast-quality video over any IP network or protocol, and the provider of the award-winning Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP®), today announced, after winning the 2022 IBC Accelerator Project of the Year Award, its participation in two more innovative projects for the 2023 edition to be featured at the forthcoming IBC 2023 show.

Key Points: 
  • IBC created the Accelerator program in 2019 to support the Media & Entertainment industry with a framework for agile, collaborative, and fast-track innovation with a unique multi-company project-based approach to solving complex media and entertainment business and technology challenges.
  • This year Zixi will be participating in two cutting-edge 2023 Accelerator Media Innovation projects for IBC 2023.
  • "The IBC Accelerator Media Innovation program is a fantastic platform for the industry to come together to solve media and entertainment business and technology challenges," said Chris Fellows, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, Zixi.
  • Zixi will be exhibiting at IBC 2023, with Singular.Live in the Zixi Partner Village demonstrating these Innovation use cases.

CMG, OBS sign agreement for international feed production of Paris 2024

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- China Media Group (CMG) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) on the production of international broadcast feed for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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  • China Media Group (CMG) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) on the production of international broadcast feed for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- China Media Group (CMG) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) on the production of international broadcast feed for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • According to the agreement, CMG will produce international broadcast feed for events in four sports, namely gymnastics, table tennis, badminton and sports climbing.
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Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2022

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is proud to announce the Class of 2022, honoring those individuals who have impacted the way sports television is produced.

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  • NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is proud to announce the Class of 2022, honoring those individuals who have impacted the way sports television is produced.
  • "Once again, the quality of inductees, their collective accomplishments, and the ways they have improved sports television viewing is amazing," says Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Chairman Ken Aagaard.
  • The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, December 13, at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York City.
  • For more information about the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, visit:

MediaPlatform® Adds High Accuracy, Affordable AI-Assisted Automated Captioning for Broadcaster Live Webcasts

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MediaPlatform today announced that its MediaPlatform Broadcaster® live webcasting customers have access to a new managed captioning service that bridges the pricing and accuracy gap between human and automated live video captioning services.

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  • LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MediaPlatform today announced that its MediaPlatform Broadcaster live webcasting customers have access to a new managed captioning service that bridges the pricing and accuracy gap between human and automated live video captioning services.
  • Called Smart Lexi, the new capability adds to the suite of live stream and overlay caption options MediaPlatform offers via its partnership with closed captioning technology leader, EEG, an AI-Media Company.
  • When compared to the other end of the captioning spectrum, Smart Lexi is more affordable, and faster, than human translation services.
  • The new Smart Lexi service adds to the suite of human and automated captioning and translation options that allow Broadcaster customers to affordably and seamlessly connect with international audiences and be in compliance with ADA accessibility guidelines.

Olympic Broadcasting in the Cloud Delivers Efficiency, Innovation and Inclusiveness

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Thursday, February 17, 2022
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Yiannis Exarchos, OBS Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Amid the backdrop of COVID-19, our partnership with Alibaba Cloud has continued to transform the way we broadcast the Olympic Games.

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  • Yiannis Exarchos, OBS Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Amid the backdrop of COVID-19, our partnership with Alibaba Cloud has continued to transform the way we broadcast the Olympic Games.
  • During Beijing 2022, over 20 broadcast organisations are using Live Cloud to receive the multilateral live signals of the Games in either ultra high definition (UHD) or high definition (HD) via OBS Cloud.
  • As part of the OBS Cloud, an innovative broadcasting solution brought together by OBS and Alibaba, Live Cloud has been introduced as a standard service to RHBs during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
  • Ultimately, we hope more sports fans around the world can enjoy the excitement of the Olympic Winter Games."

Olympic Broadcasting in the Cloud Delivers Efficiency, Innovation and Inclusiveness

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Thursday, February 17, 2022
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Yiannis Exarchos, OBS Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Amid the backdrop of COVID-19, our partnership with Alibaba Cloud has continued to transform the way we broadcast the Olympic Games.

Key Points: 
  • Yiannis Exarchos, OBS Chief Executive Officer, commented: "Amid the backdrop of COVID-19, our partnership with Alibaba Cloud has continued to transform the way we broadcast the Olympic Games.
  • During Beijing 2022, over 20 broadcast organisations are using Live Cloud to receive the multilateral live signals of the Games in either ultra high definition (UHD) or high definition (HD) via OBS Cloud.
  • As part of the OBS Cloud, an innovative broadcasting solution brought together by OBS and Alibaba, Live Cloud has been introduced as a standard service to RHBs during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
  • Ultimately, we hope more sports fans around the world can enjoy the excitement of the Olympic Winter Games."

MediaPlatform® Integrates EEG Video Live and Multilanguage Webcast Captioning Capabilities within its Flagship Broadcaster Live Webcasting Platform

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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MediaPlatform today announced a new suite of managed captioning services integrated with the MediaPlatform Broadcaster live webcasting platform.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MediaPlatform today announced a new suite of managed captioning services integrated with the MediaPlatform Broadcaster live webcasting platform.
  • The services are provided by MediaPlatform's Broadcast Services team via a new partnership with closed captioning technology leader EEG Video.
  • MediaPlatform will leverage EEG's cloud-hosted Falcon live stream captioning service and Lexi automated live captioning capabilities.
  • "We are pleased to now include fully managed and integrated live closed captioning capabilities as part of our webcast services offering," said Shaun Brown, GM MediaPlatform Broadcast Services.

Alibaba Provides Cloud Pin at the Olympic Games for Media Professionals at Tokyo 2020

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Thursday, July 22, 2021
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TOKYO, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group, the Worldwide TOP Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has unveiled the Alibaba Cloud Pin, a cloud-based digital pin, for the broadcasting and media professionals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The pin can be worn either as a badge or attached to a lanyard. The digital wearable is designed to enable media professionals working at the International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) to engage with each other and exchange social media contact information in a safe and interactive manner during the upcoming Olympic Games between July 23rd and August 8th.

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  • TOKYO, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group, the Worldwide TOP Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has unveiled the Alibaba Cloud Pin, a cloud-based digital pin, for the broadcasting and media professionals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
  • "The Olympic Games has always been a thrilling event with opportunities for media staff to meet like-minded professionals.
  • This Cloud pin at the Olympic Games will be given as a token to the media professionals working at the IBC and MPC during the Olympics.
  • In addition for Tokyo 2020, Alibaba Cloud and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) launched OBS Cloud , an innovative broadcasting solution that operates entirely on the cloud, to help transform the media industry for the digital era.