Technology Magazine April 2019 | Page 375

ledger and know where we are , so at the end of the year there ’ s none of this forwards and backwards negotiation about licensing numbers .”
As the industry increasingly moves away from satellite , the company is looking to TVKey from Nagra . Replacing traditional satellite boxes with a USB stick , it will cater to the growing demand for digital streaming services . “ Rather than having to battle with two or three remotes , we ’ ll just take over your TV and say , ‘ here ’ s the OSN service in your TV ’ or ‘ here ’ s the Netflix content in your TV ,’ and you can drive it all with one remote , or by voice , as new TVs are going to be voice activated ,” adds von Benecke .
With a plethora of digital tools on the market , access to visual content anytime , anywhere , continues to fuel the need for products and services which are not only secure and robust , but increasingly diverse . Partnering with transcoding leader Bitmovin has afforded OSN the ability to make its services accessible via tablets , iPads and more , without losing any form of quality across its digital applications .
“ Bitmovin take our movies , undertake all of the encoding and condense files to be as small as possible without losing quality , so it can stream even on a low internet speeds . In this region , we struggle so much with internet and mobile connection , and Bitmovin have
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