LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon
Digital Media Services announced today that it is powering the
streaming and syndication of linear and on-demand video content for
Newsy, an over-the-top news network delivering the day's top
stories for the next generation of news consumers. The Verizon
Digital Media Services platform ensures that Newsy viewers can
watch high-quality video across OTT platforms, connected
televisions and mobile devices.
"Verizon Digital Media Services has proven that it has the
technical expertise and scale to deliver content that Newsy needs
to power our fast-growing linear and on-demand video offering,"
said Blake Sabatinelli, general
manager of Newsy. "With millions of hours of content delivered
monthly, Verizon provides our advertisers with the ability to reach
our audience quickly and effectively."
Newsy creates hundreds of video news segments per month and
produces "Newsy Live," a 24 x 7 linear news channel. Newsy's
coverage spans world and national news, policy, culture, science
and technology, and its videos are monetized through digital
advertising.
The Uplynk Video Streaming service and Edgecast Content Delivery
Network, two essential components of the Verizon Digital Media
Services platform, are used by Newsy to ingest, encode, package and
deliver video to audiences across devices. Verizon's platform also
helps Newsy deliver its linear and on-demand assets to third-party
OTT partners including Roku, Apple TV and Sling TV without the need
for additional encoding or packaging.
"Newsy is an innovative platform that brings millennials the
news that they crave, and our service helps ensure that Newsy's
content is accessible to that audience on the devices they use
most," said Ralf Jacob, president,
Verizon Digital Media Services. "We take pride in offering a
platform that can deliver VOD and linear content anytime and
anywhere, while also streamlining the process for our most
important partners like Newsy."
Newsy users average nearly 1 hour per session on the company's
linear channels. The company is projected to draw more than 1
billion video views by the end of 2016.
In the past year, Newsy has launched its award-winning content
on most of the major OTT platforms, including Apple TV, where it
was named a Best New App for 2015, as well as Sling TV, Watchable
from Comcast, Pluto TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV and
Xumo. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The E.W. Scripps Company
(NYSE: SSP).
In addition to Newsy, Verizon Digital Media Services powers many
of the world's leading broadcasters, cable networks and OTT service
providers within the media and entertainment industry.
For more information about Newsy, visit newsy.com.
For more information about the Verizon Digital Media Services
platform, visit: https://www.verizondigitalmedia.com/
About Verizon Digital Media Services
Verizon Digital
Media Services is the industry's only single, end-to-end digital
media platform that can prepare, deliver, display and enable the
monetization of online content. The platform is built on the
world's largest, most connected network, and has over 90 points of
presence on five continents, ensuring high-quality viewing of
digital content on any device, anytime, anywhere. The company
provides the foundational components in the websites, apps and OTT
video services for many of the world's largest publishers, media
companies and enterprises. Verizon Digital Media Services is part
of AOL Inc. Learn more about how Verizon Digital Media Services
continues to change the way the world watches at
www.verizondigitalmedia.com.
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available at Verizon's online News Center at
www.verizon.com/news/. The news releases are
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www.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/.
Media contact:
Amber
Wilson
213.264.4924
amber.wilson@verizondigitalmedia.com
Twitter: @AmberWilsonLA
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