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PSSI Global Services, a world leader in broadcast transmission solutions, has made another significant investment in state-of-the-art video delivery technology, purchasing a large complement of advanced transmission hardware from Appear, a global leader in media processing and delivery technology. The new Appear equipment will play a central role in supporting upcoming major live events, including the FIFA Club World Cup and FIFA World Cup.  The investment marks a major step forward in PSSI’s continuing evolution toward next-generation workflows, reinforcing its position at the forefront of live event production and transmission services. The acquisition includes multiple X20 chassis, HDR HEVC encoder and decoder cards, and multiple hardware-accelerated Secure Reliable Transport SRT cards, representing a significant expansion of PSSI’s IP and HEVC infrastructure.  In addition, PSSI has procured corresponding BISS-CA addressable encryption licences, enabling robust, secure, ...

Canva, the Australia-based visual communication platform, is leveraging Snowflake to enhance both the user experience for its global community and drive significant growth in its B2B segment as it expands its relevance and impact across the enterprise. By harnessing the power of Snowflake's platform, Canva is accelerating the delivery of new features, optimising its marketing and sales operations, and personalising the design journey as it continues to scale globally. Canva exemplifies how data-driven decisions can fuel growth. The company has over 230 million monthly active users and generates over US$3 B in annualised revenue today. It has relied on Snowflake's scalable data platform to transform user insights into innovative products throughout its journey. Source: Snowflake. Still capture from the associated customer video .   "As our user base expanded, so did the complexity and volume of data," said Moe Kiss, Director of Data Science at Canva. "Snowf...

Source: TCVGH, Foxconn, Kawasaki Heavy Industries via NVIDIA. TCVGH is conducting a field trial with Nurabot. Taichung Veterans General Hospital (TCVGH), Baishatun Tung Hospital – Mazu Hospital, and Cardinal Tien Hospital are some of the Taiwan-based healthcare institutions using Foxconn’s smart hospital solutions to support clinicians and advance patient care. “Taiwan has a highly developed healthcare infrastructure with a strong push toward digital health transformation, creating the ideal environment for robotic integration,” said Shu-Fang Liu, Deputy Director of the nursing department at TCVGH, which is currently conducting a field trial with Nurabot, a collaborative nursing robot. The hospital began working with Foxconn in 2024 to codevelop the Nurabot robots as part of itssmart healthcare initiative led by Dr Shih-An Chen, Honorary Superintendent at TCVGH. Liu added:Robots are augmenting our capabilities so we can provide more focused, meaningful care.” Recogn...

Source: Google blog post . Google has introduced its newest generative media models at Google I/O . Google has introduced its latest video and image generation models, Veo 3 and Imagen 4 . Veo 3 introduces the ability to generate videos with audio. It represents improvements over Veo 2 for text and image prompting, real-world physics and lip-syncing accuracy. "It’s great at understanding; you can tell a short story in your prompt, and the model gives you back a clip that brings it to life," said Google Deepmind VP Eli Collins in a blog post . Veo 3 is available today in the US, and also to enterprise users on Vertex AI. Imagen 4 offers finer detailing for images of intricate fabrics, water droplets, and animal fur, and excels in both photorealistic and abstract styles, Collins said. " Imagen 4 can create images in a range of aspect ratios and up to 2K resolution - even better for printing or presentations. It is also significantly better at spelling and typogr...