more info, must relate to the handover to Red Bee from BT?!
Also with Five's new owner they seem to be after new deals for Demand Five on BT Vision, VM, Sky etc and ip enabled TV's!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitalt...anage-vod.html
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“Wednesday, February 17 2010, 13:40 GMT
By Andrew Laughlin, Technology Reporter
Five has hired Red Bee Media to manage its video on-demand and digital content distribution business going forward.
Under the arrangement, Red Bee Media will handle the Demand Five VOD service, along with all syndication and live streaming of digital content, including the long-form video deal with YouTube UK.
The digital distribution firm, which was previously BBC Broadcast, will use its Media Gateway file acceleration platform to manage Five's content, including all transcoding to multiple formats and enhancement with idents and on-screen graphics.
Five's controller of VOD & technology Paul Thornton-Jones claimed that the deal "signals a new era" in Five's digital media strategy.
"The VOD world is rapidly changing and as a result the technology and workflows required are increasingly sophisticated," he said.
"Red Bee Media's advanced integrated media solutions and multi-platform know-how provides us with the expertise to help continue to grow our digital offering and in turn our audience base."
Red Bee Media chief commercial officer Alan Wright added: "As a company which continually pushes the boundaries of broadcast and broadband, we are delighted to be Five's chosen partner to take their digital offering to the next level.
"Five's decision demonstrates confidence in both our operational capabilities and our vision of the future of on demand."
Last month, Red Bee announced the appointment of former BT executive Brian Levy, who helped develop the BT Vision digital TV service, as its new chief technology officer.”