SeaChange demos software for OTT strategies; Encoding.com a finalist for ad:tech Innovation Awards

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> SeaChange International is demonstrating software solutions supporting video service providers' strategies for over-the-top delivery at OTTCon 2012 in Santa Clara, Calif. this week.  Release

> Encoding.com has been selected as a finalist for the ad:tech Innovation Awards, as the most innovative, enterprising new company in video digital marketing. Release

> Finnish IPTV operator Maxisat has selected Agama Technologies to provide a quality assurance solution for its nationwide HLS-based over-the-top service to connected Samsung TVs. Article

> Hybrid set-top box vendor Entone has launched a media player for operators in EMEA that uses less energy and provides more power. Article

> Video service assurance specialist IneoQuest Technologies has added iVMS ASM to its Video Service Assurance Solution for Multiscreen Video. Article

> Cisco has reached a deal to acquire pay-TV software maker NDS Group Holdings, confirming earlier rumors from an Israeli newspaper. Cisco will pay approximately $5 billion. Article

And finally... A 101-year-old grandmother from Utah has set a paragliding record. Article