Box TV has launched a free online streaming service, built and powered by SimpleStream. All seven Box TV channels (4Music, heat, Kiss, Kerrang!, Box, Smash Hits and Magic) can now be viewed for free through an intuitive branded video media player hosted on 4music.com and the respective channel websites. Using SimpleStream’s Over-the-Top (OTT) technology, live […]
BBC technology guru Andy Quested says that Ultra-HDTV will need much higher frame rates than today’s 24/25 frames/second or 50/60 fps, depending on content. Quested, speaking to 3D Focus says that so-called ‘image smearing’ was a risk for 4K and 8K Ultra-HDTV transmissions. “At 50/60 [fps] though, the increased temporal resolution accentuates the smearing caused […]
UK consumers are increasingly prepared to pay for media content despite the fact they are spending fewer hours watching TV, reading books and browsing social media sites than in previous years, a survey by advisory firm KPMG has found. KPMG’s latest Media & Entertainment Barometer which gauges trends and consumers’ sentiments towards new and traditional […]
Almost a third of UK Internet users who stream or download music, TV and films did so at least once illegally in the quarter to the end of January, with almost 400 million files digitally pirated in the three-month period, according to the media regulator. Ofcom’s latest online copyright infringement tracker report found that digital […]
Fresh from its $1.1 billion acquisition of microblogging platform and social networking website Tumblr, Yahoo! is the latest company rumoured to be interested in acquiring online entertainment service Hulu. A blog on the AllThingsD website named Yahoo!, with Bloomberg earlier reporting that KKR & Co. and private equity firm Silver Lake had joined a list […]
The existence of 17 DTT channels has been thrown put into question. The Supreme Court may consider invalidating the licences of another 8 DTT channels that were awarded by the previous Administration without a public tender, extending the total number of affected TV channels to 17. The company Infraestructuras y Gestion 2002, which took the […]
Last week an EBU-sponsored meeting took place in London under its umbrella ‘Beyond HD’ programme. “Combining the professional forces of the EBU and the DVB project helped to draw all major players to the workshop, which was held at Dolby’s London premises to allow a number of companies that are active in DVB and BeyondHD, […]
YahLive, the DTH joint venture between Abu Dhabi’s YahSat and SES of Luxembourg, has lost its CEO. Mohamed Youssif has run the DTH operation since prior to the satellite’s launch in April 2011. No word yet from YahLive other than that Youssif has left to pursue other business opportunities. YahLive has structured itself as the […]
ITV dramas will be available on Tesco’s Clubcard TV following a deal with ITV. The agreement will see selected episodes of classics including A Touch of Frost, Inspector Morse, Cold Feet and Prime Suspect added to the new ad-supported service for Clubcard members. Also included are a raft of new cooking shows including episodes from […]
Moody’s Investors Service doesn’t think much of Intelsat’s latest batch of borrowings, assigning an issue of $2 billion in unsecured debt at a B3 rating, and an even lower Caa1 rating to the satellite operator’s $635 million notes. However, Moody’s also reminds investors that Intelsat’s other debt are at much the same rating. “While the […]