Quickflix, the Australian TV streaming service, continued its growth trajectory in the December quarter, adding over 10,000 new customers and experiencing strong demand for its service. Total active customers increased by 10 per cent to 120,800 in the quarter including 18,552 trialists. The number of paying customers grew by 4 per cent during the quarter […]
The 2014 Winter X Games will be broadcast live and on demand in the UK and Europe on streaming service ESPNPlayer.com as the world’s top winter sport athletes gather in Aspen, Colorado. The games, being held for the 18th time, take place just two weeks before the Winter Olympics in Sochi and will feature more […]
Skyworth, a TV manufacturer based in China, has selected the full suite of Opera TV solutions to provide a complete Smart TV experience. After achieving No.1 domestic TV market share in China, Skyworth now has its eyes on the global Smart TV market by launching its new Smart TV models powered by the Opera Devices […]
SES has concluded an agreement with SIS Live to provide Ka-band capacity on the Astra 1L satellite located at 19.2 degrees East. This long-term deal will enable SIS Live to deliver satellite newsgathering (SNG) services to the UK’s premier news and content providers – ITN and ITV. SIS Live, which owns and operates the largest […]
Appear TV, a global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, has announced that visitors to its CSTB stand (Moscow, 28 – 30 January, stand 4.603) will see its range of head-ends that maximize power and flexibility for all operators, including cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV, OTT/multiscreen and digital/analogue simulcast. A highlight at CSTB […]
ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, has joined forces with Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solution provider, and started mass production shipping of a DVB-T2 set-top box solution to a national telecommunication operator for deployment in the Republic of Belarus. In the Republic of Belarus with about 3.7 million […]
Xstream, the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, has announced that SES Platform Services, a leading service provider of play-out and content management services for broadcasters and media companies has selected Xstream’s award winning management system, Xstream MediaMaker, to power their existing Video on Demand delivery platform. The OTT video solution created by Xstream […]
Anyone visiting CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January saw a plethora of new products seeking to be the next big consumer market phenomenon. In fact, every year there seems to be an exponential leap in technological developments, and with it comes an exploding new vocabulary to describe their multimedia triumphs and experiences. The world’s early […]
Private equity players KKR and Permira have sold their remaining 16.6 per cent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media for € 1.26 billion to complete their exit from the German broadcaster. The firms sold 36.3 million shares at €34.75, according to a statement from Bank of America, which managed the sale. In almost five years under the […]
Portugal Telecom, through its R&D unit PT Inovação, and the University of Aveiro are developing a solution that could substantially reduce the cost of cable TV services and extend their coverage to hundreds or thousands of kilometres. The system, which is “simple, effective and ideal for large countries”, has been developed within the framework of […]