Advanced Television

Uruguay: Net Insight eases Antel DSO

Net Insight, a provider of efficient and scalable transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, has announced that the national telecommunications operator Antel in Uruguay has selected the company’s Nimbra solution for a nationwide Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) network. Antel, Uruguay’s government-owned telecommunications company is preparing to build a new national DTT network that […]

November 4, 2014

Globecast partners with WinMedia

WinMedia, a specilaist in automation and content management software solutions for broadcasters, and Globecast, a content contribution, preparation and distribution company, have signed a partnership agreement to integrate and distribute their state-of-the-art technologies. The tools to prepare, plan and playout the content encompassed in WinMedia solutions have been combined with Globecast’s powerful satellite delivery platform. […]

November 4, 2014

Food Network launches ‘Kitchen Superheroes’ series on and off-air

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA, the developer and producer of lifestyle programming, today announces in partnership with Kenwood, the launch of Kitchen Superheroes, an entertainment and lifestyle television series with cross-platform integration.   A first for both companies, the twelve month deal will see the two working together to create a range of engaging, high quality […]

November 4, 2014

RealPlayer Cloud tops 8m global users

RealPlayer is celebrating the first year of RealPlayer Cloud, the company’s cloud video sharing app that allows users worldwide to easily watch, save and share videos on any device or operating system. Since its launch in late September 2013, more than 8 million registered users in 40 countries have installed RealPlayer Cloud. In celebration of […]

November 4, 2014

Saudi Arabian Airlines chooses VSN´s MAM solution

VSN´s MAM, VSNEXPLORER, has a new and important user: Saudi Arabian Airlines. The company owns a wide range of formats (magnetic tapes, U-matic, VHS, Betacams, etc.) and a large amount of resource materials related to flying courses, takeoffs and landings recorded in video, pilots’ interviews, photographs and engineering documents that will be managed by VSNEXPLORER […]

November 4, 2014

Spain: piracy fines and Google tax

The Government has approved a new copyright law that imposes fees for online content aggregators such as Google News in an attempt to protect the print media industry, and imposes fines for the use of pirated content. The new intellectual property law, popularly known as Google Tax, requires services which post links and excerpts of […]

November 3, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid

Altice makes €7bn Portugal Telecom bid

Multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice has made a binding, fully-financed offer to purchase the Portuguese assets of Portuguese quad-play telco Portugal Telecom from Oi, the largest telecommunications company in Brazil and South America, both in terms of subscribers and revenues. These assets comprise the existing business of Portugal Telecom outside of Africa and excludes […]

November 3, 2014By Colin Mann

Channel 4 claims mobile interactive video ad first

Channel 4 Sales has launched a selection of its interactive video ad formats (iVOD) on iOS mobiles and tablets, suggesting it is the first UK broadcaster to offer mobile supported interactive video ads for video on-demand (VOD) to the market. Agencies and advertisers who choose Ad Link, Ad Extend, Ad Bloom and Ad Shop will […]

November 3, 2014

Rovi buys Fanhattan

Rovi has acquired Fanhattan, a venture-backed startup, in an all-cash transaction.  Fanhattan pioneers innovative ways to discover media and entertainment on any screen, from any source, through its cloud-based Fan TV branded products. This acquisition accelerates Rovi’s vision to deliver next-generation guidance and discovery using advanced cloud, user interface and hardware technologies. Fan TV seamlessly […]

November 3, 2014

Newstag new CTO

Newstag, a crowd-curated video news service from Stockholm, has announced the appointment of Mat Ekholms as CTO in a move to support the company as it develops its innovative approach to news sharing through social media. Video expert Mats Ekholm brings over two decades of experience in the news, media and entertainment industries with an […]

November 3, 2014