Findings from the 2014 Communications Monitoring Report released by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) suggest that with Canadians watching television programming across multiple platforms there has been a modest increase in the overall average number of weekly television viewing hours, but the time spent watching traditional television each week decreased slightly across all […]

Canada’s Bell Media and Corus Entertainment have signed a multiplatform and SVoD agreement with US premium broadcaster HBO. The deal gives the broadcasting companies exclusive streaming rights to HBO’s entire past-season library for every series currently has on air. The shows include Game of Thrones, Girls, Veep and True Detective and will all be available […]

France 24 has launched a new app compatible with TiVo set-top boxes and is now available to 400,000 ONO TiVo subscribers in Spain and over 2.3 million Virgin Media TiVo customers in the UK. Developed by DotScreen, this new application gives free access to all France 24 programmes on demand in French and English (news […]

EchoStar Satellite, a global satellite services provider and developer of hybrid video delivery technologies, has chosen Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, to construct the EchoStar 105 satellite. This new satellite, providing EchoStar with 24 x 36 MHz Ku-band transponders, will be positioned at the 105 degrees West orbital position, offering […]

Digital TV Labs, the digital media testing company that specialises in testing tools and services for validating digital media and device conformance, is launching a range of products designed to aid in the development and deployment of next generation 4K / UHDTV services utilising the latest HEVC compression standard. The ISO/IEC and MPEG developed standard […]

SeaChange International has announced that its SeaChange Cloud Adrenalin multi-screen television service has been selected by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, to support the launch of BBC Store. The new service will launch to UK consumers in 2015 and will include programmes not currently available online, including content no longer available on […]

Limelight Networks, a specialist in digital content delivery, has announced availability of the Limelight Orchestrate solution for Media and Broadcasters. Limelight’s new integrated workflow solution empowers broadcasters and media content owners to deliver broadcast-quality video to online audiences faster and easier. The Orchestrate solution for Media and Broadcasters offers a cloud-based solution that reduces content […]

MoMedia TV, a digital media company and provider of VoD services, has secured a deal to process 5000 Films with Infostrada Creative Technology, Holland. The deal enables its Loopr VoD service to deliver substantial discounts to rights holders wanting to distribute VoD onto services including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Samsung, and Xbox amongst others. Focused […]

DivX, a provider of next-generation digital video solutions, and MStar Semiconductor, a global expert in semiconductor solutions, has announced that MStar HEVC TV SoC will be the first digital television chip to receive DivX HEVC Certification, enabling the playback of highly efficient DivX HEVC Ultra-HD video. “By delivering the first digital television chip that is […]