Motive Television has signed a Cooperation Agreement with Twin Peak of Athens, Greece to develop and integrate Motive’s patented and proprietary technology with Twin Peak’s VoD services for deployment in the global Maritime industry and for the nation of Greece. The new combined platform will provide television channels and VoD movies and television content to […]
never.no has announced that Scott Davies has been appointed the new CEO of never.no. Scott moves from his previous position as Vice President EMEA to form a new leadership group with Kelly Moulton (CCO), Taco Nieuwenhuis (CTO), and Åse Lill Stenvik Jakobsen (who has recently been appointed as never.no’s new COO). Together they represent the […]
Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, has announced a new release for its Vantage platform, which provides a broad range of enterprise-class transcoding and file-based workflow automation software products. Available immediately through Telestream’s worldwide sales distribution network, the latest version of Vantage (v.6.3) brings new content production automation features, support for more transcoding formats […]
Amazon.com is to acquire live video gamers platform Twitch Interactive in a $970 million cash deal. In July 2014, more than 55 million unique visitors viewed more than 15 billion minutes of content on Twitch produced by more than 1 million broadcasters, including individual gamers, pro players, publishers, developers, media outlets, conventions and stadium-filling esports […]
Citing irreparable harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the merger of Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable. The petition to deny outlines, among other things, the critical role high-speed broadband plays in the video industry and the potential for the merger to significantly damage competitive […]
European Union antitrust regulators will decide by November 3rd whether to clear Liberty Global’s bid for Ziggo. The European Commission unveiled the new deadline after halting its scrutiny of the deal on August 4th while waiting for more data from the US cable company. The EU competition watchdog restarted the clock after Liberty Global tweaked […]
South Korea’s LG Electronics are ramping up production for wide-scale availability of their giant – and curved – 77” and 65” OLED TV screens with 4K/Ultra-HDTV (3840 x 2160) resolution. The units will be on show at IFA Berlin next week. “With 33 million sub-pixels working to produce the most lifelike colours and infinite contrast […]
BT is set to impose a price increase of over 6 per cent on its home phone and broadband customers in a move that has already been called a “football tax” by some analysts. BT, who has 7.3 million home phone and broadband customers, said that from December 1st the cost of a BT landline […]
Tablet TV is nearing its San Francisco-area beta launch in partnership with the KOFY-TV station, owned by Granite Broadcasting – and the timing looks to be ideal, according to new data from Frank N. Magid Associates, a research-based strategy consulting firm. There is extremely strong market
TF1 Group has signed an agreement with The Walt Disney Company France for new Marvel Studios and Star Wars productions. This free TV deal, across all TF1 channels, encompasses back-catalogue and upcoming Marvel Studios films, as well as existing and future Star Wars movies. It also includes the free TV rights for upcoming Marvel live […]