According to Tru Optik, a Big Data start-up that empowers enterprises with the leading indicators and insight needed better to identify and monetise audience and consumer demand, more than $275 billion of digital content was pirated through peer-to-peer networks during the first six months of 2014. In the company’s study
AsiaSat announced a set of sharply reduced revenues and operating profits for the 6 months to June 30th, and warned the market that its full-year results will not be much of an improvement over the first half-year. AsiaSat had issued a profits warning back in July when it explained that lower prices achieved on renewed […]
IPTV-based TV services have now topped 120 million subscribers in South Korea, according to Korea’s Digital Media Industry Association (KDMIA). KDMIA says the services had emerged as a new retail platform for visual content. Telco KT Corp is the largest player in the sector has over 5.48 million subscribers. SK Broadband and LG Uplus have […]
Disney and Lucasfilm have confirmed a premiere date for Star Wars: Rebels, the first series since The Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm in October 2012. Those who subscribe to Disney Channel On Demand and the network’s app will have early access to the premier episode, entitled ‘Spark of Rebellion’, on September 29th. The episode will […]
Danish broadcaster TV2 is set to dump its TV2 Film Channel and substitute it with a new sports channel. TV2 Film has been on air for some 9 years. TV2’s new sports channel, due to launch next year, will focus on all-Danish sports events. The new channel will be carried by Denmark’s main cable outlets […]
A man from the UK’s West Midlands has been sentenced to 33 months imprisonment for recording a blockbuster film in a cinema, uploading it to the Internet, and producing and selling copies to the public. In May 2013, the accused, Philip Danks, went to the Showcase cinema in Walsall and used a camcorder to record […]
Comcast has launched Xfinity On Campus, a service that lets US college students watch live TV and On-Demand content on their IP-enabled devices, including, laptops, tablets and smartphones while on campus. The service, which is included with room and board for students living in on-campus housing, will be available this autumn at Bridgewater College, Drexel […]
In the largest upgrade of its kind Gearhouse Broadcast is upgrading its entire fleet of 115 EVS machines across its worldwide locations. This upgrade makes Gearhouse Broadcast one of the single largest users of the latest in EVS equipment and workflows in the world. The upgrade includes migrating all of Gearhouse’s EVS kit to the […]
According to consultancy firm EY, for almost a century, the UK television industry has been transforming and renewing itself continually to meet ongoing shifts in technology, demand and society. But today, the forces at play are so disruptive they may throw into doubt the very notion of ‘television’ as a distinct medium. Speaking at the […]
UK digital satellite platform Sky is updating its TV Guide with a new recommendations feature and launching a ‘Smart Series Link’. Sky customers will start to see a raft of new features from Sky+ which will be rolled out to its Electronic Programme Guide (EPG). With this latest update, Sky says it will be easier […]