Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has launched a new Official YouTube channel. Sunset+Vine, the UK independent TV sports production and media company, has been appointed to manage the channel and the delivery of new content. Tottenham Hotspur first team players Emmanuel Adebayor, Brad Friedel and Eric Dier all make cameo appearances in a video marking the […]
YOU On Demand, a VoD service provider in China delivering Hollywood movies to mobile and TV screens, has signed a distribution and service agreement with Beijing Hiveview Technolgy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. Peng Telecom and Media Group. Dr. Peng Group is the largest independent broadband service provider in China with 8 million broadband […]
David Madden, president of Fox Television Studios, has been named entertainment president of Fox Broadcasting. The move comes a month after it was announced that studio chiefs Dana Walden and Gary Newman would add oversight of the broadcast network to their duties as chairmen and CEOs of the newly formed Fox Television Group. Joe Earley, […]
Elemental Technologies is powering OTT TV, IPTV and desktop and mobile streaming video services for Roberts Communications Network, the world’s largest provider of simulcast horse and greyhound racing video services. Roberts standardised on Elemental video processing following an intensive six-month competitive shootout in which Elemental systems demonstrated the lowest latency and highest quality encoding platform. […]
Research reveals that despite the growth in TV viewing via PC, tablet and smartphones, 89 per cent of viewers still regularly use the TV to watch their content live – with 85 per cent also stating that the TV is their preferred screen. The research from global broadcast solutions provider BroadStream Solutions,
Bright forecasts for consumer use of 4K or Ultra-HD video are overly optimistic, according to a report from TDG. While 4K will ultimately reach the mainstream, it will be a niche market for at least another five years, with widespread viewing of 4K content arriving in 2019 and growing quickly beyond. Joel Espelien, author of […]
Pay-TV operator Dish Network is reportedly back in the frame as a potential suitor to T-Mobile’s cellular assets in the US. August 13th saw a $15 billion take-over bid (at $33 a share) for T-Mobile from French cellular operator Iliad firmly rejected as being “inadequate”. Iliad trades as Free Mobile in France. The bid looked […]
Beamly, the social & content network for TV, has announced the promotion of Jason Forbes to the role of global CEO. Forbes was previously managing director of the company’s successful US business. Also Beamly’s co-founder and former head of BBC iPlayer Anthony Rose becomes President of a separate B2B unit, dedicated to serving industry partners. Beamly’s current […]
As the opening weekend of the 2014/15 Premier League approaches, broadcasters should take note of some unexpected piracy figures from Irdeto stemming from the FIFA World Cup 2014, which found that Europe and North America broadcasters were the biggest targets for illegal streams worldwide. Irdeto’s intelligence also revealed
BT Sport is reportedly weighing up a bid for the Spanish top flight football rights. Sky has held La Liga rights, the home of Real Madrid and Barcelona, for almost 20 years but its contract expires at the end of the season, opening the door for its latest rival to snatch the rights from 2015. […]