Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has named Julius Genachowski a Managing Director and partner in the US Buyout team. He will focus on investments in global technology, media and telecom, including Internet and mobile. Genachowski is returning to the private sector after serving as Chairman of the US FCC for four years, departing […]
Yes, Israel’s only provider of multi-channel television broadcasts via satellite, has selected Tvinci, pay OTT TV platform, to create the ultimate user experience for yes GO, Israel’s first personal and social multi-screen TV service. Building on the penetration of connected devices into Israeli households, yes has chosen Tvinci’s MediaStore to create an immersive personal and […]
Technicolor, a specialist in the media and entertainment sector, is launching Virdata to provide businesses with cloud-based monitoring and management services for “Internet of Things” (IoT) and M2M (machine-to-machine) services. Virdata’s device and application monitoring and management service features a real-time and historical big data analytics stack. Initial industries targeted by Virdata are consumer electronics, […]
From January 7th, Australians will be able to enjoy premium health and lifestyle content through Brand New Media’s (BNM) new IPTV channel, healthyMEtv Content will also be available through Seven West Media’s Plus 7. healthyMEtv will strive to offer a new online experience bringing health and happiness to Australians, with over 150 programmes covering the […]
Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has launched a commercial MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) implementation, making standardised video delivery via the Internet a reality. The MPEG-DASH implementation, along with a Common Encryption (CENC) scheme using Marlin DRM, forms part of ADB’s new, ready-to-deploy OTT solution for video service providers looking for a high quality, standards-based […]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM and MGM Television has announced that the highly anticipated second season of last year’s critically-acclaimed Norse epic “Vikings” will air exclusively on LOVEFiLM in the UK. Premiering on 28th February 2014, each new weekly installment in the 10 episode series will be available to stream the day after it broadcasts in the U.S. […]
RRsat Europe, the European arm of RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of digital content management and global distribution services, has recently restored the film ‘Victim’ for ITV Studios Global Entertainment. The cult classic 1961 British film stars Dirk Bogarde as a prominent lawyer who risks his career to hunt down a blackmailer. The film […]
Deloittes has predicted the value of premium sports broadcast rights worldwide will increase to £16 billion (€19.3bn) in 2014, a 14 per cent rise, or £1.9 billion over 2013. This increase in rights fees, one of the Deloitte Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions, will be driven by new agreements with certain top tier European […]
Contrary to some recent melodramatic predictions, the TV industry is not dying but is undergoing a process of rapid change, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The report found that the global installed base of TV-addressable screens is in fact in the middle of a second wave of rapid expansion. The first wave peaked […]
Digital age photography and consumer electronics specialist Polaroid is showing what it describes as a superior quality, affordable new line of televisions at CES 2014. Polaroid will début a 50” Smart TV that is Roku Ready, as well as a 50” Ultra HD 4K Television. According to Polaroid, the sets will provide consumers with unparalleled […]