Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel has said he is “devastated” that plans for his app were leaked as part of the Sony Pictures hack. Details of future plan were outlined by Spiegel in emails to Michael Lynton, the Sony exec on Snapchat’s board. Also included were details, including financial data, on previously secret acquisitions. The leak […]
BT Sport is making a selection of Aviva Premiership Rugby games available for everyone to watch over Christmas and New Year. BT Sport will make four games available for everyone starting with Sale Sharks who take on Exeter Chiefs on December 19th. Harlequins host Northampton Saints at Twickenham on December 27th in Big Game 7, […]
Virgin Media is adding ten more international channels to its TV service. HUM Europe is one of the latest to join the line-up, bringing a range of Pakistani dramas, soaps and entertainment programming to customers’ screens. Premium channel Nollywood Movies, the first 24 hour movie channel dedicated to showing movies from the Nigerian film industry […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom, will expand its entertainment offering on OSN, a pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the addition of three new 24-hour channels. Two kids and family channels, Nickelodeon HD (channel 355) and Nick Jr. (channel 356), and international music channel MTV […]
UK consumers and businesses set to benefit from guaranteed £5 billion investment into UK’s mobile infrastructure in what is being described as a landmark deal with the four mobile networks to improve mobile coverage across the UK, As part of its long-term economic plan, the UK Government has secured a binding agreement with the mobile […]
Amino and PerceptionTV, the IPTV multiscreen platform provider, have published a white paper addressing the challenge facing operators seeking to deliver a consistent off net multiscreen TV experience.
JB&A and Piksel together announce a strategic channel partnership to expand market reach in video management, distribution, and monetisation solutions. JB&A is now an official Sales Partner of Piksel’s portfolio of solutions and services, in particular the Piksel Video Platform. “We are very excited to have partnered with JB&A, who now joins our existing roster […]
Eight Viasat channels are now available throughout Ukraine for all Megogo subscribers in the ‘basic’ package. From 2015 the channels will be provided on a pay basis. The new Megogo offer will include the pay-TV movies from the movie channel brand, TV1000 – which includes the channels TV1000, TV1000 Russian Kino, TV1000 Action and TV1000 […]
On December 28th, HBO Romania will broadcast the first two episodes of Umbre, the new drama series about a Bucharest taxi driver who doubles for the local mafia as a debt collector. The story unfolds over eight 45-minute episodes, and will be available both on HBO Romania and HBO GO, the Internet streaming service. As […]
WorldCast Systems has confirmedthe sale of 60 Audemat DVB-T2 monitoring platforms to the Thai Public Broadcasting Service. This follows hot on the heels of a similar project earlier this year when the company supplied almost 80 units to Channel 5, also in Thailand. Audemat DVB-T2 MonitorThai PBS will use the Audemat unit to monitor the […]