An Australian Federal Court judgement has given a reprieve to Australian Internet users who pirated copies of Dallas Buyers Club. The makers of the film had sought compensation from illegal downloaders and launched legal action against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to reveal the names of such users. The Court threw the attempt to not only […]
A+E Networks and HJ Holdings (Hulu in Japan) have signed a programming partnership bringing an extensive catalogue of A+E Networks’ award winning programming to the Japanese subscription video-on-demand service. Launching with global hits featured on The History Channel Japan such as Pawn Stars and Counting Cars, the programming will be made available to subscribers in […]
According to a report from the M2M/IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, shipments of connected wearables reached 72.5 million in 2015, up from 25.3 million devices in the previous year. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 25.8 percent, total shipments of smartwatches, smart glasses, fitness & activity trackers, people monitoring & safety devices and […]
Dubai-based MyHD, which operates what it describes as a “Clearly Different” alternative bouquet of low-cost channels, is adding a “My Asia” bundle of low-cost channels for Asian viewers. MyHD broadcasts from Arabsat and the new package will be available from mid-January. The new channels are sourced from Star TV, Zee TV, IndiaCast, RajTV and TV9. […]
International brand and media group TRACE has signed a carriage deal with YipTV to launch five channels in the US in early 2016. The distribution agreement includes five TRACE thematic channels; TRACE Sport Stars – the sport celebrity channel, TRACE Gospel – the newly-born channel focusing on Gospel music, TRACE Tropical – dedicated to the […]
Hollywood veteran David Goldsmith has agreed to join Film On TV Networks, Inc. as Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Corporate Development. Goldsmith has already been serving as a corporate strategist for FilmOn, identifying strategic partnership opportunities. He has been instrumental in bringing transactional PPV Video On Demand service (TVoD) to FilmOn. Goldsmith has a […]
Netflix has confirmed it will deliver 13 new episodes of House of Cards on March 4th 2016. The announcement came in the form of a political ad that aired on CNN during the fifth Republican presidential debate in the US on December 15th. The ad’s narrator stated: “It’s a new day in America. Today more […]
INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has announced that MatrixSSE, an application protection solution that provides anti-tampering, code obfuscation and whitebox cryptography, has been recognized as a Trust Award finalist in the Best Mobile Security Solution category for the 2016 SC Awards. The finalists and winners for the […]
Research conducted by Futuresource Consulting, on behalf of Nevion has found that the use of IP within the broadcast environment is gaining momentum and predicts that broadcasters will be using IP for live production in the next 10 years. VPs of technology and chief engineers from leading broadcasters in eight countries were interviewed. Respondents were […]
Ofcom has published its 19th quarterly report revealing the number of complaimts recorded against the largest telecoms and pay TV providers in the quarter July 2015 to September 2015. Pay-TV complaints The number of pay-TV complaints