O3b Networks Limited – the developer of a global, high-speed, low-latency satellite-based network for telecommunications operators, ISPs, enterprises and governments – has signed a contract with Arianespace for a fourth Soyuz launch to support the expansion of the O3b Networks’ satellite constellation. The launch will take place from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in early […]
IBM has announced that Afrostream, provider of a niche video streaming service featuring African and African-American content, has deployed solutions from Aspera, an IBM company to speed content delivery to its cloud-based VoD platform. The solution unlocks the benefits of the IBM Cloud, streamlining Afrostream’s data-intensive workflow beginning with media uploads from studios and content […]
The number of consumers in the UK streaming paid-for content is expected to overtake those watching free streaming services this Christmas, according to research from Paywizard. Data from a UK survey reveals an expected surge in SVoD subscribers over the Christmas period that could turn the scales in favour of premium services. Paywizard reports that […]
T-Mobile Netherlands is entering the market with a OTT ‘skinny bundle’. The company, exited the Dutch fixed line market last year with the sale of ISP Online, said consumers are tired of having to pay for oversized TV subscriptions. Its new Knippr service will next year offer a basic plan of live channels, and customers […]
Italy’s Gazzetta TV and Laeffe TV, available nationally via the DTT network, are at risk of closure due to low viewing figures, according to local daily Milano Finanza. Launched in February of this year by Italian sports daily “Gazzetta dello Sport” (part of RCS Mediagroup), the programme schedule of Gazzetta TV includes live coverage of […]
TiVo Research and RealityMine have announced a partnership with NBCUniversal to provide comprehensive single-sourced cross-platform measurement of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The project will be conducted during the entire span of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, August 5th through August 21st, producing an in-depth analysis of how viewers who […]
In an attempt to boost TV subscriptions, Vodafone has launched a new football TV package that includes La Liga and Copa del Rey (final phase of the King’s Cup) for €10 a month. The new package includes two channels Abono Futbol and Abono Futbol 1 with 9 football matches from La Liga every week and […]
In tandem with announcing a raft of seasonal offerings, updates to mobile apps and exclusive programming, the BBC iPlayer is launching on the all-new Apple TV. In addition, following the launch of BBC Store in November, people who use BBC iPlayer’s mobile and tablet apps and sign-in will now be able to stream their BBC […]
Research from Parks Associates finds that 14 per cent of US broadband households plan to buy a streaming media player by midyear 2016 and that, as of the third quarter of 2015, 31 per cent of these households currently own a streaming media player, up from 27 per cent at the beginning of the year. […]
American space agency NASA says it will cover its future rocket launches in Ultra-HD. Currently NASA is already ‘broadcasting’ an Ultra-HD channel to US viewers who can access the Americom C-band AMC-18c satellite (located at 105 degrees West) which beams hundreds of channels to US cable head-ends. Content available for viewing includes 4K footage shot […]