The late Ray Dolby, founder and major shareholder in Dolby Labs. has left Pembroke College, Cambridge, $52.6 million (£35m) in his will. The donation by Dolby, who died in September 2013, is the largest-ever made in modern times to the College. Ray Dolby was a graduate student and subsequent PhD research fellow at Pembroke College. […]
A sketch from BBC One’s Adele at the BBC special has been viewed more than 37 million times in just two weeks, making it the most-watched video ever on the BBC YouTube channel. The comedy sketch – ‘When Adele wasn’t Adele… but was Jenny! – has broken the previous record of 36.9 million views. It […]
Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, has announced that MyRepublic, an ultra-fast Internet service provider in Singapore and New Zealand, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to help boost network capacity and improve the quality OTT video service delivery. Upon deploying Qwilt’s open caching solution, MyRepublic was able to […]
NRK, the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, has chosen Thomson Video Networks’ EM4000 premium video compression solution to power a complete upgrade of its broadcast infrastructure. Working with Thomson Video Networks’ NetProcessor multiplexer and MediaFlexSUITE Network Management System, the ViBE EM4000 provides a single compression platform with four-channel density and superior video […]
AMC has announced the start of production on “Fear the Walking Dead” season two in the Baja peninsula in Mexico at Baja Studios, site of the filming for Titanic, Master and Commander and other feature films. The companion series to “The Walking Dead,” the #1 show on U.S. television among adults 18-49, “Fear the Walking […]
YouTube is seeking to acquire rights for streaming TV series and movies for its $9.99-a-month (€9.44) YouTube Red subscription service as it looks to compete with rivals such as Netflix and Amazon, according to the Wall Street Journal. It is understood that company executives have met with Hollywood studios and other production companies in recent […]
Spain’s top flight football league La Liga has agreed a domestic television deal worth €2.65 billion. Including international rights deals struck in the summer, La Liga’s overall television revenue has risen from €800 million a season to nearly €1.5 billion a season. Telefónica subsidiary Movistar will have first choice of one match from each round […]
Findings from Parks Associates indicate that by mid-2015, more Samsung 4K TV sets were sold in the US than any other brand. Samsung accounted for 28 per cent of 4K TV purchases made within the last 12 months to US broadband households. Best Buy was the leading retailer, capturing more than 40 per cent of […]
Rovi has released phase-two findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT content subscribers in the US, Europe, and Asia. The study uncovered trends in viewer behaviours related to discovery, search, and recommendations for entertainment content and programming. While phase one
Sky has joined the growing roster of broadcasters backing Multi Channel Networks (MCNs) by investing $0.3 million, via convertible debt security, in LA-based TV4 Entertainment which owns a growing portfolio of special-interest television channels aimed at audiences which are typically underserved by traditional TV companies. The channels are distributed across multiple online platforms in the […]