Star Channel has agreed a new exclusive content deal with HBO. That will see the channel will become the exclusive television home of HBO titles in japan, including the new season of Game of Thrones. “At the re-branded Star Channel, we are committed to providing more than just content, but to offering value added services […]
Edge Investments, a creative industries investor, has raised a new £40 million (€57m) fund, with UK Government support, to invest in high growth companies in the creative industries. Edge’s new Edge Creative Enterprise Fund brings together private sector funding from leading institutions and high net worth individuals, with a significant investment from the Government’s British […]
Major League Soccer (MLS) has partnered with global pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports in Africa to televise league matches live across Sub-Saharan Africa. With this deal, MLS is now distributed in nearly 140 countries and territories around the world. With the addition of Sub-Saharan Africa, the FOX Sports partnership now extends beyond the US, Mexico, the […]
Liberty Global has selected the ARRIS Touchstone TG2492 Gateway for widescale deployment across the Liberty footprint. The TG2492 will deliver high-speed broadband and advanced streaming video services to Liberty’s customers throughout the world. With connection speeds of up to 1Gbps and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology, ARRIS says its TG2492 offers a scalable platform for […]
Hispasat, a specialist in the distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese, has signed a partnership agreement which will allow the live broadcast, via satellite, of opera performances at the Teatro Real throughout national territory and abroad. Through this agreement, the Teatro Real will promote live broadcasts to cultural centres, city halls, hospitals and other […]
Telestream, a provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, is teaming up with Onstream Media, a provider of high-end webcasting solutions. This integration puts direct access of Onstream’s VisualWebcaster into Telestream’s Wirecast live streaming production software. Taking advantage of this direct connection will allow producers to offer their clients the opportunity to utilize streaming video, audio, […]
Describing it as “the biggest reimagining of Sky in its history”, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the UK pay-TV operator, has launched Sky Q, a family of products which it says are designed to reflect the way people consume content nowadays. It also confirmed that Sky Q would be UltraHD ready in advance of the launch […]
A meeting of the DVB Steering Board has approved the Commercial Requirements for the next phase of Ultra High Definition Television, paving the way for the technical work on the specification to progress. The path to UHDTV was set in the ITU in 2012 with a potential list of new features for future television (ITU-R […]
FreeWheel has releasing the findings from its Q3 Video Monetization Report that examines the state of the video market. The research highlights some key similarities and differences between trends in the US. For example, European broadcasters monetised the majority of their dynamically served content across long-form on-demand, accounting for 87 per cent of total video […]
A couple of recent polls have revealed that Quality of Experience is an important factor in satisfaction and subscription renewal with OTT services. You may feel this falls into the ‘You don’t say?’ or even the ‘Do bears use wooded areas as lavatories?’ category of surveys. But behind the obvious are challenging technology questions and […]