As the legendary Rallye Monte-Carlo gets under way, the sport’s chiefs and UK broadcasters ITV and BT Sport have revealed that fans of the FIA World Rally Championship in Britain will receive improved television coverage of the series after both ITV4 and BT Sport agreed new deals for 2015. Both networks will broadcast comprehensive coverage […]
Dolby Labs’ share price has crashed by as much as 11.4 per cent following the release this week of the company’s Q1 results. The fall was not expected given that the results exceeded most analysts’ forecasts. Actual quarterly revenue rose 1 per cent (y-o-y) but shareholders expected more. The day closed with a fall of […]
In celebration of two recent Golden Globe wins, Amazon will make all ten episodes of its original series Transparent available for free on Janaury 27th. Transparent, which is typically available exclusively to Amazon Prime members, recently took home the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy Series, while its star, Jeffrey Tambor, earned the coveted […]
DreamWorks Animation studio, responsible for the likes of the Shrek and Kung-Fu Panda movie franchises, is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce as part of a restructuring of its animated film business following a string of box office flops. The company said it would cut 500 positions and incur a $290 million charge […]
DTG Testing is launching an HDMI interoperability testing service using the DTG’s unique receiver collection (Zoo). Many of DTG Testing’s customers have found that HDMI compliance and certification does not guarantee that licensed CE devices will function correctly and be fully interoperable with other HDMI licensed devices. Issues such as audio/video synchronisation, incorrect aspect ratio, […]
NEOTION, a provider of solutions for the international digital TV market, has teamed up with Broadpeak and Eutelsat to provide a global solution to enable FTA or secured OTT services for smartphones, Tablets and 4K screens. With the combination of NEOTION’s DVBeacon platform, Broadpeak’s nanoCDN system and Eutelsat’s SmartLNB, Satellite and DTH operators can now […]
The DTT FTA version of Sky TG24 will make its Italian debut on channel 27, within a programme schedule also featuring documentaries, in-depth reports, movies and specials. Sky TG24 that, over the last three years, has experienced a significant growth (+ 40 per cent daily unique viewers compared to the period 2007/2010) and that in […]
Satellite operator SES has been close to the world’s Number 1 slot in the sector for some time based on revenues and fleet size, but a Press event in Paris on January 22nd saw CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh confirm that it expected to achieve the coveted position this year, and pushing Intelsat into second place. […]
Perform, the digital sports content group, will deliver live and on-demand coverage of the upcoming Winter Universiade on behalf of Fisu, the International University Sports Federation. The announcement marks the renewal of a media services agreement between Perform and Fisu for an additional four years, with Perform having provided streaming, content management, marketing and promotional […]
Turn, the digital hub for marketers, has announced the expansion of premium marketplace offerings to provide brands and agencies access to unique publisher inventory with efficient execution and transaction transparency. Turn has added new video and mobile Deal ID integrations on new and existing partners including Opera Mediaworks, Rubicon Project, PubMatic, Teads, Tremor Video and […]