Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has announced that Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood will make his debut on Food Network in a new original commission. The new series titled ‘Paul Hollywood City Bakes’ is the first new commission for 2016 and is scheduled to transmit in April on Food Network in 100+ countries and territories […]
With four newly added channels, the Filmbox Premium package available on Orange Slovakia now offers both movie and thematic channels, announced SPI International/Filmbox. The Filmbox channel bouquet on Orange now consists of FilmBox Premium, FilmBox Extra HD, FilmBox Plus, FightBox HD, 360TuneBox HD and Eroxxx HD. It has also received a new name and is […]
MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, and NexStreaming, a provider of multiscreen HLS player SDK NexPlayer, today announced a collaboration that improves adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming to consumer devices. The integration of MediaMelon QBR™ technology with the NexPlayer SDK for mobile apps enables video service providers to deliver premium quality in network-constrained situations, lowering costs and […]
Over the course of 2015, Intelsat has forged strategic partnerships with leading networking hardware and antenna manufacturers as it implements its strategy to drive performance, improve economics and simplify access to the company’s next-generation high throughput satellite platform, Intelsat EpicNG. Building on that momentum, the company today announced that it has appointed long-standing Intelsat executive […]
Headquartered in Tallinn, Levira is the leading broadcast transmission provider in Estonia. It provides Network services, including TV and radio broadcast transmission, rental of transmission towers, construction and maintenance of telecommunication networks; Data centre and cloud services; Media services, including localisation, playout and transmission of TV channels to cable TV and other networks, streaming, VOD […]
In 2014, the TV market in Western Europe grew by 1.6 per cent, reaching €97 billion, according to Rome-based ITMedia Consulting’s Annual Report. TV advertising has increased more than any other segment, by 2.8 per cent, reaching €31.2 billion and showing clear signs of recovery. Pay-TV earnings, although
Parks Associates research shows only 3 per cent of UK broadband households cancelled a subscription to an OTT video service in the past 12 months, while 33 per cent of UK broadband households currently pay for an OTT subscription. In the US, approximately
Along with its results, Vodafone reported it plans to launch its long-awaited TV service in the UK in the fourth quarter of its 2016 financial year, or by March next year. Vodafone launched home broadband service in October, with availability to 22 million homes, or 95 per cent of BT’s fibre footprint. The company reported […]
Liberty Global and Discovery Communications each have agreed in principle to purchase 5 million shares of Lionsgate, resulting in each having an approximately 3.4 per cent shareholding of Lionsgate’s current outstanding shares. Liberty Global and Discovery Communications will each pay approximately $195 million for their respective stakes in Lionsgate. Additionally, Liberty Global and Discovery Communications […]
A range of licensed establishments across the UK and abroad have been hit with fines levied for unauthorised broadcasts of Premier League football using foreign satellite systems. Separately, a supplier of illegal systems to pubs has, following a private prosecution instigated by the Premier League, been ordered to pay £125,000. The sum will be paid […]