Sky Deutschland is launching a channel dedicated to Game of Thrones in the build-up to the launch of the fantasy drama’s fifth season. From April 10th to 26th, Sky Thrones HD will replace the Sky Hits channel, showing the first four seasons of Game of Thrones, as well as a number of documentaries about the […]
YOU On Demand Holdings, a VoD service in China, has entered into a licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for the SVoD rights in China to a broad selection of library feature films. The titles will be available to subscribers of YOU On Demand’s SVoD platform and service, via mobile, OTT, digital cable […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Charles Padgett has been named chief financial officer (CFO). In this role, Padgett is responsible for leading the company’s global accounting and finance functions and providing strategic guidance on new market opportunities. He brings the experience of his […]
IneoQuest Technologies, an expert in video analytics and service assurance solutions, has confirmed the release of its Endpoint Analytics SDK, giving Video Service Providers (VSPs) real-time visibility into the customer experience by delivering behavioural and operational data directly from endpoint devices to IneoQuest’s Audience Measurement Platform for Adaptive Streaming (AMP ASM). Integrating the Endpoint Analytics […]
Skyworks Solutions, an innovator of high performance analogue semiconductors connecting people, places and things, is ramping front-end modules, wireless connectivity switches, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, and power management solutions for streaming media and smart TV applications supporting OEMs such as Roku, Google, Amazon and Samsung. OTT content provided through STBs is one of the […]
Intraway Corporation, a provider of software solutions for operations and business support (OSS/BSS) for telecommunications operators and service providers, announces that its IoT Platform for Health – Medical Check-up System solution has been granted one of the 2014 M2M Evolution IoT Excellence Awards, presented by TMC and Crossfire Media. This prize distinguishes innovative products that […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247and their content partner Globecast have announced the launch of MyPortugueseTV within Vision TV Network – a Portuguese television package distributed in the UK. The package is now available online and via a range of pay-TV platforms, including Now TV box, Roku Box, iOS/Android mobile devices and coming soon on Samsung Smart TV. […]
An authoritative report in the UK’s Sunday Telegraph says that Sky is bringing its launch of 4K transmissions forward dramatically to this spring. Sky, says the report, will launch its all-new ‘Project Ethan’ Ultra-HD set-top box to help counter the threat from BT’s exclusive deal to screen European Champions League and Europa League football. The […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has announced strong quarterly results with the addition of 24,000 new homes in the three months to the end of December 2014. After adding 56,000 homes over the course of the year, Freesat is now available in over 1.9 million households and is watched by more than four million […]
Only one organisation has applied for a German media licence covering the nation with DVB-T2 frequencies. Media Broadcast has applied to the ZAK licensing and supervision authority for permission to operate, and a decision should be made on March 17th. Broadcasters currently using the DVB-T standard have to start adopting T2 early next year, and […]