Envivio, a provider of software-based video processing and delivery solutions, provided fans with an Ultra-HD vision of the future of football telecasts when it supplied encoding support to Canal+ Group for its satellite and OTT distribution trial of the UEFA Champion’s League final last month. “Envivio is glad to provide once again expertise and technical […]
Green.TV, a production and distribution house dedicated to the sustainability, conservation and the clean tech sector, has opened a new office in Bristol and appointed a new managing director as part of its expansion plans. The global digital video network, which has worked with high-profile names such as Nissan Europe, the UN, Cisco, WWF and […]
A television studio complex in west London has been rescued from the administrators after a leading entertainment company stepped in at the eleventh-hour to keep it as a ‘centre of creativity’. Media company Lean Forward has bought the 22,000 sq ft site in Acton from the administrators and housed its new interactive gaming service, Win […]
This past year has seen OTT ‘broadcaster’ Netflix grow its viewing 87 per cent in the US, and in the process take itself to the third-biggest broadcaster in the country according to ad-company blog Alphonso. For the established broadcasters in the US, there’s worse to come: Alphonso says that next year could see Netflix occupy […]
French media group Vivendi has sacked Canal+ CEO Rodolphe Belmer amid controversy about the future of the pay-TV channel and its prominent satirical puppet show Les Guignols. Canal Plus parent company Vivendi said in a statement that Belmer had been relieved of his responsibilities. It named Executive Vice-President of Canal+ Group, Head of Pay-TV, as […]
TV3 Group, Ireland’s leading commercial television broadcaster, has confirmed that its shareholder Doughty Hanson has agreed terms for its sale to UPC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global plc and Ireland’s leading connected entertainment provider that offers over one million television, broadband and phone subscriptions to nearly 512,000 customers. Liberty Global is the largest international […]
Sky and BT Sport, the two UK licensed Premier League broadcasters, have announced their respective first batches of live games. Premier League champions Chelsea will begin their title defence exclusively live on Sky Sports, the first of 24 live matches from the opening seven rounds of the season. Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool will also […]
Research by application protection company Arxan and the iThreat Cyber Group (ICG) suggests that the illegal reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material on the Web is extensive and growing rapidly. The pair analysed data collected
French TV group AB has concluded a distribution deal with Canalsat to continue to have nine of its HD channels transmitted on the platform. RTL 9, AB1, AB Moteurs, Mangas, Action, Toute l’histoire, as well as newly launched Trek and Science & Vie TV are part of the global line-up. The deal doesn’t include movie […]
Spanish media company Mediapro has reached an agreement with the Brazilian Group Globo for the international sale of TV rights to the Brazilian Football League until 2019. Mediapro will exploit the TV rights in Europe and Asia offering 153 matches from the Brazilian A League including summaries and highlights and programmes like Footbrazil to all […]