Reliance Digital TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications and DTH arm of Reliance Group, has engaged with Visiware, the specilaist in games for interactive television, to power iGAMES service on its DTH platform. Reliance Digital TV’s customers across India will have access to an improved gaming experience with twice the number of games […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, will showcase its full suite of products at ANGA COM 9-11 June 2015 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany (Hall 10.2, booth L20). Elemental will demonstrate a variety of live and file-based 4K and HEVC streaming applications, virtualization and cloud services, and linear […]
Competition in the Spanish pay-TV market is set to intensify with the launch of Netflix in October. In an interview with Spanish daily El Mundo, company founder and president Reed Hastings has confirmed that the streaming service will be available then with a “broad selection of TV series and movies in HD or even HD […]
There are unconfirmed reports that Charlie Ergen’s DISH Network is in merger talks with cellular giant T-Mobile. The Wall Street Journal is running the story saying Ergen would become Chairman of the enlarged group, while T-Mobile’s chief executive John Legere would be CEO. Dish is declining to comment. However, the WSJ says the deal discussions […]
France’s Canal+ has confirmed that it is to screen the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday June 6th between Barcelona and Juventus in Ultra High Definition. The broadcast will be via Astra craft situated at 19.2°E in partnership with SES and also OTT. The initiative is in line with the group’s year-old policy of […]
Fuelled by the impact of the first year of a new broadcast rights cycle, Premier League clubs generated record revenue of £3.26 billion (€4.4bn) in 2013/14 – up 29 per cent on 2012/13 – according to the 24th Annual Review of Football Finance from the Sports Business Group at consultancy firm Deloitte. The average revenue […]
US premium television programmer Showtime Networks is launching a stand-alone Internet streaming service in early July, with Apple as its first partner. The stand-alone service will be called Showtime, a brand already embraced by consumers as the home for cutting-edge original programming, sports and movies. The launch of Showtime will coincide with the new seasons […]
Discovery is launching an entertainment and live sports SVoD service throughout Europe. Branded Dplay, the service will stream episodes of Discovery’s factual entertainment series such as Gold Rush and Deadliest Catch, along with Eurosport’s live football and other sports including the Tour De France. The OTT service, which was trialled in Norway last year, is […]
The Regional Basque Country-based cable company Euskaltel is to target foreign institutional investors with its IPO. Current shareholders – savings bank Kutxabank, investment firm International Cable BV and power company Iberdrola – will sell shares with a value estimated at €1.5-1.7 billion. JP Morgan Securities PLC and UBS Ltd will coordinate the operation. Euskaltel is […]
Research from Parks Associates indicates that 51 per cent of pay-TV subscribers are very interested in having unlimited space to store DVR recordings, which indicates strong consumer demand for cloud-based DVR services. Currently, over 50 per cent of US broadband homes either include a DVR as part