Southeast Asian VoD streaming service iflix has agreed a $30 million round of funding with international investment firm Catcha Group and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Philippines’ leading telco. According to a company statement, the fund will be used to launch iflix to key Southeast Asian markets such as Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and […]
Ericsson has reported an unexpected fall in profits as infrastructure spending by MNOs in the North American market remained slow and fierce competition affected margins elsewhere. While sales in China were up as build-outs of new networks there gather pace, Ericsson’s overall operating profits in the first quarter fell, weighed down by the lower margins […]
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSBc) giant Thor-7 satellite is again ready for launch. The important launch readiness review was successful on April 22nd, and the go-ahead given to Arianespace to launch the satellite late in the afternoon of April 24th. The launch window opens (Paris time) at 9.38pm and closes at 11.32pm (Kourou-time 4.38-6.32pm). Arianespace’s web-site […]
France 24 has launched a new Android TV application compatible with the Nexus player and all the devices equipped with the Google operating system (OTT boxes, smart TVs, etc). Available for free on Google Play, this new service is already available in North America, France, Germany and the UK. It will be accessible in the […]
Agama Technologies, the video service quality assurance expert, has been selected by Emirates Telecommunications Corporations (Etisalat), the leading telecommunications operator in the UAE with almost 11 million customers, to provide a comprehensive solution for video service quality and customer experience monitoring, assurance and analytics. Agama secured the deal together with its regional business partner Al-Falak, […]
NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has revealed that StarHub’s recently launched IPTV service on Singapore’s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network uses NAGRA’s solutions portfolio. NAGRA’s MediaLive multiscreen, OpenTV 5 connectware and anyCAST CONNECT content protection solutions enable Singapore’s largest pay TV […]
Motel 6, one of the largest motel chains in the US, and World Cinema, a specialist in delivering satellite TV to hotels, and DISH Network have completed a multi-year agreement through which DISH and World Cinema will deliver HD satellite TV service and high speedIinternet access to the motel chain’s more than 500 corporately owned […]
FOXXUM, a global player in delivering Smart TV solutions, and XroadMedia, a provider of content discovery and recommendation services, have joined forces to offer a complete and fully featured turnkey solution to device manufacturers and service providers for their Smart TV products. This new partnership will see Ncanto, XroadMedia’s cloud-based content discovery and recommendation solution, […]
Sky Italia saw growth during Q3 – and the first real progress of note for 3 years – reporting a net subscriber growth of 12,000. The improvement reversed a net loss of customers last year and helped increase the Italian’s pay-TV broadcaster’s total customer base to 4.75 million. Sky Italia, along with Sky UK and […]
Conviva, the OTT video optimisation specialist, has released the findings of its third annual Viewer Experience Report, which found that even as audiences swell and potential subscription revenue balloons, the challenges to building a sustainable OTT service are piling up. Consumers no longer simply expect a service to work, they demand that it provide a […]