Family Guy is returning to BBC Two for the first time in nearly a decade. Season 13 will be shown on the channel before ITV2 takes over broadcast rights for further seasons later this year. Discussions about where Family Guy would air began after it was revealed BBC Three, its previous home, was becoming an […]
TVbeat, a TV analytics company, has formed a new partnership with Infomir, a company specialising in manufacturing devices for interactive television service providers. Infomir offers a comprehensive range of products and services that are developed according to their customer’s needs. By partnering with TVbeat, Infomir will be able to increase their customer satisfaction even more […]
Content enabler and technology provider TV2U has confirmed the upcoming European launch of its TARA TV platform ahead of TV Connect 2015. The move follows growing demand from cable operators for TV2U’s managed content service, which has already experienced significant uptake across APAC and the US, and is launching in the UK and Germany with […]
Hit web-series High Maintenance is heading to HBO with six new episodes, and the premium cable network is also bringing the first 19 episodes to HBO, HBO Now and HBO Go “later this year”. The show follows a Brooklyn pot dealer as he navigates a tangled web of clients and competition. It’s currently exclusive to […]
Alcatel-Lucent is to provide Italy’s Wind Telecomunicazioni with content delivery network (CDN) technology to support the launch of new video and TV services for its fixed and mobile subscribers. The provision of Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix Content Delivery Network platform will enable Wind’s customers to manage video traffic on its network, providing an optimised experience for customers […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has announced that Telekom Slovenije has selected Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player to support its new OTT multiscreen platform TViN. Through the Connected Sentinel Player, a multiplatform media player that includes DRM for premium VoD and live content, operators and content providers can securely […]
Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the connected home, has announced that Oxygen Broadband, a provider of broadband gateways to the residential and SOHO/SME markets, has adopted the Ikanos Fusiv Vx585 gateway processor to further extend the capabilities and performance of its next-generation multiGateway and miniOffice platforms. The new […]
Quiptel continues to revolutionise the growing OTT video landscape with their server and cloud-based solutions that bring clients’ businesses unparalleled benefits with exceptional quality, greater consistency, faster output and lower cost of delivery. Software solution provider Quiptel has connected with a growing list of key partners to address the fast developing OTT market. Geniatech – the […]
Sky has posted its highest Q3 subs growth in 11 years. “We have delivered an excellent third quarter as customers across the enlarged Sky group respond to the quality and breadth of what we offer. In all, we attracted almost 70 per cent more new customers than the prior year and over one million new […]
OTT subscriptions from providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime will generate $31.6 billion by 2019, up from just under $8 billion in 2014, according to a report by Juniper Research. Continued growth in the established markets of West Europe and North America, along with the emergence of key OTT players in the Far East […]