A Nigerian Federal High Court has forbidden pay-TV operator DStv from implementing new prices. The court issued an interim restraining order following a Class Action movement by local citizens. In March DStv hiked its prices by an average 20 per cent across the board – effective April 1st – and this prompted the action, with […]
Beamly, the social discovery platform for TV, has unveiled new features that further meet the Millennial need to engage with their favourite TV programmes. The release of these new features comes on the heels of record growth for Beamly that has enjoyed an 11x lift in growth to 10.4 million unique users since its relaunch […]
Motive Television, the technology provider to broadcasters and pay television operators, has released today TabletTV Europe (TTV Europe) following its approval by the Apple App store. The new app is available presently to UK TabletTV users as a free download and will use the same DVB-T mains and portable tuners as TabletTV UK. TabletTV Europe […]
Australia’s NewSat plan for a new satellite (Jabiro-1) has been in trouble for some time over funding the build and launch of the proposed satellite. Now one of its major backers has pulled back placing the project for Australia’s first independent and locally-owned satellite in jeopardy. The project has already missed some key funding dates, […]
HBO GO is now available to all the RCS&RDS owned Digi Net and Digi TV subscribers in Romania that have an HBO or MAXPAK subscription. Digi Net and Digi TV subscribers have access to HBO GO on desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and smart TVs. The OTT service offers unlimited access to over 2000 hours of […]
Ericsson has announced the US launch of a closed captioning service, a service which displays text on a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information. The company will establish a broadcast and media services hub based in Atlanta, Georgia to provide closed captioning and video description services to both […]
Star India, one of India’s leading entertainment broadcasters, has selected Accenture to help develop, launch and deliver its over-the-air programming to India’s online consumers on almost any mobile device. Branded hotstar, the service is available Star India’s wholly owned subsidiary, and when fully deployed will be available to India’s entire population. The hotstar service, built […]
USA Network is expanding its World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) output with three series. The US cable network already is the longtime home of Monday Night Raw and recently announced that it would be bringing back reality competition series WWE Tough Enough with a new format. Now USA Network will also carry WWE SmackDown starting in […]
Sevis Systems, a developer of intelligent backhaul optimisation technology, has successfully validated its highly effective and flexible platform for backhaul services on the KA-SAT satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications. The new solution offers a more affordable and optimised satellite backhaul service to specialised satellite service providers delivering end-to-end backhaul bandwidth to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies and live and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, and hybrid TV operators, has announced that its nanoCDN technology has been integrated with the ATV1800 Quad Core Android TV box from Geniatech, providing cable and telecom operators with a cost-effective solution for delivering live OTT video […]