RDK Management has confirmed the availability of a development environment for app developers to remotely develop and test apps on top of the RDK – thanks to Metrological, a TV application solutions company. Metrological combined their application framework with the RDK to create Metrological’s RDK App Emulator. Metrological will administer and distribute the emulator to […]
Sling TV and HBO have confirmed that Sling TV will be the first live Internet TV service to offer linear and VoD content from HBO in the US. HBO will be available in time for the Game of Thrones and Silicon Valley season premieres on April 12th. Sling TV with HBO will be available on […]
TeleDiffusion de France (TDF), which operates the nation’s transmission media and broadcasting services, has completed the sale of its assets to a consortium comprising Brookfield Infrastructure, PSP Investments, APG Asset Mgt and Arcus Infrastructure. Sale price is “approximately €3.6 billion” says a company statement. Included in the sale are about 6,690 multi-purpose towers and 5,000 […]
The UK’s 4G networks are performing “much better” than 3G but a study has highlighted significant variations between operators. Ofcom’s test of smartphones in five towns and cities found EE delivered the fastest average 4G download speed at 18.6Mbit/s, followed by Vodafone (16.4Mbit/s), O2 (13.9Mbit/s) and Three (8.5Mbit/s). Overall, 97 per cent of test samples […]
Global media and entertainment company Starz has confirmed details of the Starz Play Arabia launch on April 2nd in 17 countries. The first international Starz Play is a new, premium content, direct-to-consumer multiplatform subscription video service developed in conjunction with the Parsifal Entertainment Group for select markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). […]
Indian pay-TV operator Videocon d2h is now listed on the NASDAQ exchange. Claimed to be India’s fastest-growing DTH operator, the listing came about following the $453 million investment by Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky (via their Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp) into Videocon d2h. In a statement Silver Eagle says this is the first Indian media […]
Bharti Airtel’s DTH pay-TV division (Airtel Digital TV) is reporting that its Indian subscribers have topped the 10 million mark, and this has been achieved within 6 years of the division’s start up. Shashi Arora, CEO – Airtel Digital TV said, “At Airtel Digital TV, we strive to empower our customers with superior television viewing […]
Innovid, a player in cross-channel advanced video, has announced that Cisco Investments has become a new investor in the company in order to help realise that vision. Additionally, all original investors, including Genesis Partners, Sequoia Capital, and T-Venture, participated in the raise of $10 million. Innovid will use the infusion of capital to further its […]
Google has released a tool that lets Android apps run on any machine that can run its Chrome browser. Called Arc Welder, the tool acts as a wrapper around Android apps so they can run on Windows, OSX and Linux machines. The software expands the places that Android apps can run and aims to make […]
SeaChange International has reported fourth quarter fiscal 2015 revenue of $31.3 million and US GAAP loss from operations of $5.3 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, compared to fourth quarter fiscal 2014 revenue of $35.6 million and US GAAP operating loss of $0.9 million. The Company’s US GAAP fourth quarter fiscal 2015 results […]