Viacom has confirmed it will rebrand of Channel 5 later this year, which it acquired from Richard Desmond for £463 million (€645m) in May 2014. Viacom has named Kerry Taylor, senior vice president of youth and music and MTV UK general manager, as the company’s first chief marketing officer tasked with the rebranding. She will […]
Italian broadband operator Fastweb has launched fibre optic services in eleven new cities: Brindisi, Ferrara, Latina, Lodi, Novara, Parma, Potenza, Salerno, Savona, Settimo Torinese and Taranto. The fibre connection is offered to both new customers purchasing a fixed Internet service (20/10 Mbps) from Fastweb starting from €19 per month as well as for existing customers. […]
Foxtel has confirmed that it will launch its iQ3 set-top box in Australia on March 23rd. Its availability comes as US rival Netflix gears up to launch its streaming service in the country on March 31st. The new iQ3 set-top-box has been under development for some years and combines broadcast derived programmes and online streamed […]
An update to Google’s video service YouTube has added the option to search for 4K resolution videos on both the online site and Android app. YouTube has supported 4K videos for some time, but this is the first time that users have been given the option to set search filters to include 4K videos – […]
Virgin Media customers who subscribe to Sky Sports can now watch the channels (Sky Sports 1 to 5, Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports News HQ) on Android devices. Previously the channels could only be viewed on iPhones and iPads. Director of digital entertainment for Virgin Media Scott Kewley commented: “The Sky Sports app for […]
Mobile network operator EE is launching a new online movie rental scheme for its subscribers. The EE Film Club will give customers the opportunity to rent a movie every week for only £1 (€1.39) through Wuaki.tv. There is an additional 35p charge in the form of a redemption text – users will have to redeem […]
Just one month after its debut Amazon has confirmed it has greenlit a second season of its first original hour-long drama series Bosch. Based on Michael Connelly’s internationally best-selling Harry Bosch book series, Bosch has achieved the biggest debut weekend among all Amazon Original Series and is the most-watched title on Amazon Prime Instant Video, […]
Sky Deutschland has extended its rights agreement for the European Golf Tour by another five years, ensuring it will continue to show live and exclusive coverage of the events in Germany and Austria. The rights agreement signed with European Tour Productions, a joint venture of the European Tour and IMG, also includes the Ryder Cup […]
Elemental Technologies, a supplier of software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, has announced that Tata Sky, India’s leading DTH operator, is using Elemental software to process Ultra HD live linear content in high-efficiency video coding (HEVC/H.265) for delivery to Tata Sky 4K-ready set-top boxes. A joint venture between the TATA Group and 21st Century […]
XroadMedia, specialists in building innovative and ground-breaking content discovery and recommendation solutions, and Wyplay, a creator of software solutions for leading pay TV operators, have announced a close partnership with XroadMedia joining the “Frog by WyPlay” community. Frog by Wyplay is the first independent open source software solution for pay-TV operators. The initiative brings together […]