As part of a wider restructuring plan Philips Research is to close is prestigious Briarcliff R&D facility, in New York, which it has occupied since 1965, and where it still has some 125 employees. Staff will be offered positions in another facility owned by Philips at Cambridge, Mass. Philips will sell the Briarcliffe campus, which […]
UTV Media has said it expects losses at its newest TV channel, UTV Ireland, to hit £6 million (€8.3m) this year, double its original forecast. The company, which also owns TalkSport and the ITV franchise in Northern Ireland, said that ‘a number of unforeseen circumstances’ had beset the new entertainment channel since it was launched […]
Media Broadcast of Germany, a European full-service provider in the broadcasting and media industry, has been awarded the broadcasting capacities to operate a digital terrestrial television platform tendered by the State Media Authorities. The licence is an important step towards making the digital terrestrial television of the future a reality. The DVB-T2 platform that Media […]
ESPNPlayer.com will bring UK and European viewers live and on-demand coverage of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (aka March Madness). Available on Mac, PC, iPad and through Samsung and LG smart TVs, ESPN Player’s coverage starts immediately and runs through five rounds to the National Championship game on April 6th. There is a strong […]
upc Cablecom is expanding its MyPrime SVoD service with content from Constantin Film. The Swiss operator is also making MyPrime available to new subscribers at a trial price of CHF9.95 (€9.30) for 30 days. The Constantin Film deal gives MyPrime users access to movies such as Lost in Translation, Resident Evil and Step Up as […]
Videoplaza, an Ooyala company and provider of video advertising and monetisation technology, has announced a partnership with TubeMogul, an enterprise software company for video advertising, to create a premium programmatic marketplace for global brands and broadcasters. Pairing TubeMogul’s platform with Konnect, Videoplaza’s sell-side programmatic solution allows brands, agencies and trading desks using TubeMogul video advertising […]
Imagine Communications, a global player in video infrastructure, advertising systems and workflow management solutions, has introduced CloudXtream, a cloud video platform for multiscreen video distribution and monetisation. CloudXtream is a cloud-enabled platform designed to meet the growing and complex array of video distribution requirements, including live video, VoD, cloud DVR, dynamic ad insertion (DAI), packaging, […]
As of March 16th, Aymeric de Cardes is appointed Director of the TDF Media Services Division, which includes Arkena and Mediamobile, taking over from Julien Seligmann, who has left the company. Arkena came about from the January 2014 merger of Cognacq-Jay Image, PSN, Qbrick and SmartJog, and has 400 employees. Arkena operates in France, Sweden, […]
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software and services for content producers, has announced its powerful and highly versatile turnkey system, Dalet News Pack, has been implemented to power the new HD facility at Brazilian TV network Record Bahia. Based in Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia, and […]
Apple is set to relaunch Apple TV this autumn and is in talks with ABC, CBS and Fox to bring around 25 channels to the service. The service will be available across all devices powered by Apple’s iOS operating system, including iPhones, iPads and Apple TV set-top boxes, the WSJ reports. The news comes just […]