Advanced Television

ABC News on Roku

ABC News is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players and Roku TV models – the first ABC News streaming channel to be available on Smart TVs. ABC News VP of Digital Colby Smith commented: “Today is another big step in putting our audience in control of how and when they get their […]

March 17, 2015

Nintendo moves into smartphone apps

Video games giant Nintendo and online services company DeNA have entered into a business and capital alliance to develop and operate new game apps for smart devices and build a new multi-device membership service for consumers worldwide. Leveraging the strength of Nintendo’s intellectual property (IP) and game development skills in combination with DeNA’s expertise in […]

March 17, 2015By Nik Roseveare

SPACECONNECTION expands Intelsat agreement

Intelsat, a global provider of satellite services, and The SPACECONNECTION, the independent provider of C-Band and Ku-Band satellite space segment, have announced a new, multi-year agreement under which The SPACECONNECTION expanded its capacity commitment on Intelsat’s Galaxy 17 satellite located at 91˚ West and renewed services on Intelsat’s Galaxy 3C satellite located at 95˚ West. […]

March 17, 2015

Unified Streaming integrates with Deluxe OnDemand

Unified Streaming has announced that Deluxe OnDemand, a provider of video workflow management and turnkey content-supply solutions, has integrated Unified Streaming software to simplify and enhance the delivery of high quality video content in multiple formats across popular devices.  Unified Streaming is focused on creating advanced software for video content re-purposing and delivery enabling services like […]

March 17, 2015

GVIDI, the new and complete metadata service

With a undisclosed investment from Merapar and ITNM, a new player has entered the scene of TV metadata. GVIDI, the smart aggregator “Stunned by the fact that most EPG providers do not enrich their data with omnipresent information, it has become our ambition to offer Europe’s most advanced platform of TV metadata”, says Tijn Smithuis, […]

March 17, 2015

Scripps scoops TVN

Scripps Networks Interactive has agreed to pay €584 million for 100 per cent of shares in N-Vision which on completion, directly and indirectly through Polish Television Holdings, will hold approximately 52.7 per cent interest in Polish broadcaster TVN S.A. Scripps Networks Interactive will assume both the debt on level of Polish Television Holding and TVN of […]

March 16, 2015

Discovery cautious on 4K

John Honeycutt, Discovery’s CTO, in an interview for the Satellite 2015 ‘Daily’ ahead of the show’s opening, says that even though the network is already making certain programming in 4K/Ultra HD, his channel has no immediate plans to launch a 4K service. He admitted that 2015 will see more hours produced in 4K than last […]

March 16, 2015By Chris Forrester

PCCW eyes Dailymotion stake

Dailymotion, the online video portal owned by French telco Orange, is set to hold talks to sell a 49 per cent stake to Hong Kong-based telecom giant PCCW. PCCW has reportedly made an offer valuing the video site at about €250 million. The deal would bring in a long-desired foreign partner for the French company […]

March 16, 2015

TiVo wraps Aereo purchase

DVR specialist TiVo has completed its purchase of the Aereo assets, such as they are, including Aereo’s trademarks and client lists. The purchase price was about $1 million. The deal has been approved by a New York Federal bankruptcy court which was handling the company’s closure. TiVo gets the trademarks and client list, while RPX […]

March 16, 2015By Chris Forrester