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FlameFy, OKAST to launch jazz SVoD Qwest TV

Qwest TV brings together two generations of committed music lovers who share a single passion: jazz. This joint Franco-American collaboration between the legendary Quincy Jones and Reza Ackbaraly has given birth an SVoD platform dedicated to jazz and jazz-inspired music forms. Launching in the US autumn 2017, subscribers to Qwest TV will choose when and […]

July 18, 2017

Sky Deutschland chooses Yospace for Sky Go

Sky Deutschland has chosen Yospace’s dynamic ad insertion platform to monetise live channels on its TV Everywhere service Sky Go. The system allows addressable advertising to be served across Sky Deutschland’s suite of live sports coverage, including The Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League. Boris Haug, Vice President Product, Brand Solutions & Operations of Sky Media, […]

July 18, 2017

AP, Red Bull Media House collaborate

Associated Press and Red Bull Media House have announced a collaboration that will allow AP clients to access a curated mix of sports, dance, music and lifestyle video and images from the world of Red Bull. Each week, AP Video Hub and AP Images will offer registered clients 15 or more curated content items representing […]

July 18, 2017

ODMedia uses ATEME’s TITAN File

ATEME has announced that its video transcoding software TITAN File is being used by ODMedia, a European VoD full service company, to provide extra features to its high-quality encoding facility.   TITAN File is based on ATEME’s Fifth Generation STREAM compression engine and delivers the highest video quality at the lowest possible bitrate with accelerated parallel […]

July 18, 2017

Game of Thrones S7 launches in the Moscow Metro

The opening night of episode #1 of the legendary saga Game of Thrones Season 7 launched at the Mayakovskaya station on the Moscow Metro in the early hours of July 18th. Organised jointly by the Amediateka svod service and the Moscow Metro, 350 invited guests, both vips and Game of Thrones fans, gathered under the domed arches of the stunning Mayakovskaya metro station to watch […]

July 18, 2017

ADB supplying next generation gateway to Optima Italia

ADB, a provider of hardware and software solutions for broadband, has announced its commercial relationship with Optima Italia SpA, an integrated telecommunication, light and gas service provider in Italy. ADB is proud to supply to Optima its next generation gateway for the commercial offering “TUTTO-IN-UNO’’, residential and, small and medium businesses (SMB). This strategic cooperation with […]

July 18, 2017

AWS Elemental helps BT deliver 4K Champions League Final in VR

Amazon Web Services has announced that BT used AWS Elemental Live video processing to power live streaming broadcasts of the UEFA Champions League final on June 3rd. For the first time, BT gave viewers the opportunity to experience the highly anticipated championship events live in the BT Sport application and on YouTube in both 360-degree […]

July 18, 2017

Egypt bans beIN Sports

Egypt’s Competition Authority (ECA) has repeated that Qatar-based beIN Sports cannot operate or deliver its sports transmissions over Egypt. Currently, Egypt is in a diplomatic dispute with Qatar, which has not helped the situation but in fact the problems with beIN Sports go back to the earlier part of the year, and concerns access to […]

July 17, 2017By Chris Forrester

Mobile devices to boost video viewing by 20% in 2017

Online video viewing will rise 20 per cent in 2017, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2017. Global consumers will spend an average of 47.4 minutes a day viewing videos online this year, up from 39.6 minutes in 2016. This increase will be driven by a

July 17, 2017

ITV appoints easyJet’s McCall as CEO

ITV has confirmed that Carolyn McCall is to join the Board as Chief Executive. She joins ITV from easyJet where she has been Chief Executive for seven years. Prior to easyJet, McCall was Group Chief Executive of the Guardian Media Group. Peter Bazalgette, Chairman of ITV, said: “In a very impressive field of high calibre […]

July 17, 2017