b<>com, a French Institute of Research and Technology, is currently testing for the first time in public its next-generation virtual-reality demo: a dive into the Arctic Ocean. This test has been set up in collaboration with the French ocean theme park, Océanopolis. Unlike current virtual reality content and systems, the Virtual Arctic Expedition heralds the […]
Football fans across Europe will be able to watch more UEFA Women’s European Championship action than ever with every match broadcast live on Eurosport and Eurosport Player. Kicking off with hosts Netherlands entertaining Norway on July 16th, the newly-expanded UEFA Women’s European Championship features eight-time winners Germany, Olympic silver medallists Sweden as well as football […]
Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and digital media companies, has entered into a long-term service agreement with Viasat World. The international entertainment company will now receive broadcast services, including playout, media management, VoD and streaming services, to support its portfolio of channels and on-demand services spanning […]
TV5MONDE, the cultural channel in French reaching 300 million households worldwide, has announced its new distribution agreement with a 3rd carrier in Israel. In addition to being broadcast to over 1.5m households in Israel via HOT and YES in Israel, it now joins Partner TV, the new OTT multi-TV provider launched on June 27th by Partner […]
Elastic Media, a media-tech company using cognitive real-time video editing and streaming technology, has announced the immediate availability of EVE, a game-changing ‘VoD-clipping’ bot that allows video game streamers, the latest generation of influencers, to produce useable content from assets that were previously less accessible. The clipbot, named, “EVE” (Elastic Video Engine) uses Artificial intelligence (AI) and proprietary deep-learning technology to automatically detect single games within complete […]
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, has announced a strategy utilising so-called TV White Spaces spectrum – unused spectrum in the UHF television bands in the 600 MHz frequency range – to bring broadband to some 23.4 million Americans in rural areas currently unserved. Speaking at a lunch sponsored by the Media Institute […]
Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
French multi-play operator Orange has announced a series of content initiatives and a strengthening of its partnership with pay-TV platform Canal+ designed to bolster their competitive response to emergent market player Altice. A major and longstanding player in the field of content, Orange is confirming and strengthening its strategy with the creation of Orange Content, […]
Sky Italia continues to lead Italy’s TV market, with a 32 per cent share (down by 1.5 per cent), ahead of RAI (30 per cent), Mediaset (28 per cent), Discovery Italia (2.4 per cent) and Cairo Communication-La7 (1.7 per cent). The annual report from Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) confirms a high degree of concentration in […]
UK advertising-funded public service broadcaster Channel 4 says it is well positioned for the future after delivering a second successive year of growing revenues to record levels as the 2016 Annual Report shows. Corporation revenues totalled almost £1 billion (£995m/€1.12bn), compared with £979 million the previous year, with digital revenues making up over 10 per […]