Stream-ripping is now the most dominant form of music piracy in the UK, according to research by the Intellectual Property Office and PRS For Music. The Online Copyright Infringement (OCI) Tracker, commissioned by the IPO, has revealed that 15 per cent of UK Internet users, approximately 7 million people, either stream or download material that […]
Lee Raftery has been appointed to take on an expanded leadership role within NBCUniversal International, based in London. Raftery is named as Managing Director, UK & Emerging Markets in the International Networks division, overseeing growth strategy and driving performance for the group’s portfolio of channel brands in these markets. Core brands include Universal Channel, Syfy, […]
RTVE has become the first national channel in Spain to complete a live broadcast in Dolby Audio and Dolby Vision. On July 5th, the historic Solemn Changing of the Guard ceremony was broadcast live in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology and Dolby AC-4 sound, using the 4K DVB-T2 trial channel that is operated […]
C Spire has launched a new in-home streaming TV service in the US that eliminates the need for set-top boxes. C Spire TV delivers the cable TV features that consumers love in a simple app designed to run on popular streaming devices from Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV with Roku availability expected […]
IdeaNova Technologies, a provider of Inflight Entertainment (IFE) solutions and Digital Rights Management (DRM), unveiled Inplay Instant, their newest multimedia player. Now, airline passengers can quickly and easily playback any DRM content—such as Hollywood movies—on their laptop or any web browser, regardless of the supported DRM Content Decryption Module (CDM). With the new player operators […]
A ComScore report has revealed that Netflix gets more viewing time in the US than rivals Amazon, Hulu and YouTube combined. The data shows Netflix holds a 40 per cent share of total viewing hours of an OTT service, with YouTube ranking second place with 18 per cent, Hulu third with 14 per cent and […]
A group of major Russian television channels expects to pay up to $40 million (€35.2m) to buy the rights for broadcasting 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has revealed, according to Russian news agency TASS. “We have been announced the figure of $110 million for the World Cup broadcasting rights,” […]
Augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) dealmakers invested over $800 million (€705m) in Q2 2017, after a quieter first quarter. This rounded out over $2 billion invested across 27 AR/VR sectors in the last 12 months, as analysed in Digi-Capital’s latest Augmented/Virtual Reality Report. While investment hasn’t hit the record peak of Q1 2016 (when $1.2 […]
Samsung has launched the first HBO app in Spain that will allow viewers to access the premium US streaming platform on their Smart TVs. The app is available on all Samsung Smart TVs manufactured from 2012 to the present, a total of over 3 million sets. The launch sees Samsung enrich its streaming TV offer […]
Ara Aprikian, COO at French commercial broadcaster TF1, says the multichannel strategy adopted by the company is now a firm success. Talking to French daily Le Figaro, he said the proof was in the higher audience numbers across all of its channels. In particular the fresh positioning of TMC has been a priority, according to […]