NPAW, the Big Data & Business Intelligence company serving the online media industry, introduces SmartLab, an A/B testing and Multivariate Testing (MVT) solution for media companies to better understand their customers, tailoring services to their preferences to support company growth and market expansion. OTTs, broadcasters, telcos and media companies are able to test and optimize […]
SmartLabs announces successful upgrade of Baltcom’s IPTV platform (Latvia). Baltcom is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the Baltic region, providing broadband, telephony and digital interactive TV services. SmartLabs have worked in partnership with Baltcom to upgrade their IPTV platform with the latest SmartTUBE Solution and introduced new market leading multiscreen features, 7 days […]
The Digital Innovation Group (DIG), the largest independent group of digital agencies in the UK, has secured a strategic partnership with Ultimate Football Fans (UFF), a new OTT fan TV service pulling together the world’s biggest football vloggers. The service soft-launched on MTN in South Africa in June and is set to launch on Android […]
SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining its O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) fleet. The mission on a Soyuz rocket will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in 2019. The 12 satellites of the existing O3b fleet were orbited by Arianespace in 2013 and […]
Oregan Networks, a pioneering British technology company which specialises in revenue and brand-enhancing pay TV applications and systems for broadcast and telecoms operators, celebrates 20 years of operations. Oregan’s CEO Mark Perry commented, “The pay TV industry at large and the IP delivery segment have evolved remarkably over the course of 20 years since Oregan […]
As anticipated, Sky has launched an OTT TV streaming service in Spain, a market where it doesn’t have a DTH presence, offering what it describes as “great entertainment and contract-free viewing” to customers to watch on all their devices. The new service will offer the best of Spanish pay TV channels, TV series and on-demand […]
A report in the Sunday Times suggests that the enthusiasm for buyers to acquire UK mast and transmission company Arqiva is fading fast. The report says that Singapore’s GIC sovereign wealth fund has withdrawn from the £6 billion auction, which “leaves just one solid bidder in the frame — Canadian property empire Brookfield,” said the […]
Eurosport is facing criticism in Germany for technical problems during its OTT coverage of the season’s first two Friday night Bundesliga games. Coverage of the Hamburger SV-Leipzig match on September 8th was marred by technical hitches – just two weeks after fans were frustrated by problems with the season’s first Friday night game. The broadcaster […]
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will boost the Eastern European SVoD sector considerably. The Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research estimates that Netflix will have 3.43 million subscribers by 2022, nearly triple its 2016 result. Amazon Prime Video’s achievements will be less impressive, but will still have 1.12 million […]
Satellite operator SES used the Euroconsult Satellite Business Week event to announce a major contract with Boeing to build seven “super-powered” craft as additional satellites for its O3b fleet. According to SES these new satellites represent a “the beginning of a new era in global cloud-scale connectivity”. SES says the order represents a “rapidly expandable and […]