Advanced Television

Motorsport.tv, Tata team for video delivery

Global digital media motorsport company Motorsport.tv has partnered with Tata Communications to power the international growth of the network’s Internet television platforms. Tata Communications will harness its global reach, media capabilities and motorsports expertise to bring the latest updates from major motorsport events seamlessly to Motorsport.tv viewers around the world. Motorsport.tv has enjoyed dramatic growth […]

October 6, 2017By Colin Mann

FITE TV launches Roku channel

FITE TV has launched its channel on the Roku streaming platform designed to provide direct access to FITE’s live TV programming and over 5,000 hours of VoD for fans of mixed martial arts, boxing and pro wrestling. There is no subscription fee required to use the FITE Roku channel. Users can launch the FITE channel […]

October 6, 2017

Sky Cinema pop-up Halloween channel

Sky Cinema is bringing customers over a week of fright nights on a dedicated channel to mark the Halloween season. Sky Cinema Halloween, available from October 23rd to 31st on Sky channel 303, will screen some of the greatest horror movies of all time, including the original Halloween – on Sky Cinema for the very […]

October 6, 2017

Digital Catapult launches Immersive Lab in Brighton

Digital Catapult has announced the opening of its new Immersive Lab in Brighton giving access to the latest technologies in virtual, augmented and mixed reality, to support the UK’s burgeoning immersive community. The Brighton lab is the second to open following Digital Catapult’s successful Immersive Lab launch in London earlier this year, which has already […]

October 6, 2017

TiTAN Platform enters US market

TiTAN Platform, a smart content and device company with offices in the US, South Korea, Singapore and China, has officially launched its US product line. TiTAN Play and TiTAN Core are now available to consumers for the first time, pairing a secure smart content platform with a smart home device that will create a seamless, […]

October 6, 2017

IMDA, Mediacorp launch $3m content development fund

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Mediacorp have launched a new Content Development Fund (CDF) to reinvigorate, refresh and raise the quality, innovativeness and creativity of public service broadcast (PSB) content on Mediacorp’s platforms. The three-year fund will provide seed money to local content creators to pilot and test new concepts and formats. It […]

October 6, 2017

Inscape, Sorenson analytics partnership

Inscape, a provider of ACR data from millions of smart TVs and Sorenson Media, a provider of addressability and TV measurement solutions, have announced a strategic relationship that brings digital measurement capabilities to US broadcast TV stations. Inscape’s data coupled with Sorenson’s analytics platform provides broadcasters a near-instant-read on what segments, shows, and dayparts are […]

October 6, 2017

Cable Bahamas launches REVGO PLAY powered by Anevia solutions

Anevia, an OTT and IPTV software vendor providing solutions for TV and Video delivery including live, near live, on demand and multiscreen had accompanied Cable Bahamas in its migration to OTT. Founded in March 1995, Cable Bahamas (CBL) has grown from a cable TV operator to incorporate broadband Internet in 2000 and telephony services in […]

October 6, 2017

YouTube dominates online video services

Ampere Analysis’ Top Online Video Services Barometer has revealed that YouTube is still by far the most watched online video service, with 68.7 per cent of global internet users having visited the website at least once in the last month. YouTube is the most watched service in all but one of the markets studied. The […]

October 5, 2017

Streamed ads ‘less annoying than broadcast’

A study claims online viewers accept advertising more and that advertisers are seeing a better response to their commercials. Telaria (formerly Tremor Media) looked at five countries, including the US, and found that nearly 60 per cent of respondents think of streaming on a connected set as “watching TV.” Only 30 per cent of the […]

October 5, 2017