German pay-TV broadcaster Deutsche Telekom has ordered its first original series. The show, Germanized, will be a 10-episode comedy from Bavaria Fernsehproduktion and Newen Group-owned Telfrance. The series is described as a “light-hearted, culture clash comedy” about 200 Germans ‘invading’ a bankrupt Basque village”. The series is slated to launch towards the end of 2018. […]
US pay-TV provide DISH is to deliver select college football games from FOX Sports’ FS1 in 4K, beginning with the Oklahoma-Baylor match-up on Saturday, September 23rd. Games will be simulcast in the format every weekend on DISH channel 540 throughout the football season for Hopper 3 customers. “DISH has offered 4K-ready set-top boxes for three […]
Procera Networks, a global player in Network Intelligence, has announced the completion of the acquisition of Sandvine Corporation, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators. The combined company will operate under the Sandvine name, and the executive management team will be led by Lyndon Cantor as President and Chief Executive […]
US TV network CBS has subscribed to Nielsen’s National Out-of-Home Reporting Service. The agreement is effective immediately and provides CBS with out-of-home viewing data, including ratings for all programming and commercial content that aired on the Network for live plus seven days of time-shifted viewing. “Being able to measure CBS’ content and uncover additional viewers […]
560 Media, the UK-based global rights collection agency, has signed a secondary-rights management deal with BBC Worldwide. Under the deal 560 Media will administer the distributor’s total global secondary collections, including those for the US and Canada. Under the long-term contract, 560 Media will manage the collection of the international revenues accrued through the secondary […]
Nielsen will collaborate with clypd, an audience-based sales platform for television networks. The syndicated service will offer the advertising ecosystem a fully integrated, linear TV targeting solution that aims to benefit marketers, agencies, buying platforms and publishers seeking to plan and buy on demographics beyond age and gender. “The collaboration between Nielsen and clypd will […]
Indian content company, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has become the first Indian broadcaster to set up a production company, ZEE Studios International, in Canada. This also marks ZEE’s entry into global production for mainstream audiences which will facilitate production requirement for ZEE’s diverse platforms as well as international markets. The production company, located at […]
The inaugural HbbTV Awards are now open for entries from across the HbbTV community. The Awards, which take place on October 17th in Rome at the 6th annual HbbTV Symposium, recognise those companies that demonstrate the best adoption of HbbTV, with the theme: HbbTV: Technical Excellence, Commercial Advantage If you are involved in the HbbTV […]
The Trade Desk, a global technology platform for buyers of advertising, addresses shifting TV viewership with the expansion of its best-in-class Connected TV product, giving advertisers the ability to combine the impact of TV with the precision of digital. Audiences who have moved away from traditional TV – including over 22 million predicted U.S. cord-cutters […]
Western European SVoD revenues will increase to $6.5 billion (€5.46bn) by 2022, up from $2.8 billion in 2016. SVoD became the region’s largest OTT revenue source in 2016 by overtaking AVoD. SVoD’s share of OTT revenues will continue to grow, according to the Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. […]