According to a report in Qatar’s New Khalij newspaper, a sports reporter from beIN Sport had his microphone snatched away from him during a press conference with the UAE’s football coach Edgardo Bauza. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE, amongst others, are involved in a bitter diplomatic dispute with Qatar which has already affected news […]
Videology, a software provider for converged TV and video adverting, has announced a technology partnership with Yospace, a provider of Dynamic Ad Insertion solutions to broadcasters. The two companies will collaborate to offer a full end-to-end addressable advertising solution across multiple platforms and devices. Yospace’s server-side Dynamic Ad Insertion technology for live simulcast boasts a […]
Swiss-based developer of high-end solutions for post-production Marquise Technologies has announced its membership of the Digital Production Partnership (DPP), the media industry’s business change network. The DPP represents the whole media supply chain with production companies, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, post production facilities, consultancies, broadcasters, distributors, and not-for-profit organisations as members, working together to help […]
Skyline Communications, a supplier of end-to-end multi-vendor network management, orchestration and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, IPTV and cable industry, has opened a new office in Singapore to further support the continuous growth in the APAC region. This new and strategic Skyline hub will spearhead all customer-facing services for the APAC region, from […]
Wasabi, the hot storage company that delivers revolutionary cloud storage offering price and performance advantages over Amazon S3, and axle Video, the pioneer of affordable “radically simple” media management, have teamed up to make the axle Media Cloud available to post-production teams as a monthly subscription. Pricing starts at $400/month (330 Euro/month) for 10 terabytes […]
US live streaming TV service fuboTV is adding more NFL programming in time for the kick-off of the 2017-18 season. Through a new carriage agreement with NFL Media, NFL Network and NFL RedZone will be available to subscribers of fuboTV’s sports-first offerings. Starting this week, NFL Network joins the “Fubo Premier” base package. Available for […]
The final conclusions of the 2017 Pay-TV Innovation Forum – the global research programme examining the state of innovation in the pay-TV market published by content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA, in partnership with research and strategy consultancy MTM – suggest that the pay-TV industry is in a period of unprecedented global change, […]
Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three, has declared that the service’s move to online from a linear channel has been a success, noting that BBC Three has more than doubled its total brand reach and seen phenomenal growth on social platforms, producing original content with true public purpose. Speaking at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press […]
Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has launched The Roku Channel, a new streaming channel on the Roku platform specifically dedicated to giving customers free access to a collection of top films and more. Customers will enjoy award winners and big screen classics, whenever they want at no cost. There are no subscriptions, fees or […]
21st Century Fox has elevated Fox Networks Group Chairman and CEO Peter Rice to President, 21st Century Fox (21CF). In addition to working with 21CF leadership on key strategic initiatives, Rice will continue to serve as Chairman and CEO for Fox Networks Group (FNG), a role he has held since 2012. In this capacity, he […]