Vodafone Spain is giving offering its Vodafone Total premium package for free for three months to existing subscribers to the basic offer TV Esencial or TV Extra. The move echoes a similar offer from rival Telefónica. Until September 30th, subscribers will be able to change their subscription package with no extra cost – giving access […]
Virgin Media has rolled out its Virgin TV Kids app – created exclusively for some of its youngest customers. The app has been designed specifically for pre and early primary school children (3-7 years old) – and brings together more than 2000 episodes of on demand kids TV, along with reading books and interactive games. […]
Jay Hunt, the creative head at Channel 4, has revealed the broadcaster needs the Great British Bake Off to attract at least 3 million viewers per episode to break even following its £75 million (€81m) acquisition of the show. Hunt, speaking at the Edinburgh International TV festival said she would be delighted if the programme […]
Vancouver-based Helios Wire is ploughing $4 million in additional funding to go towards the launch of two specialist satellites for Internet of Things connectivity. “The funds from this round of financing will be put toward the launch of our first satellite this Christmas, as well as the two other satellites scheduled to be launched during […]
NeuLion, a technology product and service provider specialising in the broadcasting of live and on-demand digital video content, will live stream the Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor fight for several global rights holders, including UFC, Sky Sports, Sky New Zealand and Eleven Sports Network. Each of these global rights holders will be using the NeuLion […]
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable operator, published its financials for the first half of fiscal year 2017. The Group again reported solid growth with revenues of €245.4 million – an increase of 4 per cent year on year. As of June 30th 2017, the Group reported approximately 3.6 million homes connected in-line with […]
Internet users are growing more demanding and less forgiving, according to the results of a consumer survey from Apica, the performance monitoring and testing experts. In a clear call to action for organisations around the world, Apica’s survey found that three quarters of respondents expect websites and apps to perform faster than they did three […]
Global TV operator SPI International/FilmBox has signed an agreement with Anttention Media, Africa’s digital video and audio streaming platform VeeTee, to deliver eight 24/7 TV channels and a VoD service to MTN, Africa’s leading telecommunications company through their sister company Edentek. VeeTee’s mobile TV service now offers the following eight channels from SPI’s worldwide portfolio: […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, an international provider of premium in-home wireless systems, has unveiled two next-generation, in-home Wi-Fi Mesh products for global broadband and TV operators. The Air 4930 Access Point (AP) and Air 7430 IP STB and are the latest additions to AirTies’ award-winning portfolio of devices designed to improve whole-home performance and enable operators […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced the launch of the Verimatrix Secure Cloud, a new deployment option that equips video service operators with a flexible, fully managed framework for video content security and analytics. Supported by the Verimatrix Global Services team and […]