According to analyst firm The Diffusion Group (TDG), although virtual pay-TV services are immature and years away from ‘five-9’ reliability, subscribers overwhelmingly consider service value to be very solid. In TDG’s Q2 Benchmarking the Connected Consumer project – a survey of more than 2,000 US adult broadband users – less than 5 per cent of […]
Yet another episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones has leaked early – this time via a blunder from the broadcaster itself. HBO España and HBO Nordic accidentally dropped Game of Thrones season 7 episode 6 four days early. The episode was available on-demand to subscribers in Spanish and Nordic territories for just over an hour […]
A California court has started hearing evidence into an alleged claim that DirecTV has deliberately misled millions of subscribers about the actual costs of viewing programming. The action has been brought by the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In essence, DirecTV is alleged to have advertised and promoted an annual – and discounted – fee […]
In a further consolidation of the test and monitoring sector, network service enablement specialist Viavi Solutions has acquired electronic test and measurement equipment provider Trilithic. Viavi revealed the deal as it announced its Q4 results, and said that Trilithic would become be part of Network Enablement business segment. The Company expects the acquisition to be […]
Content supply chain specialist Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has issued a Statement clarifying how, on August 4th, 2017, a link to view Episode 4 of Season 7 of Game of Thrones bearing a Star India watermark appeared online three days before its airdate, describing it as the outcome of an illegal breach of obligations by […]
According to Patrick Grove, co-founder and chairman of VoD platform iFlix, the service’s main competitor is not traditional television, but piracy. Speaking on CNBC’s Managing Asia, Grove said
OTT service Sling TV has launched an in-browser player on popular web browser Google Chrome. Available in beta for all new and existing Sling TV customers, Sling TV’s compatibility with Chrome enables customers to watch live and on-demand television directly in their web browser, with no app download required. “The Sling TV experience on Google […]
A social-media-sourced barometer report from virtualised media production solutions specialist Nevion has highlighted the impact that IP technology is continuing to have on the future of the broadcast industry. The barometer, The future of broadcast — paving the way to virtualized production, confirms that IP is
Discovery Communications is increasing its borrowing in order to part-fund its proposed purchase of Scripps Networks Interactive. Discovery is increasing its revolving credit facilities from $2 billion to $2.5 billion, and extended the maturity date to the loan to August 11th 2022 (from February 4th 2021). The broadcaster is also taking on fresh debt organised […]
Former president and general manager of WGN America and Tribune Studios Matt Cherniss has jointed Apple to help oversee the development of the company’s video unit. Cherniss will report to Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, the two former Sony executives who joined Apple earlier this year to lead Apple’s video programming efforts on a […]