The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation has honoured three outstanding winners of the 2017 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards, continuing a long-running Foundation tradition and celebrating the birth of Clarke in England on December 16th 1917. The Clarke Award for Lifetime Achievement goes to Stephen Hawking for “expanding our understanding of cosmology, time and the universe.” Kim […]
T Group Productions has announced it will acquire Big Boots Studios, one of the first studios dedicated to engagement platforms—entertainment and social media experiences rooted in the digital space. Since its founding in 2016 by Roger Mincheff and Anthony Kaan, the company has built digital channels and platforms for major networks, individual celebrities and athletes […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital platform security, has announced that StarGroup, a telecommunication service provider in Mexico, has selected Irdeto to secure the distribution of content to its 100,000 pay-TV subscribers. Serving 22 states in the Republic of Mexico, StarGroup will leverage Irdeto Cloaked CA to securely deliver premium content through its StarTV service. This […]
Eros International, a global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that Eros Now, its OTT platform, has partnered with Metrological, a cloud-based TV app store and content distribution platform providing seamless integrated app and OTT experiences to MVPDs. Eros Now has access to over 10,000 digital film rights across Hindi and regional […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has built upon its existing relationship with the UK-based Christian broadcaster Revelation TV to provide full playout capabilities including daily live feeds and schedule-driven recordings of the feeds, exception-based QC of content and metadata supply to Revelation’s scheduling systems. Revelation TV and Globecast have been working together since […]
Virgin Media has announced Will as its latest TV exclusive, available to Virgin TV Full House customers. The TNT original series from Turner stars a host of established and upcoming British talent, charting the lost years of a young William Shakespeare as he finds his feet and fortune in the ‘punk-rock’ lifestyle of Elizabethan London. […]
Inside Secure, at the heart of security solutions for mobile and connected devices, and Lufthansa Technik, a provider of technical aircraft services in the world, announced they are working together to protect Android and iOS applications of Lufthansa Technik’s wireless IFE (Inflight Entertainment) »nice« brand systems. This includes the »nicemedia« and »nice HD« system. This […]
A selection of Premier League football matches will be played in a new 7:45pm slot on Saturdays under the terms of a new broadcast package from the 2019-20 season. Broadcasters will bid for rights to show 200 live matches, more than 50 per cent of the league’s 380 games and an increase on the current […]
A report from UK TV Licensing shows a rising trend in people watching live TV via social media, as audiences predict a sharp increase in how many of them will be viewing live TV on sites like Facebook and Twitter in the next 10 years. At present, around
Brian Sullivan has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer at Fox Networks Group (FNG), a role previously held by Randy Freer, who exited last month to serve as Hulu’s CEO. Sullivan’s appointment was announced by Peter Rice, President of 21CF and Chairman & CEO of FNG, to whom Sullivan will report. In this […]