TiVo has announced that US pay-TV provider, DISH, has completed its migration to TiVo Metadata. DISH is utilising TiVo’s rich metadata, such as programme information and image-based content, across its product platforms, including linear TV, VoD and DVR. “Today’s consumers want a visually-rich entertainment experience that makes it easy for them to quickly identify and […]
UEFA has delivered what it says is the world’s first uncompressed UHD remote production trial during the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, held in Poland in June, in collaboration with Snell Advanced Media (SAM) and system’s integrator, Gearhouse Broadcast. During the Championship final game, the IP system – which replaced a traditional OB set […]
Thaicom, one of Asia’s leading satellite operators and provider of integrated satellite communications services, has signed an agreement with iSAT, an African telecommunications provider and a subsidiary of Wananchi, to provide iSAT’s key customer in East Africa with fully managed satellite telecommunications services including satellite back-up of its fibre network. Under the agreement, Thaicom will […]
You.i TV, a global player in video experience platforms, has announced support for React Native as a development framework on top of You.i Engine. With growing demand for a consistent development strategy to bridge mobile and 10-foot platforms, developers now have more flexibility in how they build You.i Engine video applications. Support for React Native, […]
In announcing its results for the first quarter to June 30th, UK telco BT has revealed that its TV customer base continues to grow with TV net adds of 8,000 taking its base to 1.8 million with all customers now migrated from the legacy Vision TV platform to YouView. BT’s operating costs increased 9 per […]
Internet giant Google is experimenting with autoplay videos that sees relevant trailers and clips played in response to users’ search results. The feature puts the autoplaying video at the top of search results as part of the knowledge panel for certain searches. Searches for information about movies or TV shows pops up the video in […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued two rulings in which it states that the switchover from analogue to digital TV in Italy was based on resolutions and laws contrary to EU law. Also, the frequency redistribution system in Italy has been criticised because it is at risk of being incompatible with […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat, despite a 2.2 per cent (like for like) fall in revenues for the year (from €1.529 billion last year to €1.477 billion) and a 2.7 per cent fall in EBITDA profitability, turned in a significant €160.5 million improvement in free cashflow (from €247 million to €408 million) in the year to […]
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES has reported its half-year (to June 30th) financials, saying that revenues were up 9.6 per cent to €1.049 billion, and it had achieved an EBITDA margin of 65.5 per cent (66.4 per cent last year) and operating profit margin of 29.2 per cent (31.3 per cent last year). Its all-important contracted backlog rose […]
Orange Spain is performing well in capturing new TV subscribers. In the first half of the year, the company increased its TV subscription base with 540,000 adds – up 42 per cent on the same period last year. As a whole, the company has over 20 million customers in Spain of which 15.8 million are […]