Fox on-demand service Fox Play is launching in France on Canal+’s catch-up TV platform Canal à la demande. Fox Play is also available to subscribers of the Ciné/Séries packages, as well as on-the-go via the myCanal app. Fox Play offers multiple seasons of popular 21st Century Fox shows including The X-Files, Outcast, Bones and Empire. […]
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, has launched the TAG Pirate Mobile App Tool, a new shared resource to help members prevent their advertising from appearing on mobile apps that distribute pirated content, such as copyright-protected music, movies, TV shows, and games. […]
SES has made satellite history by contracting for the world’s first ‘satellite life extension’ craft. MDA subsidiary Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) is the builder, and the space vehicle will very much focus on refueling of existing orbital satellites. The project should launch in 2021. SES will be the first commercial customer to benefit from the satellite […]
A report from BPI/ERA, entitled Generation Z: Meet the Young Millennials, explores the music consumption habits and social media behaviour of today’s young Millennials (aged up to 19) and how their engagement across streaming and video platforms and social media and messaging apps, including Instagram, Snapchat and Musical.ly, is shaping longer-term trends. Highlights from the […]
For most major satellite operators their carriage of DTH signals is the foundation of their revenues. But those revenues – in most mature markets – are flat and under pressure. The main reason is that improved data compression ratios have meant that broadcasters can transmit more channels in the same bandwidth. A study from Northern […]
Content protection and data-analytics solutions specialist MUSO has raised £2.5 million (€2.8m) in Series A funding from Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s current capabilities around sales and marketing, as well as bolster its technology and operations infrastructure and support. While most anti-piracy technology providers focus on content protection and […]
US service FOX Sports is partnering with Facebook to stream UEFA Champions League matches via Facebook Live during the 2017-18 season. Under the terms of the deal, FOX Sports will stream UEFA Champions League matches in the United States on the FOX Sports Facebook Page, and in Spanish on the FOX Deportes Facebook Page, beginning […]
SpaceX is looking to launch Intelsat’s giant I-35e satellite into orbit this coming Sunday, July 2nd. It will be the third launch for the rocket company in 9 days, a spectacular achievement and a record for the industry. It had been assumed that last week’s slightly delayed June 23rd launch of BulgariaSat-1 would mean inevitable […]
With the 2017 Championships a matter of days away, executives at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and technical partner IBM have revealed a number of new technologies and initiatives designed better to engage fans of the sport. According to Mick Desmond, Commercial and Media Director, AELTC, the days of being able to schedule […]
By the end of 2020 there are forecast to be 260 million installed devices attached to the internet and able to deliver apps to TVs, according to the latest NPD Connected Intelligence forecast. This represents 31 per cent growth in TV-connected devices over the forecast period, led by smart TVs and streaming media players. In […]