Keith Wilkinson, the commercial director and COO of the DTG (Digital TV Group), has announced his retirement after nearly 10 years at the UK technology body. Wilkinson, who joined the group from the BBC in October 2017, was responsible for the administration and commercial direction of the organisation as well as operational management, financial control […]
Insight TV, a producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true 4K, has agreed a distribution deal with German DTT transmitter network operator Media Broadcast. The deal sees Insight TV’s HD channel distributed on Media Broadcast’s recently launched HbbTV service freenet TV connect, which is available over the DVB-T2 HD freenet […]
Simulmedia has begun to license a standalone version of its patented Video Advertising Marketing Operating System (VAMOS), a predictive planning, analytics and execution platform for TV. VAMOS will now be offered as Software as a Service (SaaS) to marketers, agencies, TV media owners and distributors to optimise their TV campaigns on an audience and outcome […]
MTV stands in solidarity with and support of the people of Manchester and all of those impacted by terrorist attacks around the world, and is joining its audience and artists in supporting a message of love, strength and unity. To bring young people inside the “One Love Manchester” benefit concert as artists including Ariana Grande, […]
Jay Hunt will step down from the role of Chief Creative Officer at UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 at the end of September after almost seven years leading the broadcaster’s creative strategy and programme commissioning, the broadcaster has announced. Channel 4 is currently seeking a replacement for Chief Executive, David Abraham, and it is […]
Sky Deutschland is offering subscribers with a Sony VR headset the chance to watch the Champions League final in immersive virtual reality. Customers with a PS Plus subscription and PS VR headset can watch the June 3rd match from a “virtual hospitality box”, offering 180 degree views, match statistics and social media feeds. “After several […]
With the Champion’s League final taking place on June 3rd, CLICKON, a digital publisher and video content studio for generation Y’s sports fans, has predicted what the Champion’s League coverage could look like ten years from now. Consumer Experience Immersive experiences for non-attending fans is predicted to be high on the sporting agenda. Augmented Reality […]
The merger between Intelsat and Jersey-based OneWeb collapsed June 1st, and rival Inmarsat’s share price rocketed upward, rising from £8.08 to £8.60 on the London stock exchange. The dramatic rise reflected rumours that Inmarsat is a target for Japan’s SoftBank. June 1st saw Washington-based Intelsat say that the merger with OneWeb was likely to formally […]
In a 13-country study by Ampere Analysis, Saudi Arabian internet users top the list for accessing TV and video content online. They are also setting the pace for viewing that content on their smartphones and tablets. 87 per cent of viewers in Saudi Arabia watch online video content on their smartphones versus a survey average […]
Video-recording sunglasses from Snap, the company behind social media sharing-app Snapchat, have gone on sale in the UK. The glasses, priced at £130 (€149) can record up to 10 seconds of footage that can then be sent to the user’s Snapchat account and shared with friends. The glasses can currently only be purchased by Brits […]