Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – has announced its broadcast equipment has been selected by M7 Group for its new European DTH transmission sites. The MCX7000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway selected by the M7 Group, comes with the latest transmission standard DVB-S2X on board, as well […]
QYOU Media, a curator of online video for multiscreen distribution, has partnered with subscription service provider, WhereverTV Broadcasting Corporation. The QYOU’s linear channel of curated video content will be featured in the line-up for WhereverTV Latino, a new service launching in Mexico this summer that caters to the growing appetite for digital TV in Mexico. […]
Access has announced that its portfolio of TV browsers are being pre-integrated by the Smart TV solutions provider Foxxum. Through support for the latest industry standards, the partnership aims at overcoming smart TV vendors’ challenges and improve the quality of experience of Foxxum’s Smart TV App Store on Linux and Android devices. Foxxum’s Smart TV […]
Accedo, the video experience pioneer, has partnered with Les Mills International to create an exercise, music and education video service for its 130,000 group fitness instructors around the globe. As the world’s largest provider of choreographed exercise-to-music group fitness classes, Les Mills International is launching the service to deliver teaching materials to group fitness instructors on […]
Despite adding 120 million subscribers between 2016 and 2022, subscription and PPV revenues for 522 operators will remain flat at around $185 billion (€165bn) according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. From
Virgin Media is planning to auction the rights to some of the best slots in its TV channel menu. The move, backed by its parent company, Liberty Global, is an attempt to open up a new source of income, according to a report in The Telegraph. Virgin Media said it will be open for all […]
South African conglomerate Naspers is reportedly looking to sell its pay-TV business over Africa. Reports in the local press say that South Africa’s telco giant MTN was one potential buyer. The disposal is said NOT to include Multichoice’s South African pay-TV business, but only those businesses which operate over the rest of Africa. Both Naspers […]
On the occasion of the European Film Forum at the Cannes Film Festival, over 80 of Europe’s filmmakers have set out their vision for Europe’s policies on copyright and culture, warning that while the dream of an EU single market can be enticing, such a project would undermine Europe’s cultural diversity. They also call for […]
VoD is increasingly popular in Spain with 51 per cent of all Internet users already paying for online TV services, according to the Televidente 2.0 report published by the firm The Cocktail Analysis and Telefónica. The study reveals that IPTV and OTT are taking most of the VoD consumption with 25 per cent of online […]
BBC Worldwide is reported to be considering the closure of its BBC Store, its transactional VoD service, just 18 months after its launch. The Telegraph says the service may shut down the Store after it failed to hit commercial targets. BBC Worldwide launched the download-to-own service in November 2015 with access to a 7,000 hour […]