Rubicon Project has been selected by the digital advertising team at BT to extend its digital advertising proposition to thousands of potential advertisers via Rubicon Project’s exchange. BT Digital Advertising is the online advertising and creative solutions team within BT’s Consumer business and works with advertisers to create and deliver data-driven, engaging campaigns to over […]
castLabs, a global partner in digital video technology, has announced a partnership with Molotov, modernising how France consumes television, to provide quick implementation, and simplified DRM management for their streaming platform curating content from more than 90+ television channels through a ‘freemium’ model. “DRMtoday enables Molotov to support leading DRM technologies through Molotov’s custom built […]
Sorenson Media, a specialist next generation television, has opened a new office in Seoul, Korea. The office will allow Sorenson Media to have greater access and connectivity with notable TV manufacturers in the region as it aims to enhance and scale its OEM partnerships. “Strengthening our relationships with manufacturers and rolling out services in Asia […]
CSG International, a global partner to launch and monetise digital services, today announced that it will leverage its CSG Intermediate data mediation solution and managed service approach to streamline operations and better support new services at Alaska-based GCI. GCI is one of the few quad-play providers globally, offering the four core services of wireless and […]
Global pay-TV revenues will peak in 2017 at $202 billion (€184bn), according to analysis firm Digital TV Research. However, no rapid decline will take place after 2017 as revenues will still be as high as $200 billion in 2022. The Global Pay-TV Revenue Forecasts report [covering 138 countries] concludes
According to Mike Fries, CEO of International TV and broadband company Liberty Global, the improvement in subscriber additions, led by its operations in the UK and Germany, contributed to its best first quarter video performance in the last ten years, with a “robust” take-up of the new 4K-enabled Virgin TV V6 set-top box and customer […]
According to Hub Research, virtual MVPDs (multichannel video programming distributors) – including the just-launched Hulu Live TV service – were developed as a less-expensive alternative to traditional MVPD subscriptions. But over the time these services have been available, there’s been no appreciable drop in the number of viewers who subscribe to pay-TV. Why haven’t Virtual […]
Sports fans around the world can now relive Anthony Joshua’s epic victory against Wladimir Klitschko via a Virtual Reality (VR) experience. The 12-minute film, created by Sky’s dedicated in-house VR production unit, Sky VR Studios, provides a unique perspective on what is already being considered one of the greatest heavyweight bouts to take place on […]
Virtual Reality will work in a way that 3D didn’t. That’s because VR and Augmented Reality have so many obvious and useful applications across a range of sectors from medicine to architecture to robotics. A broad plane of development also means TV will benefit from not having to do all the production and workflow heavy […]
Australia’s Government has announced a comprehensive package of reforms that it suggests will improve the sustainability of Australia’s free-to-air broadcasting sector, support the creation of high quality Australian content and modernise broadcasting and content regulation. The package also includes a community dividend in the form of further restrictions on gambling advertising. The measures include: Abolishing […]