Swrve, the US specialist in cross-platform customer interaction for sales, marketing and operations, has extended its platform to support digital media streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Roku, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV. Swrve enables organisations to drive engagement, retention, and revenue by sending ‘perfect massage, perfect time’ campaigns based on real-time customer intelligence. With […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the case of VCAST Limited v RTI SpA that the making available of copies of television programmes saved in the cloud must be authorised by the holder of the copyright or related rights, as the service constitutes a retransmission of the programmes concerned. […]
Matt Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations, Google, has admitted that the web giant could do more in its efforts to combat breaches of copyright on its YouTube platform. Speaking at a Royal Television Society Event in London, Brittin noted that there had never been a better time to build an audience. “There’s three […]
International research and strategy consultancy MTM has released a report that explores US industry perspectives on the future of live and linear broadcasting in an OTT world The research, sponsored by Yospace, found
Findings from a research project undertaken by Portuguese and US academics suggest that subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have a limited effect on digital piracy, with earlier access to content at much lower prices than those currently offered in the marketplace more effective remedies. In the experiment, Miguel Godinho de Matos (Católica Lisbon School of Business […]
According to research firm Mediamétrie’s Eurodata TV Worldwide study, Young Adults Report, which highlights the characteristics of 15-34 year olds within the audio-visual landscape of ten countries, those in that demographic are singular viewers who watch TV programmes differently: they avidly watch catch-up and programmes on other screens, with a strong attraction to fiction. In […]
UK Government has lined up Terry Burns, a former C4 chairman, as chair of media regulator Ofcom. Burns was named by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as the preferred candidate. He will replace Patricia Hodgson, who announced her retirement from the role in May of this year, following a pre-appointment hearing on […]
UK commercial broadcasters Channel 4, ITV and Sky are joining forces to launch The Big TV Festival, an unprecedented collaboration between the broadcasters. Co-produced with Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, The Big TV Festival will take place on February 8-9 2018 in a bespoke set created in Blackwood Forest, Hampshire. […]
South African-based pay-TV broadcaster MultiChoice has strongly refuted that it paid any bribes or kickbacks in regard to the fees paid by the broadcaster to news channel ANN7, or to the public broadcaster SABC in relation to the provision of set-top boxes for reception of the country’s digital terrestrial services. The allegations are creating something […]
The Spanish Administration has opened a public consultation over the 700 MHz bandwidth which will run until mid-February to pave the way for the introduction of 5G technology. With the consultation, the Government aims to set the agenda and timings for the second DTT migration which will release bandwidth for 5G services. The Administration has […]