Advanced Television

Poland: TVN expands Warner Bros deal

TVN Group has expands on its long-lasting relationship with Warner Bros International Television Distribution, by signing a new multi-year licensing deal. TVN Group holds exclusive basic-pay and free TV rights to blockbuster cinema productions, such as The Lego Movie, Godzilla, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]

January 26, 2017

Haivision, Nokia OZO partner for VR 360 streaming

Haivision, a specialistin enterprise video and streaming solutions, has announced that the company’s KB 4K internet media encoder is compatible with Nokia OZO Live for virtual reality streaming. Using Haivision’s KB 4K encoder together with the Nokia OZO virtual reality camera and Nokia OZO Live software, organisations can stream high quality, VR experiences that combine […]

January 26, 2017

Bake Off to air on C4 this year after all

The Great British Bake Off will return to TV this year after the BBC waived its right to force Channel 4 to hold off until 2018. The BBC lost the rights to the show last September after Channel 4 bid a reported £25 million (€29m) per year for the format. A BBC spokesperson said the […]

January 26, 2017

Giglio Group signs M-Three SatCom deals

Giglio Group, the Italian company in e-commerce 4.0, has signed new national level deals in the broadcasting and telco sector. The first concerns the agreement with RTL 102.5 Network to launch two new channels in HD via satellite through Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellites at 13 degrees East: the “radiovision” of RTL 102.5 TV HD (ch. […]

January 26, 2017

MAGNA ad partnership with Roku

MAGNA, the intelligence, investment and innovation unit of IPG Mediabrands, has formed a strategic partnership with Roku to deliver targeted advertising to OTT audiences. Through this partnership, IPG Mediabrands clients will gain accelerated access to the advanced advertising capabilities of the Roku platform, including precision targeting, programmatic workflows, interactivity, and audience measurement. MAGNA’s partnership with […]

January 26, 2017

Zinwell selects Opera TV

Opera TV and Zinwell have announced a partnership to bring OTT TV capabilities to service provider set-top-boxes in Asia-Pacific. The integration of the Opera TV SDK on Zinwell set-top-boxes will enable service provider partners to accelerate delivery of  OTT content directly into consumer homes. “The APAC OTT market is poised for exponential growth in in […]

January 26, 2017

Metrological for Tele Columbus advanceTV app

Tele Columbus, Germany’s third largest cable operator, is deploying Metrological’s Application Platform to provide an integrated OTT app experience as part of its recently launched advanceTV entertainment offering. advanceTV is Tele Columbus’ next-generation multi-screen video experience featuring the latest TV, movies, apps and web content. Metrological is powering the advanceTV smart app portal, which will […]

January 26, 2017

VideoAmp, Grapeshot partnership

VideoAmp, the total video platform for the TV and video ecosystem, and Grapeshot, the technology company that deploys machine learning to unlock value from data, have integrated Grapeshot’s Live Audience pre-bid keyword targeting solution with VideoAmp’s proprietary user graph. Under the terms of the partnership, programmatic buyers in the US can find live audience segments […]

January 26, 2017

The First Hour brings Let’s Plays to Esports titles on TV

TV’s hit gaming show The First Hour is back for a new series with a huge Esports twist GINX eSports TV, available in the UK on Sky Channel 470 every Thursday, from February 16th at 20:00 on Virgin Media channel 290 and worldwide on over 40 cable and satellite platforms. Hosts Adam Savage and Anthony […]

January 26, 2017

TV tops US 2016 ad spend

Advertising cost and spend data specialist Standard Media Index (SMI) has unveiled results for December 2016, Q4 2016 and the full 2016 calendar year. SMI total market closed December 2016 with +0.7 per cent YoY increase, +4.3 per cent YoY for Q4 2016 and +6.8 per cent for 2016 over 2015. While the total ad […]

January 25, 2017