UKTV and Channel 4 have extended their agreement for 4 Sales to remain the exclusive advertising representative for the UKTV portfolio. 4 Sales will continue to act as the sales agent for all UKTV inventory, including UKTV Play, until well into the next decade, securing Channel 4’s position as the UK’s second largest sales house. […]
Roku has released the latest version (v4.0) of its Roku mobile app for iOS and Android devices that delivers a fresh new look and new features. Roku says the update has been designed “to make your mobile device an ultimate streaming companion by giving you one-tap access to features that make streaming what you love […]
Canadian pay-TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalised a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to improving the energy efficiency of set-top boxes from coast-to-coast-to-coast. With this voluntary agreement, reached in consultation with federal and provincial governments, utilities and supporting organisations, it is expected that total annual […]
Telkom-3S will be launched next month from French Guiana aboard an Arianespace rocket. Worth about $200 million, the new satellite, built by Thales Alenia, is badly needed and replaces Indonesia’s Telkom-3 which was stranded in an unusable orbit after launch in August 2012. That Telkom-3 satellite was built and launched by Russian companies and its […]
Snell Advanced Media (SAM) has confirmed the appointment of Phil Myers to lead its IP product range. Myers has in excess of 20 years’ experience of product management and business development and has held a number of technology leadership roles within the industry, most recently for Grass Valley within the EMEA region where he was […]
Eenensys, designers and manufacturers of digital TV transmission technologies, working with their Korea partner SMC NS, has been selected by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) in Korea to supply its new ATSCheduler and IPGuard products for the launch of ATSC 3.0 DTT services in February this year. Korea is leading the rollout of the new IP-based […]
London and Los Angeles based independent film and TV producer, Komixx Entertainment, has expanded its operations into Australia, to bring its approach of identifying and developing local IP for TV and Film production to the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market. Former RKPIX founder and leading figure in the APAC TV and entertainment industry, Amanda Morrison, will lead the […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) for the creation of a reference application for online streaming of DRM-protected video to HbbTV televisions and set-top boxes. HbbTV aims to […]
Kudelski Group subsidiary OpenTV has filed a patent infringement suit against NFL Enterprises in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The lawsuit alleges that NFL infringes seven US patents owned by OpenTV and identifies the infringing products and services as NFL’s streaming, interactive video content experience provided on NFL.com and […]
There were reports in the British press this past weekend which suggested that 21st Century Fox and Sky’s lobbyists were briefing UK parliamentary members on their plans for the acquisition by Fox of the rest of Sky (61 per cent) it does not already own. Importantly, the briefings are stressing that the future of Sky […]