Tricolor TV, Russia’s leading TV operator, is taking a further step in audience expansion with a new service branded Territoria Tricolor, launched in partnership with Eutelsat Communications. The new satellite-based service enables consumers in hotels, airports, rail stations and other public venues to have free WiFi access to TV channels on their mobile devices without […]
The European Tour golf tournament has partnered with Tata Communications to build a best-in-class global technology platform that aims to underpin the digital transformation of the sport and attract new, younger fans to the sport. As the Official Global Connectivity Supplier of the European Tour, Tata Communications will distribute the video feeds from 47 European […]
Love Nature, a joint venture between Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks, has announced that its premium wildlife and nature streaming video service, available in 65+ countries, has launched on Amazon Channels in Germany and Austria. The offering’s entire library of programming has been localised in German for natural history fans in these regions. Amazon […]
QYOU Media, a global media company that curates ‘best-of-the-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has announced the premiere this week of “QYOU India” to 17 million Tata Sky’s customers across television and mobile devices. The localised service features programmes reflecting the best of India’s unique internet culture with showcases of premium digital first content from many […]
Mediaproxy, a provider of software-based IP broadcast solutions for compliance, monitoring and analysis, has announced that Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has chosen its LogServer software solution for its London and Singapore facilities. Globecast helps customers to manage their content and make it available wherever required, by anyone required. The company provides agile […]
Minnetonka Audio, a part of the TV Solutions Group of the Telos Alliance, has announced that its SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Encoder is now available for Adobe Creative Cloud. The tightly integrated plug-in provides Adobe Creative Cloud users with full encoding support for Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus audio formats. The Dolby-licensed […]
A survey of consumer behaviour has revealed five types of ‘Television Tribe’, each with very different patterns in the way they consume and pay for content. The study, Television Tribes, from content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA, in partnership with TV industry research firm Ampere Analysis, highlights the new reality of pay-TV consumer […]
Research from global content services provider TVT Media shows the UK is at the epicentre of the explosion in OTT and VoD services across the European Union and Turkey, as 82 of its 226 OTT platforms – double any other EU nation – are VoD services targeted outside the UK. The research, commissioned by TVT […]
The numbers of SVoD users in France has grown by 40 per cent in 2017 so far, mainly driven by Netflix, ahead of French counterparts Canalplay and SFR Play, and Amazon Prime Video which has newly launched in the country. Some 21 per cent of Internet users now subscribe to SVoD, up from 15 per […]
Basque Country-based cable operator Euskaltel has entered into an alliance with Orange to use its symmetrical optic fibre and break into other Spanish Regions. The cable operator aims to become a big player in the regional cable business and has set its eyes on Navarra and other Spanish regions such as Cantabria, La Rioja and […]