AdScribe, a subsidiary of Zenterio, is bringing next-generation advertising to television viewers on compatible HbbTV devices. Partnering with AdScribe, Admeira, the largest marketing company in Switzerland, has launched a beta test with interactive advertising campaigns running on the public TV channels delivered by a major Swiss TV operator, giving viewers the ability to interact directly […]
Last week, Inside Satellite was specifically told by a representative of Avanti Communications that the London-based satellite operator would release its end-of-year numbers (to June 30th) no later than November. The company last week had suffered two days of heavy share trading which took Avanti’s share price to its lowest-ever value. However, in an after-hours […]
TiVo has unveiled several new additions to the TiVo consumer product family – the TiVo BOLT VOX and TiVo Mini VOX. The latest device lineup includes TiVo’s first voice control remote – the TiVo VOX Remote, with which viewers can use their voice to search for programmes across live TV, DVR, video-on demand and online […]
Roku and Globe Telecom have announced the signing of a Roku Powered licensing agreement allowing Globe to leverage Roku’s streaming platform to deliver video services to its customers. As part of the agreement Globe will leverage the Roku OS to deliver a simple customer experience using the user interface, curate its video offering including streaming […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery technology and services, has announced that French telco Orange has upgraded its IPTV and OTT video delivery architecture with a Harmonic live encoding and transcoding platform. At the heart of the workflow is Harmonic’s Electra software-based system, which offers Orange a unified solution for both IPTV and OTT delivery […]
Sportsfix, the new ASEAN sports-focused OTT platform, has selected the Brightcove Live platform to deliver premier live and VoD local sports content across the region. Launched in July 2017, SportsFix features mainly live but also a variety of sports content such as news, highlights, and on demand content. SportsFix is ASEAN’s first and only OTT […]
QYOU Media, a curator of premium ‘best-of-the-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has announced its upcoming launch of Heads Up Daily (HUD), a new daily show of curated eSports content aimed at the growing number of esports fans around the world. The first licensing partner for the series is Super Channel’s GINX Esports TV Canada, which […]
Global media company SPI International / FilmBox has recently signed a multi-channel distribution agreement with Bleusat, a DTT operator in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Kongo. Bleusat is adding the entire SPI’s African channel eight-pack to its TV line-up. “We are glad to have launched our channels with Bleusat, which is our first partner in the […]
True North, the largest factual indie in the North of England, today announces a raft of recommissons from the BBC, More4 and Channel 4. Their successful More 4 series The Yorkshire Dales and The Lakes will return in 2018 with an 8 x 60′ run. The show, which depicts beyond the picture postcard images of […]
Medianova, Turkey’s large-scale provider of end-to-end streaming services, has teamed with industry innovator Unified Streaming to facilitate implementation of on-premises content delivery networks. Founded in 2005, Medianova has become one of the largest streaming services and cloud platforms on the Turkish market. Its local, hybrid and cloud CDN solutions bring fast, stable and reliable streaming to B2B […]