LG Electronics has launched its 2018 TV line-up with an array of new and innovative OLED and SUPER UHD models. For 2018, LG has introduced new TV products featuring the company’s ThinQ artificial intelligence (AI) technology and advanced α (Alpha) processor which itssays will lead the way in solidifying LG’s position in the global market […]
Simplestream, specialists in live and on-demand OTT services, has been chosen by NextUp to build its video streaming service dedicated initially to British stand-up comedy, with international ambitions. The SVoD service brings together dozens of stand-up specials from established and up-and-coming comedians – including Ed Bryne, Richard Herring, Lou Sanders, Simon Munnery and Tony Law. […]
Amino, the IP/Cloud video software and device specialist, has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Jamie Mackinlay as its new Global VP Marketing. Mackinlay has more than 20 years’ experience in the telecoms, media and technology sector fulfilling a number of executive roles in sales and marketing. Most recently, he was SVP […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group and provider of digital content distribution and content protection, and the Cinema Buying Group-National Association of Theater Owners have signed a definitive partnership agreement. Under the agreement NAGRA will bring alternative content and live event cinema to the CBG-NATO membership. myCinema, the new NAGRA broadband-based solution premiering at Cinemacon 2018, will […]
uCast, a leading media platform for distribution and monetization of content globally, has selected Microsoft Azure as an exclusive cloud provider to offer a state-of-the-art, worldwide cloud infrastructure for next generation media monetization platform. Azure provides a highly scalable, global platform leveraging key technologies such as Media Services, Serverless computing, AI, and a host of […]
Sir David Clementi, Chairman of the BBC, has suggested that serving the 18-to-34 demographic, the so-called ‘smartphone generation’, is the Corporation’s biggest challenge as it responds to changing times and technologies in the broadcast world, needing to be
Aura, Telefónica’s artificial intelligence (AI), voice-controlled digital assistant, has been added to the Movistar Plus pay-TV platform in Spain via iOS and Android apps. Subscribers to Movistar Plus can now use voice commands to change channels, search for content, ask for recommendations, order content, and pause and rewind content whilst using the service. Subscribers will […]
Vivendi’s Supervisory Board has unanimously appointed Yannick Bolloré as Chairman, replacing his father Vincent Bolloré. Vincent Bolloré, who owns more than 20 per cent of Vivendi’s shares via his family-controlled conglomerate, had been chairman of the French media group since 2014. “It’s time to make room for a younger generation,” he told an audience gathered […]
Advanced Television reports on Sony’s UHD HDR Theatre at MIP TV. On our .tv streaming channel you can watch interviews and learn from the creative experience of practitioners talking about UHD HDR location shooting, deployment for drama, editing and grading, storage and workflow and an update from NHK on their 8K roadmap. Advanced Television TV […]
Ofcom has published a consultation to explain and invite views on its provisional decision to approve the launch of a new channel for audiences in Scotland. In a statement, the media regulator said: “Following careful review, our provisional decision is that the BBC may proceed with the launch of the new channel as planned, as […]