Sky Sports is launching a new home for American sports – Sky Sports USA. The channel, on air from January 3rd to February 5th, will show 40 live games from across the NFL and NBA. As the race continues to Super Bowl LIII, Sky Sports USA will have every game from the NFL play-offs live, […]
A growing consortium of Hollywood and International entertainment companies have formed the Blockchain Global Entertainment Alliance (BGEA) with the goal to promote blockchain technology adoption for the entertainment industry and develop common standards and best practices in the entertainment blockchain movement. The BGEA is a non-profit alliance designed to educate all forms of entertainment companies […]
Various equity analysts have reported in some detail on how they see the C-band restructuring evolving over the US. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) closed its timetable for comments on December 11th on its ‘Notice of Proposed Rulemaking’ last week. The FCC is not likely to make a decision until mid-2019, but a consortium of […]
Bodyguard is BBC iPlayer’s biggest show of the year (so far). The first episode has broken records to reach 10.5 million requests – making it the most popular episode ever on BBC iPlayer. Every episode of the Golden Globe-nominated drama – which stars Richard Madden as personal protection officer to Keeley Hawes’ home secretary – […]
Although we all enjoy the benefits of the engagement economy, including personalised experiences when shopping online or using social media, many pay-TV providers, OTT players, broadcasters and studios still have work to do to build closer relationships with their audiences, says ThinkAnalytics. Peter Docherty, founder and CTO at ThinkAnalytics, has offered his 2019 predicitions pertaining […]
Discovery and the Ladies European Tour have announced a new partnership that will see GOLFTV showcase the foremost players and events in European women’s golf. The agreement features multiplatform live rights to all Ladies European Tour events, as well as the next two Solheim Cups in 25 countries in Europe – including Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden. […]
MediaKind, a global media technology player, has announced that DishTV, the largest DTH service provider in India, will deploy the MediaKind AVP 4000 video processing platform to deliver enhanced, next-generation immersive experiences to over 23.5 million subscribers. A longstanding customer with multiple generations of MediaKind technology, DishTV selected MediaKind to replace its entire headend infrastructure, […]
Some 587,000 Ghanaians are now benefitting from free-to-air digital TV signals in the country. Ghana’s Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has revealed that about 587,000 villagers are receiving the StarTimes-backed DTT platform in Ghana. The ‘300 village satellite TV project’ was launched in September of this year, and guarantees free viewing for 6 months. The […]
The influential Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) says that the proposed mega-constellation of SpaceX’s ‘Starlink’ fleet of satellites will generate “hundreds of fragments” when one of the low-Earth orbiting craft fails in space. The IEEE, in its ‘Spectrum’ report has calculated the risks of an injury or death as 45 per cent over […]
Infront and Eurosport will this weekend broadcast the 3TRE FIS World Cup Night Slalom on Eurosport 4K Russia in Ultra HD. It will be the first time a FIS World Cup event will use the technology. Produced by Infront, in collaboration with Euroscena and DBW Communication, both runs from the race will be available to […]