US pay-TV network EPIX will be available to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers across the country from June 13th. EPIX’s offering of live and on demand programming, including original series and over 2,000 feature films like Fences and Arrival and big movie franchises James Bond, Star Trek and Rocky, will be available across all Xfinity TV […]
BT Sport will televise live the first ever Power8 Sprints, being held on July 22nd in Bristol. Power8 Sprints is a new rowing event that will see crews from eight cities go head-to-head, in a knock-out tournament, with the winners of the men’s and women’s event crowned Power8 Sprints champions. Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, London, Manchester, […]
ESPN Caribbean and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced a new five-year agreement for exclusive multimedia rights to the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 2018 to 2022. As part of the agreement, ESPN will air live coverage in the Caribbean of all international and domestic cricket played in England and […]
Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, is helping HiNet further expand its extensive TV network. HiNet is the data communications business group of Chunghwa Telecoms, the largest telecommunications company in Taiwan – and the deal forms a key part of Anevia’s strategic expansion into the APAC region. HiNet already broadcasts across 280 […]
Global publishing platform Minute Media has raised $17 million in a Series F funding round that comprises of new investors, including Goldman Sachs and Vintage Investment Partners, as well as existing investors including Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and Qumra Capital. This brings Minute Media’s total funding to $77 million to-date. Minute Media has created the […]
VeEX, a global player in telecom, CATV, fibre, transport and broadband access, has announced the industry’s first, field portable test solutions capable of performing throughput testing up to 10 Gbps with Speedtest by Ookla. Available on the newest software for the TX300s platform, CX350s-D3.1, and CX380s-D3.1 products, the Speedtest Powered throughput testing allows broadband service […]
Comcast, the US pay-TV giant, has confirmed it is preparing to top Disney’s $52 billion (€44.4bn) offer for 21st Century Fox. Comcast, which is also currently floating a separate bid to take control of Sky, said in a statement: “Comcast Corporation confirms that it is considering, and is in advanced stages of preparing, an offer […]
Claiming to be at the forefront of television developments, SES will be broadcasting an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time during the annual SES Industry Days, held in Luxembourg on May 23rd and 24th. Relying on the new DVB-S2X standard that enables greater efficiency, the transmission will be carried out […]
UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organisation, and The Walt Disney Company’s new Direct-To-Consumer and International segment along with ESPN, have announced the full scope of the historic multi-year agreement that makes ESPN-branded media platforms the exclusive digital and television home of the UFC in the United States, further expanding streaming rights to UFC […]
As the football world gears up for the showdown between Liverpool and Real Madrid in this weekend’s UEFA Champions League Final, data from digital platform security specialist Irdeto reveals that a total of 5,100 unique illegal streams were detected redistributing games over the Internet during this year’s Champions League knockout stages. Of this total, 2,093 […]