Off-net transactional TalkTalk TV users are become Rakuten TV customers – gaining access to all the content available on the SVoD service. TalkTalk customers’ service is to remain unchanged, with continued access to TVoD, EST, linear channels and SVoD via TalkTalk TV on their set-top boxes and connected devices The company says that Rakuten TV […]
Panasonic Avionics and Turkish Airlines says they are making a major commitment for inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions to be installed on 50 wide-bodied Turkish Airlines aircraft and with options for a further 10 aircraft to be equipped. Panasonic’s X-Series IFEC system includes inflight Wi-Fi, mobile phone use, and global live television, and will […]
Following the successful 2017 launch in the US of the Spotify Premium for Students, now with Hulu bundle, the brands are expanding their original partnership, this time to offer entertainment fans nationwide an affordable, ‘all you can stream’ bundle of their own. The new subscription plan, Spotify Premium, now with Hulu, brings the two popular […]
As content owners and distributors continue to address consumer demand for premium content, Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is becoming an increasingly popular exchange format for 4K and HDR assets. While this format has helped OTT providers and pay TV operators reduce costs and complexity associated with distributing premium content, pirates have also evolved their piracy […]
Subscription and billing platform MPP Global and video software and services specialist Ooyala are teaming up to bring a suite of services for broadcasters, operators and media companies to monetise OTT and IPTV video services easily, effectively and better. “By working together with Ooyala, we can offer a game-changing experience for our clients,” declared Paul […]
Ericsson Media Solutions has launched its MediaFirst End-to-End Ultra High Definition (UHD) solution, suggesting it is the industry’s first software-based, multi-application media processing and encoding platform to deliver UHD content from camera to consumer, across the entire media delivery landscape. Noting Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media research which highlights how TVs with higher picture quality […]
Network-connected device and services revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix and TMG, a global anti-piracy business partner, have unveiled an initiative to combine capabilities for an end-to-end revenue security solution that combats the growing threat of content redistribution and illegal streaming devices. The watermarking portfolio for live and on-demand premium content from Verimatrix combines with […]
Spain’s pay-TV operators have turned their back on rights holder Mediapro over the football TV rights to the Champions League and Europa League for the next three seasons, 2018-2021. Vodafone eventually refused to bid for the rights, whereas Telefónica and Orange submitted an offer much lower than that required by Mediapro. The remaining operators are […]
Digital Colony, a global investment firm focused on enabling the next generation of mobile and Internet infrastructure, has confirmed that a Digital Colony affiliate is to acquire 100 per cent of the capital in Finnish broadcast infrastructure provider Digita from asset management business First State Investments. Founded in 1999 as a spin-off from national broadcaster […]
Promising an exciting new way to watch a huge range of sports shows on demand, Sports Channel Network (SCN) is now available on Internet-connected televisions on UK DTT platform Freeview channel 273. The channel offers a host of shows on demand, airing everything from eSports, to motorsports, to tennis, to combat and basketball. “We wanted […]