Signiant, a market player in intelligent file movement software, has received the ‘Committed to Security’ mark from the Digital Production Partnership (DPP), demonstrating its ongoing commitment to best cybersecurity practices for both production and broadcast environments. Launched in October 2017, the DPP’s Committed to Security Programme is designed to help suppliers demonstrate their commitment to […]
During Mediavision’s annual TV seminar, a new strategical collaboration between Mediavision and Playpilot was announced. The purpose of the collaboration is to be able to offer data-driven analysis on the supply side of content, i.e. an analysis that enables content comparisons across different services. On an increasingly competitive Nordic video market, the need for insights […]
Mediamorph, a cloud-based enterprise software company specialising in products that help media and entertainment clients get the most value from their content, has announced that Cinedigm, the nation’s leading content distributor, will utilise Mediamorph’s award-winning platform to track the performance of its content assets across global digital platforms. Cinedigm provides custom content solutions to the […]
CSI Sports, a provider of, has signed a new carriage agreement for its 24/7 HD Network Fight Sports in Finland, with leading Nordic and Finnish multi-channel media company SANOMA. The programming line-up includes some of the highest profile `LIVE’ World Title Boxing events (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), Championship Kickboxing, K-1, MMA, Martial Arts and […]
Cowles Company has chosen Mediaproxy, a provider of broadcast compliance, monitoring and analysis software, for logging and monitoring of its KHQ, KNDU, KNDO, KULR and KFBB television stations across Washington and Montana. Mediaproxy LogServer has been deployed by Cowles to capture, log, and monitor 14 of its television channels over IP. Once logged and stored […]
TEGNA has announced a strategic investment in Tubi TV, the free streaming and TV movie network. The investment extends TEGNA’s position in the OTT space and builds on its leadership in offering marketers access to local advertising in long-form OTT content. Premion, the company’s first-of-its-kind local ad network for OTT content, will expand its existing […]
UK competition watchdog the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) has published the provisional findings from its in-depth examination of the proposed acquisition of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox, advising that Fox taking full control of Sky is not in the public interest because of media plurality concerns, but not because of a lack of a […]
Netflix has released Q4 figures which it suggests are “beautiful” completing a “great” year as Internet TV expands globally. In 2017, the company grew streaming revenue 36 per cent to over $11 billion, added 24 million new memberships (compared to 19 million in 2016), achieved for the first time a full-year positive international contribution profit, […]
Estimates in a report from research firm Ampere Analysis covering the most likely deal value for English Premier League football rights suggest a sum between £5.5 billion (€4.55bn) and £5.9 billion for domestic three-year ‘live’ television rights (up from £5.13 billion previously). When
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is a truly wonderful organisation. Its self-proclaimed role is to work to promote competition for the benefit of consumers. Its decision on January 23rd to “provisionally find that the Fox/Sky deal is not in the public interest” seems wholly contrary to that mission statement. With the world – and […]