Broadcast and communications technology specialist Ericsson has been selected by Canadian multiplay telco Bell Canada to power its next generation multiscreen TV services. Ericsson’s MediaFirst TV Platform solution will enable Bell to offer an enhanced, personalised and converged multiscreen TV experience to its more than 1.5 million Fibe TV and Alt TV subscribers in Canada. […]
AXN, Sony Channel and Animax are now available for the first time as part of the Amazon Channels service in Germany and Austria. In a ‘first of its kind’ deal between Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) and Amazon, the linear pay-TV channels and associated on-demand programming will be available to subscribers on the streaming service. […]
The US video game industry generated a record $36 billion (€29.4bn) in revenue in 2017, up 18 per cent from 2016, according to data from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and The NPD Group. “The spectacular growth of our industry in 2017
Cross MediaWorks and 605, an advanced data and analytics company focused on the media and entertainment industry, has partnered to provide a measurement standard to help scale the addressable television marketplace. The solution will also create an independent, third-party verification of performance providing a standardisation of an impressions-based television campaigns. In addition to campaign measurement, […]
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, has released updated certification guidelines for its Certified Against Fraud and Certified Against Piracy Seal Programmes. The updated Certified Against Fraud Guidelines now require publishers to adopt and implement the ads.txt specification released by the IAB […]
Global media company SPI International/FilmBox has launched ten international TV channels on WhereverTV in the US, which delivers OTT subscription television services to a variety of devices including smartphones, tablets, PCs, streaming media players, computers and connected TVs. Based on the distribution deal signed by SPI and WhereverTV Broadcasting Corp., the OTT provider is adding all channels […]
On the heels of the global blockbuster Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle having taken in over $650M at the box office worldwide, including its #1 release in China this past weekend, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) today announced a deal with Survios, a global leader in virtual reality (VR), to bring Jumanji’s VR experience to […]
Netflix has yet to conquer the hearts and minds of the French, according to research from media analyst firm Ampere Analysis. Despite a global march to SVoD viewing on services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, France solidly bucks the trend with the lowest uptake of SVoD among countries surveyed. This is despite having one […]
Canal+ is launching its Ultra-HD DTH service on a newly-designed set-top box (Le Decodeur) today, January 18th. The UHD signal will be carried by SES from its 19.2 degrees East orbital position. Using their existing satellite dish, all Canal+ French satellite subscribers will be able to enjoy a wide range of premium UHD content, including […]
Analysts at New York-based BH Insights have said they expect Netflix to report net subscriber growth for its December 4th quarter-year of some 7 million, and better than consensus expectations of 6.3 million. Netflix will deliver its numbers on January 22nd. Daniel Ives, GBH Insights’ head of technology research, explained that the numbers would likely […]