Blippar, the augmented reality developer, has fallen into administration over a funding row. It was one of the UK tech sector’s so-called “Unicorns” – start-up businesses that are worth $1 billion or more. The firm was co-founded by Ambarish Mitra, and its technology was used in a partnership with the BBC’s acclaimed Planet Earth II […]
In advance of the Whyte vs. Chisora heavyweight boxing re-match scheduled for PPV broadcast on December 22nd, Kieron Sharp, CEO of UK intellectual property protection organisation Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has issued a reminder about the dangers of streaming it through anything less than official channels. “If you are watching it through anything other […]
A Swedish company, Ovzon, which in October booked a satellite launch contract from SpaceX, has now confirmed it has ordered a geostationary satellite from Space Systems/Loral. But there are conditions. Ovzon says that the craft will provide broadband services, but first it has to raise the cash to fund the purchase. Ovzon says it has […]
beIN Media Group, the Qatari sport and entertainment network, is migrating its transponder capacity from Nilesat to Eutelsat 8 degrees West. “Starting from December 15 until December 31, beIN subscribers can watch content on all the available frequencies. After the 31st of December, subscribers will need to ensure their set top boxes are reconfigured to avoid […]
Greek broadcaster Skai TV suffered bomb damage, although no injuries, in the early hours of Dec 17th. Staff were evacuated from the building after anonymous callers telephoned warnings. The explosive device had been placed in a backpack and left on the sidewalk outside Skai’s premises. The force of the explosion blew out windows as high […]
Rüdiger Böss, Executive Vice President Content Acquisitions & Sales at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, has announced he will leave the German broadcasting group at the end of the year after over 25 years. Henrik Pabst, Chief Commercial Officer Entertainment as of January 2019, will additionally take over responsibility for the areas of “Content Acquisitions” and “Content […]
Alticast, an end-to-end media solutions provider, has announced that Kbro, one of Taiwan’s largest broadband and cable TV service providers, has selected Alticast’s AltiPlatform as the middleware solution to seamlessly integrate Kbro’s existing service infrastructure with Android TV. This upgrade will deliver the operator’s traditional cable services as well as give subscribers access to numerous […]
SPI International, together with iflix, the entertainment service for emerging markets, have announced a partnership that will see six of SPI’s premium linear channels and VoD content, including Gametoon, Fast&FunBox, DocuBox, FightBox, FashionBox and 360 TuneBox, be made available to iflixVIP users across Asia, with FashionBox and 360 TuneBox also available on iflixFREE. This multi-year […]
Cinedigm (CIDM) has partnered with Samsung to give viewers access to a pair of popular digital-first networks – the fandom-dedicated CONtv and the faith-based Dove Channel – available now on Samsung’s TV Plus video service. TV Plus is Samsung’s owned and operated video service, which provides access to a variety of free streaming channels covering sports, […]
ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions, is enabling real-world ATSC 3.0 field research and testing of next-generation television features at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)/Consumer Technology Association (CTA) test station in Cleveland, OH. Utilising ATEME’s software-based TITAN solution, NAB/CTA is testing multi-channel HEVC encoding for ATSC 3.0 including advanced features such as UHD, HDR, […]