SVoD services Netflix and Videoland are continuing to attract new customers in the Netherlands, according to Telecompaper’s Video behaviour of Dutch Consumer report for Q3 2018. Since launching in September 2013, Netflix has grown every quarter, although that growth curve is now starting to plateau. Dutch Videoland is still in a strong growth phase and […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA), Turner Sports and Twitter have agreed a live streaming deal that will provide fans in the US with a complementary experience on Twitter (via @NBAonTNT) for 20 NBA on TNT games this season. During the second halves of those games, fans can watch the action through a single-player, isolated camera […]
Over 65s are almost four times more likely to have shared ‘fake news’ on Facebook than younger generations, according to research published in the journal Science. On average, Facebook users in the US over 65 shared nearly seven times as many articles from fake news domains as those aged between 18 and 29, researchers from […]
Ahead of Australian Open 2019, Graybo has partnered with Tennis Australia to enhance its international video content strategy and expand Tennis Australia’s reach across the globe. Grabyo’s cloud-based video platform will enable Tennis Australia’s digital and social teams to create, edit and distribute real-time video clips and live streams to multiple social and digital platforms […]
China’s online video portal Youku is streaming all matches of this year’s AFC Asian Cup live, as it looks to expand its HD sports-streaming services. Running from now to February 1st in the United Arab Emirates, the football tournament is the biggest yet, contested by 24 teams instead of the 16 team format that had […]
The global TV premiere of IMPACT Wrestling’s Homecoming will air on Fight Network UK on January 12th at 9pm. The event has been acclaimed by both critics and fans alike since it aired on PPV last weekend and will now be shown for free on Fight Network UK. Matches on the show include Johnny Impact […]
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Bell to Managing Director of its EMEA Distribution Business. Bell, who for the past 15 months has led the company’s distribution operations and technology arm in EMEA, consolidated Deluxe’s theatrical, broadcast and OTT operations and established the company’s new state-of-the-art facility in West London, Deluxe […]
TiVo has announced that Minerva Networks, an IPTV specialist and supplier of service management infrastructure for the delivery of pay-TV services, has signed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence renewal and new global metadata deal to use TiVo as the primary metadata provider for their new cloud service delivery platform, Minerva YourTV Now. “TiVo’s IP […]
Simplestream, the specialist in live, live-2-VoD and on-demand OTT services, has strengthened its VOD in a Box technology with download for offline viewing and Chromecast integration across its mobile services. In its latest move to deliver this for its customers, Simplestream now provides Chromecast receiver apps, the flexibility to adjust download bitrates and custom retention […]
Over the last few days, all of UPC’s Mobile customers have been migrated from the Salt mobile network to that of Swisscom, rated by the 2018 Connect and Chip test as the best mobile network in Switzerland. With this migration, UPC seeks to bring broader coverage and more reliability to its mobile services. The combination […]