VICE, the global youth media brand and content studio, and Mediacorp, Singapore’s largest content creator and transmedia platform, have announced a collaboration that will bring a raft of original VICE digital and TV content to a new Singapore audience. The agreement combines Mediacorp’s multiplatform r commercial relationships with VICE’s youth audience and award-winning story-telling and […]
Hughes Network Systems, a global player in broadband satellite networks and services, has announced that Xplornet Communications, Canada’s leading rural broadband provider, has agreed to a lifetime capacity agreement on the next-generation JUPITER 3 Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS), designated EchoStar XXIV. In a contract valued at more than $250 million over 15 years, the […]
The IAB Technology Laboratory has released SIMID (Secure Interactive Media Interface Definition) for public comment, a specification designed to replace VPAID (Video Player Ad Interface Definition) and increase transparency and security, while increasing support for creativity and interactive capabilities. The introduction of SIMID comes after a decade of the industry relying on the VPAID specification, […]
The Northern Waves TV conference takes place on May 23rd in Oslo, Norway. The TV tech and business conference will bring the TV community together to present and discuss the latest developments in TV technology and its impact on the business around it. The event is planned in the grand Gamle Logen in the centre […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that PT LinkNet, a leading provider of cable television and high speed broadband internet services in Indonesia, has selected NAGRA Protect cardless content protection technology to secure its new hybrid broadcast and Android TV-based OTT service. “As a […]
After weeks of deliberation, culminating in two spirited judging days, the British Association for Screen Entertainment is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2019 BASE Awards. In a year that has seen an unprecedented level of change in the home entertainment category, the number of entries to the BASE Awards has not wavered, testament […]
Beginning with the 2018/2019 season, Sportradar Media Services, part of Sportradar, is bringing every kick, tackle and talking point from the 240 matches of the Austrian Football Second League to viewers worldwide using LiveU LU600 HEVC units alongside the associated LiveU Central management platform and LiveU MultiPoint solution for content sharing and distribution. The technology […]
BBC Studios has announced, on Day Zero of APOS in Indonesia, that the award-winning BBC crime thriller Luther will be remade in India. The Indian version of Luther, which is yet to be titled, will be developed and produced by Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment. The multi-award-winning series starring Idris Elba is one of BBC […]
Following the successful completion of payload and bus integration, Boeing Satellite Systems International (Boeing) will begin antenna range testing and core testing of the Kacific1 satellite. Kacific Broadband Satellites Group’s (Kacific) first satellite is a high throughput satellite (HTS) currently in production at Boeing’s El Segundo, California facility for satellite technology. It is 75 percent […]
According to the findings of Where the Money is Going: The Future of Sports Entertainment, a global analysis of the economics of OTT sport from sports media technology services specialist Deltatre, sports operators worldwide are now spending 15 per cent of their total budgets on OTT, meaning that by 2021, more than $6.8 billion (€6.1bn) […]