Tru Optik, a specialist in targeting, measurement, and privacy management, has announced the close of a $10 million (€8.9m) venture round led by MitheraCapital. Additional investors in the round include TransUnion, Connecticut Innovations, Arab Angel Fund, and Progress Ventures. Coming from almost 11x year-over-year growth in its SaaS/DaaS business, the funds will allow Tru Optik […]
UK households are increasingly adopting the smart home experience, according to the third report from EY’s annual digital home survey of 2,500 UK consumers. The report, which focuses on the connected home, finds that nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of households currently own a voice-controlled digital home assistant, double the figure from 2017 (11 […]
China Digital TV Holding, which was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in October 2017, is now deregistering from the SEC and its regulatory oversight. An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) took place in Beijing on April 3rd, and shareholders were told that it was “not commercially beneficial to the Company and its shareholders, as […]
Investment banker JP Morgan has issued a favourable report on Intelsat and, in particular, its potential prospects should the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approving the C-Band Alliance’s plans for reallocation of some key frequencies and bandwidth over the US. The bank sees the potential for “substantial” proceeds from spectrum sales by the company and its […]
Starz, a Lionsgate company, has announced the continued expansion of the StarzPlay premium streaming service with its entry into Spain on Orange TV. The StarzPlay premium streaming service will give Orange customers that are also subscribers of Orange TV the opportunity to watch Starz series all in one place, with future Starz Originals airing exclusively […]
Video game revenues saw record increases last year, with digital purchases now accounting for 50 per cent of all sales in the UK, according to the latest annual report from the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie). The total UK consumer spend last year increased by 10 per cent to £5.7 billion (€66.5bn), including everything […]
Bitmovin, a specialist in online video technology, has been qualified as a video transcoding partner by Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences. Akamai has worked closely with Bitmovin since first announcing its plans to retire its Media Services on Demand (MSOD) transcoding service. Akamai’s global customer base will be able […]
Simplestream, the specialist in live VoD and on-demand OTT services, has announced that its VOD-in-a-Box platform has been selected by Blue Ant Media, an international content producer, distributor and channel operator, to power its new premium wildlife and nature 4K SVoD service – Love Nature 4K. This also marks the first 4K video service designed, […]
NHK World-Japan, the 24-hour international English-language channel from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, has launched on the cable network of Vodafone Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable operator. Broadcasting as an unencrypted, free-to-air service, NHK World-Japan reaches the complete base of Vodafone’s 7.6 million cable TV customers across 13 federal states. NHK World-Japan also forms part of Vodafone’s […]
Deutsche Telekom has chosen to extend its long-term partnership with MediaKind to deploy, support and operate a new multi-tenant next generation cloud TV platform. The first Deutsche Telekom subsidiary to operate this new platform will be Magyar Telekom in Hungary, who are working to migrate most of their subscribers on to it by the end […]