Comcast Cable is rebranding its Spotlight advertising sales unit as Effectv. The company advises the name should be pronounced “e-FEC-tiv” as the company shifts its emphasis from traditional spot sales to data-driven and addressable advanced advertising. Effectv unveiled two new products; one helps advertisers plan campaigns aimed at specific audiences, the other is designed to […]
ESPN Player will bring subscribers every single game of the returning XFL – the professional American football league owned by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment. The streaming service will bring coverage of the entire XFL 2020 season, including the playoffs, to fans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) anytime, anywhere. Viewers will have the […]
Microsoft and Nokia have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). By bringing together Microsoft cloud solutions and Nokia’s expertise in mission-critical networking, the companies say they are uniquely positioned to help enterprises and communications service providers (CSPs) transform their businesses. […]
Orange Romania has become the first country within the Orange Group’s footprint to commercially launch 5G. The 5G network in Romania initially launches today in three of its main cities – Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iasi – with other cities to follow throughout 2020 and beyond. In addition to offering customers internet download speeds of up […]
Antenna Group, the CEE broadcaster, has extended its joint venture with Vice Media to 2024 and expanded the countries involved. The new agreement will see Vice programming continue to be made available in Greece, Romania and Serbia. Antenna will now also work with Vice to take its content into Hungary, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, […]
Sportdigital has launched pay-TV sports EDGEsport in Germany, Austria and Switzerland after securing carriage deals with Sky Deutschland and OTT platform Waipu.tv. The channel offers content in including skiing, surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding, as well as sports documentaries. The channel is being operated in German-speaking territories by Sportdigital through a sublicensing agreement with the IMG […]
South Korean tech giant LG Electronics and US chip-maker Qualcomm are linking to “further develop webOS Auto, LG’s connected in-vehicle infotainment system. Harnessing the combined strengths of webOS Auto and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Automotive Development Platform (ADP), the companies aim to create and advance a more convenient in-car experience for drivers and passengers alike.” The pair […]
Enea has announced that Enea Openwave has successfully optimised Apple’s new streaming service, Apple TV+, over mobile networks, using unique traffic management technology. Enea Openwave was able to achieve this in less than 24 hours after the service launched on November 1st. Algorithms, which are device, resolution, codec and context aware, were used to dynamically […]
Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with 6x Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves on a Christmas themed special titled The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show. Produced by Fulwell 73 Productions, the show will premiere globally on November 29th and marks Prime Video’s first ever holiday special. The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show is executive produced by Ben […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced today the extension of its content protection partnership with Openview, South Africa’s leading free-to-air direct-to-home satellite television service provider. NAGRA Protect cardless content protection solutions will continue to secure eMedia, the operator’s Openview free-to-view (FTV) satellite television platform. […]