Alteox Media Consulting now brings to the market their latest solution; the new Alteox TVmeta product. The new product will help TV operators to sell more TV and pay TV subscriptions by providing up to date and easily accessible metadata to its clients. The Alteox TVmeta tools and information will help promote not only well-known […]
ND SATCOM, the premier supplier of and integrator for innovative satellite communication systems and solutions, has announced the acquisition of TECNA located in Dakar, Senegal. This important strategic move will further enhance outreach and interaction between the company and its customers, partners and the leading communication companies in the West Africa region. TECNA Suarl has […]
Star Trek fans were served the ultimate Trek treat at New York Comic Con when Sir Patrick Stewart debuted a new Star Trek: Picard trailer during the series’ New York Comic Con panel at Madison Square Garden, New York. In addition, it was announced that the highly anticipated series will launch around the world on […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reached an agreement with streaming platform Netflix to jointly produce movies. The partners will co-finance seven titles and Netflix will contribute most of the funding, according to reports. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will be in Rome on October 8th to officially announce the multi-year deal. In August, Mediaset CEO Piersilvio Berlusconi […]
The management team for BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has been announced in the run-up to the service’s planned launch in the fourth quarter of 2019. As previously announced, the BritBox management team is led by Reemah Sakaan who has expanded her BritBox US and CA role to […]
The EBU wants 5G broadcast standard that means FTA broadcasters can be seen without a dedicated SIM card. The EBU’s media director Jean Philip de Tender told Media 2020 in Bucharest that the organisation will try and influence technical standards so 5G so FTA can be also be received alongside SVoD the user has subscribed […]
A retailer in London has been convicted at the City of London Magistrates’ Court for selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) which gave access to unauthorised Premier League broadcasts and other content. Ammar Al-Silawi was found guilty on two charges of copyright and two charges of fraud, having been found to sell ISDs which provided unlawful […]
Research from analyst firm Parks Associates finds that the percentage of households with multiple OTT subscriptions has increased by 130 per cent since 2014. In 2019, 46 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to two or more OTT services. Parks’ study, Partnering, Aggregation, and Bundling in Video Services, reports that only 33 per cent […]
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit media and educational organisation, has agreed to deal to bring four new series and five new seasons of Sesame Street, annual specials, as well as its historic 50-year library, to HBO Max – the new SVoD service scheduled to launch in spring 2020. Beginning with season 51, Sesame Street will premiere […]
When at home, 5.1 million people use broadband every single minute, according to UK multiplay operator TalkTalk. There is a new generation of Britons choosing nights in with family, staying in to indulge their online guilty pleasures, forming what TalkTalk has coined the ‘In-Crowd’. With winter nights drawing