Arte has announced the launch of a 1080p demo channel called Arte HDR, produced from an HD feed, that will broadcast for the next 12 months. The channel is initially available on OTT TV platform Molotov.tv and Free’s Box One and Delta STBs, and will soon also be available on all HDR-compatible TV sets and […]
As 2019 draws to a close, Juniper Research has created its list of the top 10 technology predictions for 2020. The Top 10 5G – Last-mile fibre rollouts to be replaced by 5G connectivity. OTT TV – Advertising stakeholders to develop functional attribution Ecosystem. Mobility as a Service – Open data in transportation to drive […]
The Lego Channel has gone live in the US and Canada and is available across all major OTT streaming platforms, including Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV. The new app, developed in partnership with the multi-platform video distribution company Future Today, boasts over 1,000 videos and features series based on various Lego properties, including Lego […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raised the possibility of scrapping the TV licence fee by admitting he is “certainly looking at” the issue. Ahead of the December 12th general election, Johnson questioned “how long” the current system of funding the BBC can be justified. When quizzed on the potential abolition of a licence fee […]
Movie industry non-profit technology research lab Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a new white paper – The Evolution of Production Security – Securing the 10-Year Vision for the Evolution of Media Creation – that lays out security principles for the future of production where all assets will be stored in […]
From January 1st 2020, Mediengruppe RTL will combine its linear TV channels and its streaming platform TVNOW. As part of the reorganisation of its programming division, which is responsible for the development and realisation of in-house produced series and films as well as for US Fiction, Frauke Neeb and Hauke Bartel will now jointly be […]
With broadband a political priority ahead of a Christmas General Election, the need for better connectivity could not be clearer, but research from Zen Internet highlights the fears of the nation this festive digital season. Surveying more than 2,000 consumers across Britain Zen found that one in four (28 per cent) households is concerned that […]
ESPN Player has secured the rights to broadcast three live NHL games a week in 61 countries. The coverage starts this week in countries including Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa, Hungary, Romania, and covers all of sub-Saharan Africa. Fans in the countries will be able to access three live games per week […]
ODMedia Group has announced that Ziggo Sport – Vodafone Ziggo’s sports centric YouTube channel – has signed on with ODMedia Group. Expoza, ODMedia Group’s specialised YouTube division, will handle all aspects of management for the online sports channel to further expand the property into the future together with Ziggo Sport. Vodafone Ziggo launched its YouTube […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has entered into a partnership with Academy Award-winning media and entertainment company, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, to create its first original content series. Production will commence in 2020 with the Arabic-language content set to be released towards the end of the same year. The production will be an anthology of Urban […]