FloSports, a specialist in live digital sports and original content, has announced the close of its Series C funding round with $47 million (€41.6m) raised to expand and enhance coverage in new and existing sports. Led by current investor Discovery, the round also included participation from existing FloSports financial investors Causeway Media Partners, Fertitta Capital, […]
The doomsayers repeatedly tell us that TV’s ‘future is fibre’ and that OTT content providers such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Hotstar and perhaps Apple TV+ will dominate. Moreover, so-called ‘cord cutting’ hasn’t helped players such as Dish or DirecTV. Some analysts have even questioned whether the future will see satellite-delivered TV become obsolete. “Definitely not […]
Media regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will not conduct a formal competition assessment of the deal between BBC Studios and Discovery on UKTV. In April, BBC Studios and Discovery announced an agreement on the future of their UKTV joint venture. Under the terms, Discovery takes full control of UKTV’s lifestyle channels, while BBC Studios […]
Love, lust, envy, intrigue, hatred, violent threats, networking: just another episode of Game of Thrones? Or just another day on social media? Both, of course. As the cultural phenomenon de jour, Game of Thrones is commonly referenced in professional media chatter and all across social media. Its origins, in the far-off history of 2011, are in […]
Linear TV accounts for 73 per cent of daily time spent watching video in Germany, but this figure drops to 53 per cent among 14-25 year-olds. SVoD services, such as Netflix, account for 13 per cent of the total viewing time, rising to 25 percent for 14.25 year olds, according to a study by briadcast […]
Eultesat’s DTH offering Fransat is stopping Roland-Garros 4K HDR transmissions and will broadcast the end of the French tennis open in the 4K SDR standard. The company, which has been retransmitting France Télévisions’ event on the France TV Sports UHD 4K channel, explained that too many 4K TV sets are incompatible with the HDR format. […]
Vivendi has placed a €2.1 billion bond to finance the acquisition of M7 by its Canal+ unit. The bond, which Vivendi says was 2.5 times over-subscribed, matures in thirds at three, six and nine years. Canal+ revealed the M7 Group takeover last month as it prepares to take on Netflix in Europe. When the complete […]
A US Trade Commission judge has found that some Comcast receivers infringe TiVo patents, although also determined that another TiVo patent was invalid. Judge MaryJoan McNamara is also studying Comcast for infringing six Rovi/TiVo patents including: X1 Sports App, multi-room DVR features, and set-top box integrations of apps like Netflix. This is the second time […]
RDK Management has shared details about the adoption of RDK open source software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services providers worldwide. “Service providers around the globe recognise that RDK gives them ultimate control over their software roadmaps and data within the connected home, across video, broadband and IoT connected devices,” […]
Verimatrix, the content descurity specialist, and IPTV technology company Ocilion have announced Austrian operators kabelplus and Salzburgas their two latest customers. Each operator has selected on-premise IPTV solutions from Ocilion that are secured by Verimatrix, enabling more flexible and future-proof video delivery models. Both operators opted independently for on-premise deployments hosted in their distinctive infrastructures, […]