Icareus, the Helsinki-based broadcast and online video partner, has delivered its Icareus Playout platform to Freesat, the free-to-air satellite television service – a joint venture between the BBC and ITV. Icareus’ solution will allow Freesat to replace their legacy system with a future roadmap to expand their hybrid, broadcast and broadband services (HbbTV). Icareus Playout […]
The first episode of historical drama Chernobyl pulled in a 7-day cumulative audience of over 1.7 million – the biggest audience for a Sky original drama this year. It is also the third best ever launch for an original drama on Sky Atlantic (behind only Fortitude and Britannia). Viewing figures are still going strong for […]
Sunset+Vine, the UK independent TV sports production and media company, has been awarded a new four year host production deal by the ICC covering all live event production services for ICC TV until 2023, excluding the India events in 2021 and 2023. In addition, Sunset+Vine will also produce daily highlights packages for all events. The […]
Red Bee Media will be providing IMDb ratings for Swisscom’s television offering on TV Box, TV Air Web and TV Air Mobile Apps. The ratings will be provided for movies and television shows on linear channels and for Teleclub On Demand Content on each service. Swisscom is the first European customer to enlist Red Bee […]
EuroMedia May/June 2019 Is social media a competitor or compliment to broadcasting? Colin Mann spoke to a range of industry practitioners and swiped the top apps to find out more. Read the article and the rest of the issue here
Amazon Prime Video has revealed a first look at the highly anticipated return of Jean-Luc Picard with a teaser trailer for the upcoming Amazon Original series Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: Picard features Patrick Stewart (X-Men) reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation. […]
Ovzon, offering a revolutionary global mobile broadband service via satellite, and GetSAT, the manufacturer of innovative satellite terminals for aerial, maritime and land-based applications, have signed an agreement to develop Satcom on the Move (SoTM) terminals for Ovzon’s global satellite service. By combining SoTM terminals developed by GetSAT and Ovzon’s world leading secure end-to-end mobile […]
EE, BT’s mobile operator, has confirmed that on May 30th, it will switch on its 5G network in six UK cities: London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast. Marc Allera, CEO of BT’s Consumer division, said: “This is the start of the UK’s 5G journey and great news for our customers that want and need the […]
Spain is the most expensive European country when it comes to pay-TV, according to a report from kelisto.es Taking a pay-TV package is 20 per cent more expensive than the average in the UK, France, Germany or Italy. A basic package with only TV and broadband Internet costs
Conviva’s Q1 2019 State of Streaming TV report shows that while adoption of streaming is increasing in the US, so is the complexity of achieving the goal of seamless video delivery at scale. Maintaining a high-quality viewer experience across content and advertising is critical as streaming TV providers look to increase viewer retention and monetisation. […]