Advanced Television

Verimatrix breathes new life into TV Everywhere with nTitleMe

Verimatrix has revealed the new brand for its TVE technology acquired from Akamai – nTitleMe. In a blog post Verimatrix COO Mike Kleiman said: “I imagine at least some of you can relate to the frustrating TV Everywhere experience during which you want to access a content provider app via your regular pay-TV subscription but […]

January 9, 2019

Audi turns the car into a VR experience platform at CES

Audi is redefining in-car entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In the future, backseat passengers will be able to experience movies, video games, and interactive content even more realistically using virtual reality glasses. The premium brand is presenting a technology that adopts virtual content to the movements of a vehicle in […]

January 9, 2019

OONA announces free home & mobile OTT TV for life

OONA Global OTT TV is the new kid on the block at CES, where it is announcing its popular plan to Provide Free Home & Mobile TV For Life via its AVoD model which is currently up and running in Indonesia, where it has partnered up with mega telcom giant, Telkom Indonesia, to serve 185 […]

January 9, 2019

TiVo signs multi-year deal with izzi Telecom in Mexico

TiVo, a global player in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that izzi Telecom, a leading cable operator in Mexico, has signed a licence for interactive programme guides (IPG) and entertainment metadata for their izzi Telecom video service. The multi-year agreement supports a wider deployment of TiVo’s Passport Guide and adds comprehensive video metadata […]

January 9, 2019

Voxbone dominates CaaS category

After carving out the Communications as a Service (CaaS) category, Voxbone is laying its claim to owning it. The proof of this claim is in the pudding and Voxbone’s underlying cloud voice and messaging services today superpower numerous high-profile enterprises and exciting startups, not to mention most class-leading vendors offering Unified Communications as a Service […]

January 9, 2019

Lorena Bobbitt docuseries to premiere Feb 15 on Amazon Prime Video

Amazon has today announced that Lorena, a four-part Prime Original documentary series executive produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out), will launch on Friday 15th February, exclusively on Prime Video, following the world premiere at The Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday 29th January. Directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joshua Rofé (Lost for Life), Lorena reveals the hidden truths in the notorious case […]

January 9, 2019

Sky takes stake in Synamedia

Sky is taking a stake in TV software and content protection business Synamedia, where Dr Abe Peled is chairman. Sky joins Synamedia’s existing major shareholder Permira in the company, which was bought out of Cisco and is perhaps better known under its old NDS name. Both Sky and its parent company Comcast are long-time Synamedia […]

January 8, 2019By Chris Forrester

Report: Netflix ramps up local content production

Netflix is aggressively ramping up global productions, particularly in Europe and Asia according to a report from Ampere Analysis. Netflix has seen impressive growth in these markets, adding eight and nine million subscribers respectively between 2017 and 2018. Hoping to replicate the success of hits such as Dark from Germany and Sacred Games (pictured) from India, […]

January 8, 2019

Orange Spain sets sights on Euskaltel buy

Orange Spain is reportedly interested in acquiring Euskaltel following UK-based Zegona’s decision to withdraw its bid for the company. According to El Economista, Orange and Euskaltel have a healthy relationship as a result of their partnership in mobile networks, with Euskaltel using Orange’s infrastructure since 2014. Kutxabank, the largest shareholder in the Basque-country-based company with […]

January 8, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Cable industry unveils 10G vision

Cable industry trade bodies NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, CableLabs and Cable Europe have used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to introduce their vision for delivering 10 gigabit networks, or 10G – a powerful, capital-efficient  technology platform that will ramp up from the 1 gigabit offerings of today to speeds […]

January 8, 2019