Double Negative (DNEG), the London-based visual film and TV special effects business which includes Prime Focus, is to mount an IPO which will end up with a listing on the London Stock Exchange. However, the company has a clouded past and is currently subject to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) allegations that it could owe […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced that Discovery has chosen its virtualised Digital Content Manager (DCM) from its video network portfolio to increase operational efficiencies for its Asia Pacific distribution. A long-time Synamedia PowerVu customer, Discovery is centralising its Asia Pacific uplink compression systems to its Sterling ,Virginia broadcast center. The company is […]
A new first-hour box office sales record has been set by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The trailer for Episode IX of the epic space saga went live in the early hours of October 22nd and, according to US cinema ticket site Atom Tickets, the movie shifted 45 per cent more tickets that Avengers: […]
Alchimie, the content aggregator and distributor, has announced a new move into Japanese content with a deal with NHK Enterprises, a subsidiary to a public broadcaster NHK, to distribute a range of wildlife programming. NHK’s programming is often seen as the gateway to Asia bringing a Japanese perspective and fresh insights on current events and […]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Tabcorp have announced a multi-year media partnership that will bring NBA TV – the league’s 24-hour television network – to Tabcorp’s Sky Channel in more than 4,400 TAB retail and entertainment venues across Australia. Separately, Tabcorp will become an authorised sports betting operator of the NBA in Australia and […]
Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has revealed that traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN) reached a new peak last week of 106 Tbps (terabits per second). It was the first time in the company’s 20-year history that the peak volume of data it delivered exceeded the 100 […]
Alticast, an end-to-end media solutions provider, has formed a partnership with LowaSIS, a commercial hardware provider at the forefront of bringing ATSC 3.0 to fruition. In an agreement aimed at helping broadcast customers seamlessly make the transition to ATSC 3.0, Alticast’s modular, client-side software stack will be pre-integrated onto LowaSIS’s dongles, set-top-boxes and home-gateways. Alticast […]
Comscore, a partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, and Premion, a division of TEGNA and CTV/OTT advertising platform for local and regional US advertisers, has entered into an agreement for Comscore to be the measurement provider for Premion’s OTT offering. Part of TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS), Premion is an CTV/OTT advertising platform […]
TVSquared, a global player in TV attribution, has partnered with Ampersand, the audience-based multi-screen TV advertising sales and technology company, to integrate always-on attribution reporting into Ampersand’s platform. Through TVSquared’s technology, exposure metrics can now be linked to observed consumer actions, bringing transparency and accountability to TV investments, and empowering Ampersand advertisers with campaign performance […]
Wyplay, a global TV Professional Services and Video Platform Solutions provider and SmarDTV Global, a specialist in secure solutions for the pay-TV industry, have joined forces to build a range of pre-integrated Android TV platforms: OTT, Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial and IPTV. These platforms include ready to deploy Android TV STBs pre-integrated with TV middleware and […]