Advanced Television

MCTV selects MOBITV

MOBITV, a global player in app-based TV video delivery solutions, today announces that MCTV of Massillon, OH, has selected MOBITV Connect managed services for delivery of MCTV Stream, its streaming video content and Internet-based services to residential subscribers in throughout Ohio. MCTV turned to MOBITV to replace end-of-life legacy technology and to offer more advanced […]

October 27, 2020

MediaMath partnership with PubMatic

MediaMath, an independent advertising technology company for leading brands and agencies, has demonstrated the value of its SOURCE programmatic ecosystem by highlighting an enhanced partnership with PubMatic. This integration employs passing MediaMath DSP optimization data to PubMatic’s platform so more performant inventory can be directed back to the DSP yielding soaring results for all stakeholders. […]

October 27, 2020

Jump and Float Left join forces

Jump Data-Driven Intelligence and Float Left announce they will be offering an innovative personalization tool for Flicast – Float Left’s flagship end-to-end OTT solution. This tool tracks and analyzes content consumption patterns and content similarities in order to provide highly accurate video content recommendations to audiences of digital media services. This powerful solution will help […]

October 27, 2020

24i and Amino boost Android TV

Amino, and sister-company 24i, have announced that its combined product portfolio provides operators and broadcasters with the optimal route to launching services on Android TV Operator Tier. Android TV enables operators to update services that keep consumers in their environment by integrating streaming apps, update the UI and brand the UX. The appeal of the […]

October 27, 2020

Red Bee Media and Dotscreen launch TV5MONDEplus

Red Bee Media and Dotscreen were instrumental in the launch of TV5MONDEplus, the new global video-on-demand platform with free French speaking series, films and documentaries in full HD quality, subtitled in 5 languages. It is built on Red Bee’s OTT-platform, with secure and reliable broadcast-grade streaming, advertising options and advanced Digital Rights Management (DRM) tools, […]

October 27, 2020

SPI International acquires docs from Beyond Rights

SPI International and global content distributor Beyond Rights Limited have concluded a content acquisition deal which renders seven documentaries, that amount to a total of 23 hours of programming, available for broadcast on SPI’s linear and digital brand assets worldwide. Other platforms will also be able to air the content in their SPI branded corners. […]

October 27, 2020

AIA teams with Dugout to maximise reach of new Spurs series

AIA Group Limited, the Global Principal Partner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, has been working with global media company Dugout to produce and distribute a brand-new series of content featuring Tottenham Hotspur’s players to accompany the Premier League season. The new ‘Every Team Needs’ content explores the key attributes that support AIA’s campaign to help people live ‘Healthier, Longer, Better […]

October 27, 2020

Mexico: izzi uses Edgeware for live OTT subtitling

Edgeware has announced that izzi, Mexico’s largest cable TV operator, will expand its existing Edgeware TV CDN platform with the addition of new OCR subtitling features for its izzi TV service. This will enable them to add Spanish subtitles on the fly across 75 channels, ensuring full support for accurately displayed subtitles on all devices […]

October 27, 2020

Wiztivi’s UI product now RDK compatible

After Linux and Android TV, TimelessUI Universe, Wiztivi’s user interface flagship product, is now compatible with RDK. Thanks to this technological evolution, Wiztivi accelerates its strategic development and concurrently joins the RDK community as Preferred Member. TimelessUI Universe, now compatible with RDK Reference Design Kit (RDK) is an open source software platform for the connected […]

October 27, 2020

Portugal: 1% revenue tariff on VoD platforms

Portugal’s Parliament has approved the new Cinema Law that transposes to Portuguese law a European Directive from 2018 regulating the provision of audiovisual media services. One of the key parts of the new law is the introduction of a 1 per cent tariff on turnover of VoD services such as Netflix, Disney+ and HBO and […]

October 26, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome