OTT solutions provider Vewd has unveiled Vewd OpX (Operator Experience), a cloud-managed set-top box experience integrating pay-TV services with aggregated OTT content. Available for Linux, Android TV, Android Open Source Project (AOSP), and Reference Design Kit (RDK), Vewd OpX enables operators to deliver any TV content within a single unified user experience. Customer shipments of […]
Audience engagement specialist Never.no has updated its cloud-based social and content management platform, Bee-On, featuring the integration of WhatsApp, which enables users to interact and engage with audiences on the app-based messaging platform. The latest features will also include improved graphics timeline management, advanced Twitter trends and a new user-support platform to accompany Never.no’s gold-standard […]
Antstream Arcade has announced a strategic partnership with True Digital Group, the digital arm of Thailand’s fully-integrated telecommunications and digital service provider, True Corporation. The partnership will enable users of True’s OTT Box, including True ID TV Box and True Inno Hybrid Plus Box, to access Antstream Arcade’s constantly expanding library of retro video games, […]
VOD365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, is set to launch its kids’ channel, Ketchup TV, in the US early next year. VOD365’s flagship preschool channel Ketchup TV will be available in the US via streaming service Roku, and will also be accessible as an […]
BT has teamed up with Gary Barlow, Rio Ferdinand, Rylan Clark-Neal and Clare Balding for its +1 campaign movement which aims to beat loneliness by encouraging the nation to reconnect with a loved one they’ve lost touch with. Kicking off the +1 movement: Barlow spoke to his musical mentor and man who taught him ‘everything’, […]
BT Sport will premiere a thought-provoking short film created by students from Newham Sixth Form College, as BT Sport Takeover returns on Boxing Day at 18:45 on BT Sport. With no prior experience, twelve students took part in a 8-week course to create the show, run by BT Sport and hosted by Plexal, an innovation […]
Beachfront, the convergent TV advertising platform, and SeaChange International, a provider of video delivery platforms, have partnered to enable real-time, programmatic monetization of linear spot, OTT and VoD ad inventory. The joint solution is already deployed in the US — including with a global operator and regional cable company — and enables Beachfront’s demand partners […]
Benshi, a French SVoD platform for children aged 3 to 11, and Wiztivi, leader in the development and design of user interfaces, are teaming up to deploy Benshi’s service on Samsung Smart TVs and Android TVs. Recently selected as best national digital solution by the World Summit Awards, TimelessUI universe is Wiztivi’s fully-featured off-the-shelf, cross-platform […]
Sky and Amazon have agreed a new long-term partnership that will see Prime Video launch on Sky and NOW TV devices across Europe from December 14th, while the NOW TV and Sky Ticket apps will also come to Fire TV devices. The partnership means customers in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy will now […]
French professional football league LFP has decided to terminate Mediapro’s €830 million annual contract after two months of dispute about the 2020-2024 Ligue 1 and 2 main TV rights. The Téléfoot pay-TV channel is set to stop by the end of January, eight months after being launched. “Mediapro Sport France and La Ligue de football […]