Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, announces a large-scale extension of its NEA-DVR video streaming platform at POST Luxembourg, the premier supplier of telecom services in Luxembourg. This extension builds on POST Luxembourg’s five-year success with Anevia’s NEA-DVR. First deployed in 2015, NEA-DVR has enabled POST Luxembourg not only to become a […]
Veteran business growth executive, Stjepan Udovicic, has been appointed the Chief Commercial Officer of 9mobile by the Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), trading as 9mobile. Udovicic possesses vast international experience working in the telecoms, technology and service sectors in Asia, Europe, and the USA, with a profound understanding of telecom, […]
Maverick European kids entertainment company TeamTO has partnered with leading kids platforms France Télévisions (France) and Super RTL (Germany) on its animated action comedy Jade Armor (26 x 22). The series is now in full production at TeamTO’s Paris and Valence studios, with first episode planned for delivery in fall 2021. Tiphaine de Raguenel, Director […]
Skyboxe, the company that’s paving the way for 4G and 5G fixed wireless broadband, has announced that its smart edge computing platform, the Skyboxe Hub 4G, has received an equipment authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The first-of-its kind Skyboxe solution is an all-in-one, applications-enabled platform that combines hardware, data connectivity, and entertainment and […]
BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media today announce they have teamed for the international co-production of The Ex Wife. The series, based on the Jess Ryder psychological thriller novel of the same name, marks the screenwriting debut of New York Times bestselling author and actress Catherine Steadman. Steadman is known for her roles in Downton […]
AT&T has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to advise it on a sale of its DTH pay-TV operation DirecTV. AT&T bought DirecTV back in 2015 and – including the operator’s borrowings – paid some $67 billion overall ($49 billion plus debts). But the AT&T purchase happened with the rise and rise of rival content bouquets […]
Netflix has launched a new ‘Watch Free’ section, allowing anyone to watch a selection of exclusive movies and TV shows without having to sign-up for an account. The free content is currently only available via a desktop or Android browser. The first episodes of a number of Netflix Originals such as Stranger Things, Elite, When […]
Consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 78 per cent of all US households have a subscription video on-Demand (SVoD) service from Netflix, Amazon Prime, and/or Hulu – up from 69 per cent in 2018, and 52 per cent in 2015. In addition, 55 per cent of US households now have more than […]
Telecom Italia (TIM) has backed a government plan to set up a single high-speed broadband network company with rival Open Fiber. It has sold a 37.5 per cent stake in its last-mile fixed network to US investment fund KKR Infrastructure for €1.8 billion. The deal is expected to be the launch pad for the government’s […]
Latin America will have 100.35 million SVoD subscriptions by 2025, more than double the 42.15 million recorded at end-2019, according to the Latin America SVoD Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. “Latin America will enjoy a wave of US-based platform launches over the next year,” advises Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV […]