Advanced Television

McVitie’s sponsors Britain’s Got Talent

McVitie’s will be the new headline sponsor of ITV’s flagship entertainment show, Britain’s Got Talent, in 2021. With a shared vision of bringing people together, the collaboration will see two of the UK’s most iconic brands join forces ahead of the forthcoming 15th series next year. The sponsorship announcement follows the launch of McVitie’s ‘Too […]

December 10, 2020By Nik Roseveare

NexPlayer becomes Unity Verified Solutions Partner

NexPlayer, the player SDK for premium video apps, now supports Unity games, becoming a Unity Verified Solutions Partner. NexPlayer for Unity offers many functionalities such as HLS and DASH streaming across all Android and iOS devices, subtitles, ad insertion, and content protection using Widevine Digital Rights Management (DRM). Unity game developers can now update and […]

December 10, 2020

Studio71 UK teams with Love Island’s Andersson for Battles

Malin Andersson and Studio71 UK, a Red Arrow Studios company, announce the release of Battles, an original podcast series set to illuminate incredible stories of personal struggles and how people overcame them. The conversational podcast sees Andersson invite guests to share their amazing tales of resilience to help empower listeners facing their own personal battles. Across the […]

December 10, 2020

Infront Moto Racing launches new-look MXGP-TV with StreamAMG

Infront Moto Racing has relaunched MXGP-TV, the top tier of motocross racing’s dedicated OTT platform. The relaunched service, powered by OTT agency StreamAMG, offers a single destination to fans to enjoy live and on demand races. The service offers fans live and on demand races from every round of the FIM Motocross World Championship MXGP […]

December 10, 2020

MBC GROUP chooses Nextologies

Nextologies, a custom, end-to-end broadcast solutions provider, announced today that MBC GROUP (Middle East Broadcasting Center) a media company in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), has chosen Nextologies to provide broadcast grade signal transport and technology services for 8 new live Rotana channels that have launched on MBC’s OTT platform Shahid VIP. Shahid […]

December 10, 2020

Gamgee launches refreshed app

Gamgee, an Amsterdam-based user experience high-tech company, has released a refreshed version of its now popular Gamgee app. The new app comes with many new and updated features and functionality improvements, all optimised to provide better Wi-Fi and network management experience for consumers. In furthering its goal of providing better value for consumers, the app […]

December 10, 2020

Jump-Data Driven Intelligence & Digital Legends innovate gaming monetisation

JUMP Data-Driven Intelligence, the pioneers behind the cloud intelligence platform that turns digital services data into the knowledge they need to optimize digital businesses, has announced that Digital Legends Entertainment, a premier mobile developer acclaimed for their track record of high-quality multiplayer action games, is collaborating with JUMP in enabling in-app purchases game personalization through […]

December 10, 2020

ACCESS and DW deliver news to connected vehicles

ACCESS and DW have announced a partnership that sees international and regional news delivered in multiple formats to connected cars. The collaboration enables car users to instantly access the latest news updates as audio, video or text alerts via the ACCESS Twine for Car (Twine4Car) in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution. “Premium content is a central pillar […]

December 10, 2020

Japan: DAZN 5G partnership with KDDI

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company, KDDI, to bring customers in Japan an enhanced 5G sport viewing experience. The agreement marks DAZN’s first 5G payment plan integration for customers. From December 11th, au customers with 5G enabled handsets will be able to watch DAZN via higher quality streams, with faster […]

December 9, 2020

Research: Churn rate drops to 38% among OTT services

Parks Associates research finds the overall annual churn rate for US OTT services, representing those subscribers who have cancelled a service as a percentage of the current subscriber base, dropped from 46 per cent in Q3 2019 to 38 per cent in Q3 2020. As a subset of subscription-based OTT services, vMVPDs experienced an even […]

December 9, 2020