Kaltura, the video cloud, has announced today that SRG SSR, Switzerland’s national public broadcaster and the country’s largest media company, has selected Kaltura TV Platform as the basis on which to build its new multi-language Cloud TV service, branded ‘Play Suisse’. Play Suisse will deliver content to viewers in Swiss-German, French, Italian and Rumantsch on […]
Digital media firm Dugout has struck an agreement to supply premium football video content to Polish sports website, WP SportoweFakty. The deal gives WP SportoweFakty access to Dugout’s collection of archive and behind-the-scenes premium video content from more than 100 top football clubs, national football federations and leagues that its editorial teams will be able […]
Three new comic book superheroes feature in a new original digital comic book series titled To The Max, published by DC, in collaboration with HBO Max. To The Max feature stories about ordinary people achieving their maximum potential when they transform into extraordinary superheroes with the help of another new character, Max the dog. These […]
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution has announced the sale of new tennis documentary Unraveling Athena to Amazon Prime Video in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Directed by Francis Amat, this in-depth feature that took four years to make, explores the lives and experiences of some of the world’s most extraordinary female athletes, featuring contributions […]
IBM has joined the SCTE•ISBE Explorer Initiative as a member of the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) working group. IBM is the first company from outside the cable telecommunications industry to join Explorer. IBM will collaborate with subject matter experts from across industries to develop AI and ML standards and best practices. By […]
ZIXI, a specialist in enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, and architect of the Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP), has successfully ported its solutions to Microsoft Azure enabling media and entertainment companies as well as enterprises to securely and reliably distribute video content over IP using Azure. Zixi has developed the ability to deploy Zixi […]
After a day’s delay, a SpaceX rocket placed the ninth batch of Starlink satellites into orbit at 5.21am, Florida time, on June 13th. The normal Starlink manifest is 60 satellites per launch, but on this flight there was also a cargo of three ‘piggyback’ satellites for San Francisco-based Planet Labs and its SkySat Earth observation […]
The Premier League resumes this week and a number of games will be available to stream for free on Amazon, without a Prime subscription. The competition is fiercer than ever in the streaming wars and Mark Inskip, CEO UK & Ireland of Kantar’s Media Division, believes this strategic move from Amazon demonstrates the great lengths […]
Vodafone TV Spain has added AMC Selekt to its offering, describing it as “the most varied on-demand service in the country”. AMC Selekt offers a range of on-demand content from 11 AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) thematic channels, which include AMC, Canal Hollywood, SundanceTV, DARK, Somos, XTRM, Odisea, Canal Cocina, Canal Decasa, Canal Panda […]
Parks Associates research finds US broadband households have an average of 12 connected devices, which will increase to 20 by 2025, creating opportunities for service providers and manufacturers to deploy new value-added services to support the home network and all its devices. “The number of connected devices in the home is increasing just as people […]