DocuBay, the international documentary membership VoD service by IN10 Media Network, has announced the acquisition of multiple titles from US-based global commercial distribution platform 1091. The deal includes stories on cultural icons such as John Lennon, and controversial Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, both of which are included in DocuBay’s newest ‘bay’ called CrimeBay, focusing on […]
Disney+ is developing the next generation of the critically-acclaimed series “The Quest,” now featuring teen participants and adding more epic world building interactive elements. The streaming service has also greenlit the ultimate brainteaser competition series “The Maze,” National Geographic’s “Meet the Chimps” and an untitled docuseries that follows Pixar’s SparkShorts program as they discover talented […]
Avid has announced that Dubai-based production company Genomedia has transformed the way it produces and edits Ultra High Definition (UHD) content with Avid. Faced with delivering high-quality content within tight deadlines, Genomedia deployed an end-to-end Avid post-production workflow with MediaCentral Editorial Management to empower its editors and significantly accelerate the production of its first ever […]
mediaClass, the globally active leader of OTT TV everywhere solutions, has announced its own developed AI-based recommendation Engine. ”We have been testing and measuring the success rate of the engine for some time,” says mediaClass CTO Stilian Tchlakov. “For this release we have settled on two operator-selectable modes, both of which offer excellent results.” “Without […]
POST Luxembourg and N1 have finalised a deal to bring the channel to PostTV. This agreement will see PostTV subscribers have access to news and entertainment from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. N1 is another addition to POST Luxembourg’s IPTV platform, as it diversifies and expands its content to cater for its subscribers. PostTV is the […]
Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian looks like a key driver for the SVoD platform as interest levels top those of rival Apple TV+ exclusives The Morning Show and See. The Mandalorian maintained a higher relative interest level than The Morning Show throughout its entire run, despite Disney+ being available in only six markets, according […]
Huawei’s 5G networks will be allowed to remain in the UK but with restrictions, despite pressure from the US to block the firm. The Chinese firm will be banned from supplying kit to “sensitive parts” of the network core. In addition, it will only be allowed to account for 35 per cent of the kit […]
There has been a week-long drum roll here in the UK leading up to today’s announcement about vendor inclusion in 5G roll out. When the ‘ta da’ moment came it was, of course, a completely predictable political fudge: Huawei (whose name wasn’t mentioned in the statement) will be allowed in, just not in the really […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has confirmed that the agency has certified four Spectrum Access System (SAS) Administrators, paving the way for full commercial operations in the 3.5 GHz band n the US. The FCC approved these SAS Administrators for initial commercial deployments in 2019. The initiative allows for full commercial use of this […]
The Supervisory Board of Tele Columbus has appointed Dr Daniel Ritz as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Member of the Management Board effective February 1st. As previously announced, Timm Degenhardt has decided not to prolong his contract and will step down as CEO on January 31st. Ritz was most recently President & CEO of PTCL, […]