Advanced Television

Food Network Kitchen announces Just Ask the Baker series on Tastemade

Food Network Kitchen, the cooking ecosystem featuring interactive live and on-demand classes, announces the launch of Just Ask the Baker, a new series from Tastemade, a modern media company that creates award-winning original programming in the categories of Food, Travel, and Home & Design. Hosted by actor, author, comedian, and entrepreneur, Meghan Rienks, Just Ask the Baker is the first […]

November 17, 2020

International film festival EnergaCAMERIMAGE goes online

The 28th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography EnergaCAMERIMAGE began on November 14. For the first time in history, due to a pandemic, the event takes place online via the OTT platform. The project was implemented by Insys Video Technologies. “EnergaCAMERIMAGE is a series of the most interesting movies available […]

November 17, 2020

Stellify releasing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? soundtrack

Northern Ireland-based indie Stellify Media, producers of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire…? have announced the release of a 14-track album from the series, available for streaming and download via all platforms, from November 20th. The deal was devised by Stellify with their parent company Sony Pictures Television, in conjunction with Matthew Strachan, the composer of […]

November 17, 2020

Anand and Evans join Datazoom

Datazoom, the Real-time Video Data Platform, has announced Josh Evans as its Chief Technology Officer and Sid Anand as its Chief Architect. As part of the leadership team (joining earlier this year), they are responsible for helping streaming video content providers and their supporting vendor-partners achieve exceptional Quality of Experience (QoE) while driving profitability by […]

November 17, 2020

Premier League opens up non-TV games

Following its decision to scrap its controversial PPV coverage of games not picked for TV while fans are unable to attend matches during the pandemic, the Premier League has confirmed that all fixtures from November 21st, and throughout the Christmas and New Year period, will be made available to fans to watch live in the […]

November 16, 2020By Colin Mann

‘Urgent’ call for more Wi-Fi spectrum

With over half of all the connections to the Internet starting or ending with Wi-Fi access and demand for broadband connectivity surging worldwide, Wi-Fi urgently needs access to the 6 GHz frequency band, concludes a new paper published by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) and Policy Impact Partners (PIP), which represent multiple digital companies. Focused […]

November 16, 2020By Colin Mann

Analyst: Disney+ to hit 194m subs by 2025

Based on September 2020 results, analyst firm Digital TV Research expects five global platforms to have 678 million paying SVoD subscribers by 2025. Disney+ will add 112 million subscribers between 2020 and 2025 to take its total to 194 million. Netflix will increase by 73 million subscribers; revealing strong growth even for the longest established […]

November 16, 2020

Eutelsat Konnect enters service

Eutelsat Communications has announced the successful entry into service of its new-generation Eutelsat Konnect High Throughput Satellite at the 7° East orbital position. Launched aboard an Ariane rocket on January 16th 2020, the availability of Eutelsat Konnect had been delayed due to Covid-related interruptions in the roll-out of the ground segment, but having now completed […]

November 16, 2020

TiVo back in court, this time with Sony

Sony has started a patent action against TiVo. Sony, as well as a couple of its subsidiary companies, have commenced an action against TiVo (and its related businesses Rovi Guides and TiVo Solutions) before a California federal judge, arguing that its PlayStation consoles and similar products do not infringe patents controlled by TiVo. In essence, […]

November 16, 2020By Chris Forrester

Starlink working on lowering terminal costs

Would-be subscribers outside North America will have to wait some tome for access to SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system. Starlink VP Jonathan Hofeller, speaking at last week’s Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week virtual edition, told attendees that as far as North America was concerned Starlink would stay as a ‘direct to consumer’ business. Starlink is already […]

November 16, 2020