Advanced Television

Unified Streaming enables OTT providers to move on from video files

Unified Streaming, a leader in smart video streaming technologies, has announced an enhancement to its video playlist technology for OTT streams that improves engagement with viewers, creates efficiencies in streaming workflows and drives new advertising opportunities. The playlist technology, which powers the company’s Unified Remix solution, allows broadcasters, operators and streaming platforms to be much […]

November 5, 2020

Amazon Prime Video orders 2nd season of Tuesday Afternoon Kitchen

TV comedy show Tuesday Afternoon Kitchen will return to Amazon Prime Video with a second series, after scooping an impressive eight awards & nominations at this year’s festival circuit. Set in a modern day TV studio ‘somewhere in London’, the four part series stars an ensemble award winning cast led by Tom Selway and Howard […]

November 5, 2020

BoxNation, Premier Sports live coverage of McCallum vs Tishchenko

Premier Sports and BoxNation have announced live and exclusive coverage from Russia this Saturday afternoon as Scotsman John McCallum takes on the biggest fight of his career as he attempts to win the vacant WBO European Cruiserweight title against Evgeny Tishchenko. The 32 year old from Edinburgh is a former international and British Masters champions […]

November 5, 2020

Brainstorm brings photorealism to Spain’s national broadcaster RTVE

Brainstorm, a specialist company provider of real-time 3D graphics, virtual set and augmented reality solutions, has reached an agreement with RTVE and in collaboration with MR Factory to generate a series of hyper-realistic contents for the program “Aquí la Tierra”, a well-known daily show focused on meteorology and lifestyle, which will be broadcasted from today. […]

November 5, 2020

Ofcom progresses 5G spectrum auction

The next UK spectrum auction has moved a significant step closer, with comms regulator Ofcom publishing the final regulations, application form and guidance for those looking to take part in the auction. To help improve mobile services and give more people access to 5G networks, Ofcom will release 200 MHz of spectrum in two frequency […]

November 4, 2020By Colin Mann

Amazon Prime Video Channels in Spain, Italy, Netherlands

Amazon Prime Video Channels has launched in Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, allowing users to add more SVoD services to their Amazon acount. All Prime Video Channels content is available through the Amazon Prime Video app, on any compatible device, using the same user interface, and charged in the user’s same monthly bill. Channels available […]

November 4, 2020

Starlink delivering 160 Mb/s

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service is providing impressive speeds to its beta-test users. Numerous reports are emerging that downlink speeds, according to speedtest specialist Ookla, are reaching 160 Mb/s and for at least one rural customer in Montana stated that his downlink speed was 174 Mb/s and upload of 33 Mb/s. Another on the West […]

November 4, 2020By Chris Forrester

TiVo introduces Deep Discovery

Media and entertainment technologist TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, has unveiled Deep Discovery, a new API based metadata solution. Finnish multiplay operator Elisa has signed a multiyear extension and expansion of its agreement with TiVo which will include deploying Deep Discovery to help the customers of its video service, Elisa Viihde, find more programming […]

November 4, 2020

MásMóvil goes private

The fourth largest telco operator in Spain, MásMóvil, is now controlled with a 99.32 per cent by Funds KKR, Cinven and Providence, through Lorca Bidco – and has been removed from the Stock Market after eight years of operation. Speculation is increasingly mounting about a possible merger with Vodafone to become the second largest telco […]

November 4, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Forecast: 4.6m Netflix India subs by year-end

Competition for OTT subscribers is a heated battleground in India. But Reliance Jio, the 4G cellular service from Reliance Industries, is tipping the scales for Netflix. Research from Media Partners Asia (MPA) says that Netflix India is likely to end the calendar year with some 4.6 million paid subscribers. MPA adds that Netflix India’s full-year […]

November 4, 2020By Chris Forrester