Advanced Television

paus collaborates with Magine Pro

paus, the streaming app for independent films, is collaborating with Magine Pro to expand paus in a secure and scalable way leveraging Magine Pro’s OTT platform. Working with Magine Pro will support the growth of paus, bringing a greater library of quality independent film to many more Android or iOS devices. “Since we introduced the […]

November 4, 2020

TheViewPoint partners with VlogBox

TheViewPoint, a video ad monetisation platform for CTV/OTT publishers and broadcasters, has announced a partnership with VlogBox, a global video content distribution and monetisation platform, that helps content creators, distributors and resellers. Within this partnership, TheViewPoint brings in its ad tech solutions to power up VlogBox’s monetisation capabilities, as well as robust analytics and pricing […]

November 4, 2020

Toshiba TV extends Android TV offering with UA2B

Toshiba TV has has announced the launch of the brand new UA2B Android TV model. Currently available in 58” with more sizes to come, the UA2B can be purchased from Currys for £399.99. With Android TV, the Toshiba TV UA2B is Toshiba’s latest 4K HDR TV, joining the recently launched UK4B, UL20 and WK3 models. […]

November 4, 2020

Iron Dragon TV partners with ZEASN

Iron Dragon TV and ZEASN, a provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, has announced a partnership to bring the Iron Dragon TV Martial Arts content to tens of millions of ZEASN-enabled Smart TVs powered by ZEASN’s Whale OS, including all Philips, Magnavox and many other television OEMs. Whale OS is a revolutionary and modern […]

November 4, 2020

Report: More European than US films make it to VoD

A European Audiovisual Observatory report looks at how many films released in European cinemas since 1996 made it to VoD. The report illustrates the complex relationships between the release of films in cinemas and on VoD. Author Gilles Fontaine, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Market Information, underlines that this relationship is one of “cooperation […]

November 3, 2020

Spain: 4K TV ownership up 26%

In data to be presented by GfK at the upcoming 4K HDR Virtual Summit 2020, organised by Medina Media, delegates will be told that Spain’s enthusiasm for 4K set ownership is up 26 per cent year-or-year. Javier Morago, Spain’s country manager for various TV brands including Vestel, Toshiba, JVC and Hitachi, will report that despite […]

November 3, 2020By Chris Forrester

Canal+ Polska details IPO

Canal+ Polska has released details of its proposed IPO which were approved by the Polish financial regulator (KNF). It will offer 21.6 million shares (and no more than 49 per cent of the company’s share capital) and which will come from (Discovery-owned) TVN Media (14.1 million shares, or 32 per cent of the company) and […]

November 3, 2020By Chris Forrester

Survey: Amazon & HBO lead SVoD growth in Spain

Amazon Prime Video and HBO experienced the largest growth in the Spanish SVoD market, according to a 1,000-sample survey by consultancy firm GECA. Some 62.1 per cent of all

November 3, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Movies made in Dagenham?

A US property developer that owns studios in the US is investing £300 million (€333m) to build a Hollywood-style complex in Dagenham, East London, according to various reports in the UK presss. Hackman Capital Partners, the owner of sites including Culver Studios in Los Angeles and Silvercup Studios in New York, has apparently agreed to […]

November 3, 2020

​Eutelsat launches Sat.tv EPG

Eutelsat Communications has successfully launched Sat.tv, its enhanced Electronic Programme Guide for FTA channels. The service is already operating at the 7/8° West position, serving over 56 million Arabic-speaking homes across the Middle East and North Africa and is being progressively deployed at other Eutelsat video neighbourhoods. Sat.tv runs on low-cost set-top boxes and is […]

November 3, 2020