Advanced Television

Mola chooses Broadpeak CDN for ABR live sports streaming

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced today that Mola, one of the fastest-growing entertainment networks in Indonesia, has deployed a comprehensive CDN solution from Broadpeak to optimize the delivery of ABR live sports streaming content, including English Premier League (EPL) football […]

June 17, 2021

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, TP Vision bring HbbTV TA standard to smart TVs

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is working with TV manufacturer TP Vision to promote the rollout of addressable TV in Germany. The two companies have concluded a cooperation agreement based on the implementation of the HbbTV specification for targeted advertising (HbbTV TA) in Philips Smart TVs. HbbTV TA enables a new level of addressable TV implementation, where, […]

June 17, 2021

discover.film reveals winners of the 2021 Craghoppers’ Student Short Film Prize

discover.film has announced the winners of the 2021 Craghoppers’ Student Short Film Prize. Part of the Discover Film Awards, The Craghoppers’ Student Film Prize was established to recognise the very best and outstanding talent from around the world, shining a light on filmmakers whose debut films have a strong, distinct vision, compelling narrative and the […]

June 17, 2021

Extreme E teams with Volta Future Positive to tell sustainability story

Extreme E, the all-electric off-road racing series with a purpose, has joined forces with online sustainability platform, Volta Future Positive (VOLTA), to tell the wider stories of the series around its key pillars – electrification, environment, equality and entertainment. Established in 2019, VOLTA is a new and modern online sustainability platform, focussing on promoting solutions […]

June 17, 2021

AWS and Vodafone announce availability of AWS Wavelength in London

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the general availability of AWS Wavelength on the Vodafone 4G/5G network, allowing software developers and enterprises to build ultra-low latency applications for mobile devices and users in the United Kingdom. Customers can now deploy parts of their application that require ultra-low latency at the edge of […]

June 17, 2021

disguise enabled Faber AV to deliver Eurovision Song Contest

The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at Rotterdam’s Ahoy arena, marked the first major live event to take place in the Netherlands since the pandemic. With an incredible visual deployment, the event was powered by disguise. The official technical supplier of the contest, Faber Audiovisuals, relied on a complement of disguise vx 4, […]

June 17, 2021

Grass Valley simplifies playout with DIY solution

Grass Valley continues to help customers deliver more compelling content at low-cost entry points with the latest addition to its portfolio, Playout Xpress. This new solution enables playout customers to adapt to rapidly changing audience trends in a quick and easy way through a system that is powerful enough to handle the most demanding channel […]

June 17, 2021

A+E Networks UK orders 3rd season of River Hunters

A+E Networks UK has announced the commission of returning series, River Hunters, from Hello Halo Productions for flagship channel Sky HISTORY. The River Hunters are back for a third season on Sky HISTORY with a 4×1 hour series due to premiere in November 2021. Season 2 premiered in April 2021 and is one of the […]

June 17, 2021

Research: 46% US homes have 4 or more SVoDs

Coinciding with its fourth annual Future of Video event, research firm Parks Associates has shared its latest data and insights showing that 46 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to four or more OTT services. Some 82 per cent of the 10,000 US broadband households surveyed in Q1 2021 now have an OTT subscription, […]

June 16, 2021

Brands pull ads from GB News

A number of high-profile brands have pulled their adverts from new channel GB News, which went live on June 12th. Swedish furniture outlet Ikea, Ovo Energy, Dutch beer company Grolsch and cider firm Kopparberg are among the brands that have withdrawn advertising since GB News’ launch. OVO Energy said: “We have a media partnership which […]

June 16, 2021