AWS has announced the general availability of AWS Elemental Link UHD, a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoding device that makes it easier to connect a live UHD video source, like a camera or other video production equipment, to AWS Elemental MediaLive for video processing in the AWS Cloud. With Link UHD, AWS says users can […]
NAGRA, the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group, which provides security and user experience solutions on multiple screens for the monetisation of digital media, is the newest member of the Brazilian Digital TV System Forum (SBTVD Forum). Aiming to provide technical advice to the Brazilian government in the implementation of the digital TV service […]
BT Sport’s Scottish Football Extra will return to screens on June 17th for a special preview looking ahead to this the big match between England and Scotland in Group D of the UEFA European Championships on June 18th. Scottish Football Extra – England v Scotland Special will air on BT Sport 1 at 7.30pm on […]
Principal Media, the global content licensing and channel distribution company, has entered into an agreement with Loki Mulholland’s Taylor Street Films to represent worldwide broadcast and digital rights to six films on race and social justice. Loki Mulholland is a filmmaker, author and activist who is also the son of the Civil Rights icon Joan […]
Answering the need for enhanced VOD and Live monitoring capabilities for content owners, aggregators, CDN operators and subscription service providers, Telestream, has announced new enhancements to the IQ family of monitoring products and systems. These enhancements provide users with increased visibility, reporting and analytics within their VOD networks. They empower users to drill down for […]
Factual entertainment channel CBS Reality, a joint venture between AMC Networks International – UK and ViacomCBS Networks International announced that it has commissioned two exclusive local original productions, “Criminal Investigations in Communist Poland” and Season 2 of “Inspector Biskupska’s Crime Files” for its Polish feed, to debut later this year. Sam Rowden, Executive Producer for […]
While pay-TV is largely stable, and SVoD continues to grow, OMDIA’S latest consumer survey (April 2021) suggests that a significant number of users are eschewing AVoD and instead increasingly consuming content via paid alternatives. The launch of Studio AVoD service will draw viewers away from BVoD, reducing the overall number of services that a consumer […]
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market study into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems over concerns they have market power which is harming users and other businesses. It is taking a closer look at whether the firms’ effective duopoly over the supply of operating systems (iOS and Android), app stores (App […]
The reputation of the BBC matters. It wants to be seen as the gold-standard of public service broadcasting, and that matters not just for the BBC and, by extension, the UK but for the whole world because, historically, the BBC has successfully projected itself as a beacon of broadcasting service that all democratic nations should […]
Hungarian IT and ICT company 4iG PLC has announced its first international transaction, which it says will allow the Group to continue building its telecommunications portfolio and expanding its space industry business. 4iG and its two subsidiaries, Hungaro DigiTel and CarpathiaSat, have entered into a preliminary agreement with Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) to acquire a 51 […]