joiz Group, the Zürich-based digital media company with broadcast and advertising technology subsidiaries, is strengthening its management team with the appointment of Antonius Salis to the role of Chief Business Development Officer. This new position has been created to drive global expansion for the company, identifying and developing opportunities for joiz Global’s unique community marketing […]
IBM is buying Clearleap, a provider of cloud based video services, to boost its cloud computing initiatives. Financial details were not disclosed. Clearleap will be integrated into the IBM Cloud platform to provide enterprises with a fast and easy way to manage, monetise and grow user video experiences and deliver them securely over the Web […]
Netflix will focus on developing its own content next year and aim to nearly double the number of original shows to 31 from 16, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has vowed. The video-streaming giant has 10 feature films, 30 kids’ series, “about a dozen” feature documentaries, 10 stand-up specials and two documentary series in various […]
Advanced video compression solutions provider Thomson Video Networks – currently backed by the private equity partner Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners – has received a binding offer from video delivery infrastructure specialist Harmonic to acquire 100 per cent of the company for $75 million (€69m). The combined company would establish Harmonic with clear market share […]
Strategy Analytics believes that YouTube’s move to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon with its own premium streaming service is doomed to fail.Mike Goodman, Director of Digital Media Strategies at Strategy Analytics, comments: “Although a premium subscription video service has long
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has upgraded its Infinity video streaming service by adding content in Ultra HD and Dolby 5+1 audio. In a European first, Infinity has signed an exclusive output contract with Warner Bros for eight box office hits in 4K (“300”, “Polar Express”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Edge of Tomorrow”, “The Great Gatsby”, “American Sniper”, […]
An Ampere Analysis’ report proposes and discusses three possible future scenarios if Netflix moved into advertising. The streaming video company has been at pains to point out it has no plans to make such a move, but Ampere Analysis anticipates that Netflix’s consistent 15 per cent YoY revenue growth of the last two years will […]
OTT TV will be a big hit for consumers this Christmas, with 52 per cent of viewers around the world planning to use an online TV service during the festive season, according to a research study commissioned by Paywizard. However, although a hit at Christmas, operators like Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix will lose many of their […]
A £200 million (€275m) investment in the UK’s famous Pinewood Studios, which includes the construction of 10 mammoth sound stages, will better equip the facility for a range of high-end television production opportunities, although (Lord) Michael Grade, Chairman, is pleased to report that current demand from the movie sector means that there is little opportunity […]
Convergent packages along with better infrastructure is driving pay-TV growth with almost one in four (24.4 per cent) of homes in the country receiving pay-TV services as of the end of first half other year, according to the latest report from the regulator CNMC. At the end of the second quarter, there were 5.5 million subscribers, […]