Advanced Television

Ooyala powers multiscreen SVoD service from Hallmark Cards subsidiary Feeln

Feeln, a subscription video streaming service from Hallmark Cards, is now streaming its curated collection of hit Hollywood feature films, the exclusive Hallmark Hall of Fame library and Feeln-originals including their latest series, Breaking Bread with Brooke Burke, to Amazon streaming devices including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, and select Fire tablets including […]

December 7, 2015

Incognito puts the user in control

Advanced Television talks to CEO Stephane Bourque about Incognito’s mission to provide the subscriber with a much better QoE by taking the Home Gateway functionality to the cloud. This means an operator can provide a great experience with a simple, friendly, UI, state-of-the-art functionality and comprehensive user management no matter what the network or legacy […]

December 7, 2015

Limelight Networks – Case Study Chili

An Italian Over-the-Top (OTT) Company Distributing Premium On-Demand Video Content Chili is a transactional video on-demand provider, created in Italy in 2012 from a Fastweb spin-off. The company’s mission is to offer clients a large catalogue of on-demand video, TV series and movies. The catalogue provided by Chili is one of the widest available at […]

December 7, 2015

Enders: TV remains robust

Enders Analysis has published its latest ten year viewing forecasts which showed live and seven-day broadcast time-shift/catch-up to the TV as still making up the great majority of viewing in 2025, though the firm assumes that the complex regulatory network that supports public service broadcasting will remain in place. However, this could come into question […]

December 4, 2015

Perform, Ziggo take Premier League rights

Perform Group, the digital sports content and media company, has confirmed an exclusive deal to broadcast live and on-demand English Premier League matches in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein from the start of the 2016-17 season. Sky Deutschland was the previous Premier League rights holder in German-speaking Europe. The three-year deal also allows Perform to broadcast […]

December 4, 2015By Nik Roseveare

NHK puts 8K TV on public display

Japan’s 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ broadcasting technology will be showcased at four venues at the end of this year. Japan’s NHK public broadcaster is behind the demos, which revolve around the top-rated end-of-year singling competition Kohaku Uta Gassen, which will be run this coming December 30th – 31st for the 66th time. Kohaku Uta Gassen is […]

December 4, 2015By Chris Forrester

Spain: Orange, Vodafone share public venue football rights

Spanish telcos Orange-Jazztel and Vodafone-ONO have jointly acquired the football TV rights to La Liga for public venues (hotels, bars, restaurants) for over the next three seasons. It includes all football matches from the First and Second Division and the Copa del Rey. They will pay €300 million for the TV rights which the companies […]

December 4, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

Ofcom to delay mobile spectrum auction

Ofcom looks set to delay the start of its auction for another round of 4G spectrum, after threats of legal action from Telefonica and Hutchison, parent companies of O2 and Three, who want the regulator to wait until a decision is made about their plan to merge the two mobile companies. The spectrum, formerly used […]

December 4, 2015

Telefonica launches Screen Fusion smart TVs

In a move to boost pay-TV subscriptions to Movistar Plus, Telefonica has launched its Screen Fusion campaign to give its customers free smart TVs with offer access to only its own pay-TV platform. From December 14th, new subscribers to the Movistar Fusion+ 300Mbps fibre service will be able to choose between a 32” TV set […]

December 4, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: How is Sky future-proofing itself?

As Sky announces its $0.3 million investment in TV4 Entertainment, an Ampere Analysis report looks at the company’s investments in start-ups and next generation assets. With 11 such investments now under its belt since its start-up strategy began, how is the broadcaster future-proofing itself against the changing TV landscape? Ampere has identified five core developments […]

December 4, 2015