Brands, broadcasters and content owners can now extend their existing online video channels and video content catalogues to LG Smart TVs at no extra cost, with Opera TV Snap, a toolkit that generates Smart TV channels in minutes. LG Smart TV will launch selected channels from Opera TV’s portfolio in eight markets: the UnK, France, […]
Beninese private news channel Golfe TV AFRICA has chosen Eutelsat Communications to support its transition to HD broadcasting. Golfe TV AFRICA has taken a three-year capacity lease on the Eutelsat 16A satellite to broadcast Sub-Saharan Africa’s first free-to-air High Definition channel. Broadcasts kicked off on October 1. Golfe TV AFRICA is operated by Golfe Gazette […]
ESPN has partnered with EA and FIFA 16 to produce an amusing new video series which uses the market-leading game to simulate the Premier League season. FIFA Fantasy League combines games highlights with mock commentary and fake studio analysis to take an alternative and comedic look at the beautiful game. Hosted on ESPN.co.uk and ESPNFC.co.uk, […]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that the government is looking at all options to secure the financial future of the public service broadcaster Channel 4, including a private sector sale. Asked during Prime Minister’s Question Time by John Nicolson, Shadow Scottish Nationalist Party Spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport, to confirm that the […]
Social TV behaviours have continued to evolve over the years; shifting from consumers passively consuming TV – to socially consuming TV as more and more social media becomes accessible via different devices and sources. A study from the Connected Home UX (CHX) group at Strategy Analytics has found that while use of social media when […]
Many consumers and their representatives have urged regulators to take action on the persistent technical problems during live transmissions of Champions League football by the OTT platform TotalChannel. They are complaining about the Mediapro-owned OTT platform TotalChannel and have requested an immediate solution to avoid the continuous failures affecting many users. According to the Associations, […]
Figures from Decipher’s bi-annual media consumption report Mediabug have shown that half of those who have purchased a TV show or film on their set-top box have never purchased a digital TV show or film before. Mediabug Wave 7 reports that, to date, 24 per cent of the UK online population have purchased a digital […]
A group of investors has challenged the appointment to the Sky board of John Nallen, CFO of 21st Century Fox, arguing that the lack of independence will not help the company in the eyes of anti-trust regulators. The UK’s Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF), which includes 25 members that control about 2 per cent% […]
Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT pay-TV operator is to offer Ultra-HD transmissions in High Dynamic Range to its DTH subscribers. SkyPerfect is already transmitting UHD signals via its JCSAT-3A satellite. The broadcaster will demo the new signals at the Tokyo InterBee Broadcast Equipment event on November 18th – 20th. For the 4K HDR transmission, an uplink using […]
Sky’s online streaming service NOW TV is now available on the new Apple TV, giving UK users access to live action from all seven Sky Sports channels and popula shows on 13 pay-TV channels. Gidon Katz, Director of NOW TV, said: “We are pleased to be able to offer our range of flexible and great value […]