Sky is set to unveil its next generation Sky STB on November 18th. A cryptic invite to a product launch invites journalists to “see how we’re changing TV again”, and introduces the hashtag #SetTVFree. Tentatively dubbed “SkyQ”, the STB is reported to offer multi-screen viewing so family members can each watch different shows on varying […]
Netherland’s-based 4K newcomer Insight will launch its all-UHD service in the next few days on Russia’s Tricolor DTH platform. The channel is already broadcasting from SES Astra’s 19.2 degree orbital slot, and will shortly start transmissions over India. Insight is firmly set on an expansion curve and while CEO Mariam Zamaray says she wants the […]
Some 4.3 million Spaniards are regular connected TV viewers, according to a study conducted by trade body IAB Spain along with Smartclip and Elogia. The report found that 64 per cent of connected users now access connected TV services through smart TVs, followed by gaming consoles (29 per cent), PCs (28 per cent), hybrid DTT […]
Jeremy Clarkson, the former Top Gear presenter who was sacked by the BBC, is starring in a commercial for Amazon’s streaming device, the Fire TV Stick. The ad, which will air on ITV on October 31st during the Rugby World Cup Final, shows the TV host using the device Amazon’s fastest-selling product to date and […]
Connected TV, a source of streaming video that the industry has been slow to monetise via advertising, is moving into the programmatic realm as barriers to integration dissolve. The amount of CTV inventory available to programmatic advertisers is expected to surge throughout the remainder or 2015, with video inventory management platform SpotX partnering with two […]
Giant screen specialist IMAX’s CEO Richard Gelfond told analysts that the theatre operator’s past few months had been “historic”. “In addition to strong third quarter results on both the top line and bottom line, I’m proud to say we installed our 1,000th IMAX theater; doubling our theatre network in four years. And most recently, we […]
The Kudelski Group, an independent provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has confirmed the appointment of Rich A. Fennessy as Group Senior Vice President – and CEO of Kudelski Security. In this role, Fennessy will lead the global cyber security business, focusing on the global expansion of the Group’s cyber security activities […]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has reported that its WWE Network SVoD service reached 1.233 million paid subscribers as of the end of the third quarter (to September 30th). The network attracted an average of 1.173 paid subscribers during the quarter. The paid subscriber count was up from 1.156 subscribers at the end of the second […]
Netflix has given Paramount TV’s 13 Reasons Why, executive produced by Selena Gomez, a straight-to-series order. The show, based on the New York Times bestselling YA book by Jay Asher, was created by Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Yorkey, who also wrote the pilot. 13 Reasons Why is the second Netflix straight to order series for […]
Nova, the largest pay-TV platform in Greece, has partnered with Fox International Channels to provide an unprecedented range of international sporting events and sports programming to all Nova 3Play subscribers. Fox Sports HD, available for the first time in Greece, is available effective immediately on channel 314 of Nova’s bouquet. Programming will include: · NFL (from […]