Advanced Television

Streamroot powers Dailymotion OTT QoS

Video hosting platform Dailymotion has selected OTT video optimisation specialist Streamroot’s patented peer-to-peer delivery technology better to control cost and quality of service across the globe. It has implemented the plugin-free solution – designed to help deliver its content more efficiently and scale profitably over the long run – on both live and VoD content. […]

October 26, 2016

Overseas broadcast deal for FA Cup

The Board of the English Football Association (FA) has ratified what is described as a “hugely significant” overseas broadcast rights deal that will ensure The Emirates FA Cup’s status as the world’s original and greatest domestic cup competition. After an extremely competitive bidding process for the international rights to televise The Emirates FA Cup for […]

October 25, 2016

AT&T, Time Warner $85.4bn deal confirmed

Barely two days after reports emerged that such a deal was likely, giant US telco AT&T and Time Warner have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire Time Warner in a stock-and-cash transaction valued at $107.50 per share, valuing the deal at $85.4 billion (€78.5bn). The agreement has been approved unanimously by […]

October 24, 2016

Cisco pushes Streaming Piracy Prevention

Amit Wohl, Video Security Product Manager in the Service Provider organisation at Cisco, has suggested the company is pioneering a new approach to piracy prevention, with its Streaming Piracy Prevention service utilising technology to locate illegal redistribution of content on the open Internet and closed pirate networks. In a Cisco blog post, Wohl notes that […]

October 24, 2016By Colin Mann

Price and size key factors for TV buyers

According to findings from consumer purchase data specialist InfoScout, despite TV makers’ hype over the latest technologies and features heading into the holiday shopping season, most TV buyers are not persuaded by product and brand differentiation messages during their path to purchase. For the great majority of buyers, finding a TV at the right price […]

October 20, 2016

Sony takes Hopster stake

Sony Pictures Television Networks has taken a minority stake in global pre-school SVoD platform Hopster, becoming a strategic equity investor and taking a seat on the company’s Board. The investment complements SPT Networks’ growing kid’s portfolio, particularly in the UK, where SPT Networks’ linear and AVoD services include POP, Tiny Pop and Kix, which make […]

October 20, 2016

Nigeria targets $1bn annual digital dividend

Nigeria’s Federal Government has said it could potentially raise a digital dividend of $1 billion from the sale of spectrum as it rolls out digitisation of broadcasting in the country. Speaking at the opening of Africast 2016 in Abuja, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said that digitisation of broadcasting offered the country a […]

October 20, 2016

Newstag plans crowd-curated newsreel service

Video news service Newstag is to launch a business-to-business news service designed to offer online publishers and telcos bespoke, broadcast-quality ready-to-air news programmes. ‘Newsreel’ will provide tailored news bulletins using professionally-produced video content that is curated by audiences. Using big data and machine learning, the result will be to provide top quality news programmes targeted […]

October 20, 2016Colin Mann @ MIPCOM

Clubbing TV goes Ultra-HD

Paris-based ClubbingTV is about to shift to Ultra-HD and launch two linear channels in UHD. One service will be provided on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite over Europe, while the other will be hosted by SES for North American distribution. The channels go ‘live’ on November 1st in UHD. The channel is widely distributed on French […]

October 20, 2016By Chris Forester

Bidslate launches content rights marketplace

Suggesting that it is revolutionising the process of transacting global media rights and distribution, BidSlate has launched, offering both buyers and sellers what it says is a secure, transparent marketplace to negotiate, buy and sell film rights. According to co-founders Roland Rojas and Jesse Scolaro, each year, thousands of high-quality independent films, documentaries, shorts, and […]

October 20, 2016Colin Mann @ MIPCOM