Piksel, the video management software and services company, has announced that Avi Cohen has joined its board of directors. Cohen was most recently the CEO of MX1, a global media services provider founded in July 2016 from the merger of RR Media and SES Platform Services, and before that was CEO of RR Media, from […]
E-Vision, a fully-owned subsidiary of Etisalat, and Starz Play, a VoD service in the MENA region, have announced a first-of-its kind, five-year content deal with Etisalat. Etisalat eLife customers can enjoy more than 10,000 hours of blockbuster Hollywood and Bollywood movies, same-time-as-the-US TV shows, documentaries, kids entertainment and dedicated Arabic content all ad-free and in […]
Bell Media has announced that its premium TV streaming service, CraveTV, is now available on Amazon Fire TV devices. CraveTV subscribers who have the Amazon Fire TV Stick Basic Edition can now stream a line-up of premium television programming directly from their Amazon Fire TV device. The launch of CraveTV on Amazon Fire TV is […]
Boxer, a UK solution provider for the video, film and TV markets, has announced a new partnership with V-Nova, a London-based manufacturer of next-generation video compression solutions for the ever-growing requirements of media processing and delivery. V-Nova is best-known as the manufacturer of the multiple award-winning PERSEUS cross-media codec, which enables media and entertainment companies […]
According to Dataxis research, linear OTT pay-TV market in Europe reached 7.4 million subscribers at the end of September 2017. This represents a growth of 13 per cent compared to the previous quarter. Over the years the number of linear OTT offers has been increasing, driven by the growth observed in offer specialised in sports […]
Telefónica and Netflix are finalising an agreement to integrate the SvoD giant’s content on the Movistar Plus pay-TV platform. The deal – still to be signed – would allow Movistar Plus to offer its 3.7 million subscribers all Netflix cinema and TV series. Unlike its rivals Vodafone and Orange, Telefónica is seeking a complete integration […]
The UK Government has delivered on its manifesto commitment to extend superfast broadband to 95 per cent of the UK by the end of 2017, DCMS Secretary of State Matt Hancock has revealed. Figures published by www.thinkbroadband.com have confirmed that more than 19 out of 20 UK homes and businesses now have the opportunity to […]
The Spanish government has approved a takeover bid of local infrastructure company Abertis, which controls Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat. One bidder is Italian motorway operator Atlantia, although others are also interested in the Abertis assets. It is not yet clear as to whether there will be Spanish conditions attached to any final bid because of […]
Belgian company I-MOVIX, which specialised in cameras for capturing extreme slow motion for sports broadcast, is to cease operations, having been declared bankrupt. In a Statement, the company said: “We are very thankful and grateful to our amazing team of young talents, passionate and dedicated engineers, technicians, sales guys, administrative people, etc. We are very […]
A study from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and emotion measurement specialist Canvs on how television show audience Emotional Reactions (ERs) impact the following week’s live airing viewership, found that certain viewer ERs in response to talent can predict an increase in live tune-in the following episode. The study – Reacting to Actors, Characters, […]