Visitors to next month’s NAB show in Las Vegas will be the first to see Orad’s new ‘Blend 4K’ unit which they describe as the world’s “first ever 4K channel in a box”. Orad says its new Blend unit offers a 4K clip server in XAVC and XAVC-S formats. The ultra HD XAVC uses level […]
AOL have unveiled its plans for a new global programmatic advertising platform for brands, agencies and publishers. ONE by AOL will leverage the teams and technologies behind Adap.tv, AdLearn Open Platform (AOP) and MARKETPLACE to drive powerful brand insight and action across all screens including TV, formats and inventory types. AOL’s Chairman and CEO, Tim […]
Moscow-based Dozhd TV which is under threat to closure because of shortage of cash has launched a fund-raising TV telethon, “’Days of Independence: marathon in support of Dozhd’ to raise money for its continued existence, reports BBC Monitoring which quotes Russia’s Interfax news agency. The Marathon will run all this week until March 30th, and […]
NovelSat, a specilaist in satellite transmission technologies, has announced the availability of NovelSat FreeBand – a new solution that gives broadcasters free satellite bandwidth for video contribution. Broadcasters who lease satellite bandwidth for their video distribution needs understand the costs connected with the space segment. Unfortunately, broadcasters also need to lease additional bandwidth every time […]
Lime TV has signed a contract with Amino for them to supply enhanced set-top boxes to support the rollout of pay-TV services in the Caribbean, Lime TV delivers over 100 channels of pay-TV entertainment – plus VoD – to customers in the Cayman Islands and Barbados. The TV line-up includes a wide range of entertainment […]
An industry study examining the value of the earned TV Twitter audience for media companies and brands has found that more than 90 per cent of those who see TV show-related tweets have taken immediate action to watch, search for or share content. The study also found that TV show viewers exposed to brand tweets […]
Walt Disney Company is buying Maker Studios, a major supplier of video content to YouTube, for $500 million. Disney also agreed to pay as much as $450 million more if Maker Studios meets “strong” performance targets. With Maker Studios, Disney is following DreamWorks Animation into an online video business with expanding audiences but little profit. […]
Despite recent findings suggesting the US multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions for 2013, and amidst continued talk about cord-cutting, a new report from Digital TV Research forecasts that the number of pay-TV subscribers in North America will continue to increase – despite a small decline last year. The Digital TV North […]
Russia is the largest online video market in Europe with 60 million unique viewers according to an independent industry report published by iKS-Consulting, the Russian TMT research company. Further highlights from iKS-Consulting’s report include:
Apple continued to reign as the most profitable and biggest revenue-producing new media company in 2013, despite a year-over-year decline in its net income, according to SNL Kagan data. The iPhone maker reported net income of about $37.04 billion in its fiscal 2013, down 11.3 per cent from the prior year. Its operating revenues, however, […]