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DASH Industry Forum releases implementation guidelines

DASH Industry Forum (DASH-IF), the organisation dedicated to promoting interoperable streaming of multimedia content over Internet, has released DASH-AVC/264, its recommended guidelines for deployment of the MPEG-DASH standard. The MPEG-DASH specification provides a standard method for streaming multimedia content over Internet by simplifying and converging delivery of IP video. This improves user experience while decreasing […]

June 20, 2013

Sky News, HBO, ESPN on Apple TV

Sky News is now offering live 24/7 broadcast news on Apple TV, further extending its international reach. The service, which launches subscription free, will enable millions of Apple TV customers in the US, UK and Ireland to access live Sky News directly on their HDTV through Apple TV. Effective immediately, Apple TV customers will see […]

June 20, 2013

Pirate Bay co-founder jailed

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a co-founder of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking into Swedish government computers and making illegal online bank transfers. The charges against the 28-year-old Warg included aggravated fraud, attempted aggravated fraud and data breaching. Warg was arrested in Sweden last year after […]

June 20, 2013

UKTV screens Dynamo online before TV

UKTV has announced that soft drinks brand Pepsi MAX has extended its sponsorship of Dynamo to Dynamo: Magician Impossible on Watch and has teamed up with the channel to premiere the first episode of the brand new series on the Watch website before it airs on the channel. Dynamo fans can watch the first episode […]

June 20, 2013

Sky kicks off new football season with 7 live games

Having endured an entire summer without football, fans will be rewarded with seven live Football League matches over just ten days as Sky Sports launches its biggest ever season. Celebrating its 125th year, the Football League has arranged special anniversary fixtures and Sky will show all five matches that feature all eight of the founding […]

June 20, 2013

Walking Dead exclusive on LOVEFiLM

Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has announced an exclusive deal with FOX International Channels that will bring one of the most-watched drama series in US cable history, The Walking Dead, to LOVEFiLM Instant. Series one of the award-winning zombie drama is available to LOVEFiLM Instant members in the UK immediately, with additional series scheduled to appear on the […]

June 20, 2013

Sky Italia consolidates programme department

Sky Italia has consolidated its programming structure into a single group led by Andrea Scrosati who has been appointed Executive Vice President Programming. Scrosati will lead Cinema, Entertainment, Partner Channels and Sky TG24. Sport content will remain a separate group. This structure follows a model already adopted by News Corp in the UK and in […]

June 20, 2013

Malaysia’s Astro tops 3.3m subs

Malaysia´s digital satellite operator Astro, states that their pay-TV subscriber base has increased by 40,000 and has reached 3.32 million. The number of subscribers opting for Astro´s B.yond has increased to 2.18 million which represents 66 per cent of the total pay-TV subscriber base. Out of the 2.18 million B.yond subscribers, 1.40 million have opted […]

June 20, 2013By Chris Forrester

Cisco reaches 150m pay-TV viewers in India

In the rapidly growing pay-TV industry in India, Cisco has established itself as the leading provider of enhanced TV viewing experiences to more than 30 million Indian homes. Using the industry estimated average of five people per household, Cisco is now enabling a rich and advanced TV experience for over 150 million viewers, a milestone […]

June 20, 2013

Intelsat suspends Iranian TV channels

Intelsat says it is recognising a US ruling in favour of formal sanctions against Iran, and in particular against the president of Iran’s national broadcasting corporation (IRIB).  The decision also means that Press TV, an English-language news channel broadcast from Tehran, is also curtailed. Intelsat says that it has been ordered by the US government […]

June 20, 2013By Chris Forrester