The Digital Development Group (DigiDev), a content licensing and technology company offering a distribution platform for an array of content for television and other Internet enabled devices in the US has announced the addition of the “Your Family Entertainment” to its content. The addition comes as the Company prepares to unveil new channels and their […]
Middle East satellite jamming has reached what one local broadcaster has described as “catastrophic” proportions. While Eutelsat and Intelsat have legitimately removed troublesome Iranian (IRIB) channels from their satellites, the jamming from within Iran and affecting incoming satellite feeds continues. The BBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America are just some of […]
Continuing to expand the reach and diversity of its Membership, CASBAA has welcomed Corporate Members VTC from Vietnam and Sky Net of Myanmar, as well as Hong Kong’s TMS and the Motion Picture Association. Patron Member upgrades have also been registered by satellite operator Eutelsat of Paris and Sky News Australia in Sydney. “The CASBAA […]
Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic America, has announced the launch of UVideos, a bilingual digital network for Hispanic America with a fully integrated, comprehensive social experience. Available online and the UVideos mobile app on iOS and Android compatible devices, US Hispanics will have access to their favourite Univision content, including popular Televisa programming […]
Motive Television, the London-based television software and services company, has developed a new solution that permits the managed distribution of video content to wireless devices in order to distribute the demand placed on 4G wireless networks more evenly over peak and off-peak periods. Motive is a specialist in providing managed content delivery based on the […]
Portugal could have more than 30 Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels, some of them in HD, if the frequency spectrum vacated with the end of analogue TV is assigned to broadcasters, according to a report by local daily Correio de Manha. The National Communications Authority (Anacom) has asked the operators and the media regulator (ERC) […]
Ratos is selling Stofa to the Danish energy and telecom group SE (Syd Energi) for DKK 1,900 million (€254m). The sale generates a net gain the private equity Ratos of approximately SEK 850 million. The sale is subject to approval from the relevant regulatory authorities and SE’s Board of Representatives. Stofa is a Danish operator […]
US disc and game rental operation Redbox, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinstar and Warner Bros Home Entertainment have signed a multi-year agreement to bring Warner Bros’ Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles to Redbox kiosks 28 days after their retail release dates. In addition, Redbox announced plans to join the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) […]
With consumers all across the globe facing continued economic uncertainty, global TV demand is expected to be flat in 2013, after shipments of all TV types declined by more than 4 per cent in 2012, to 237 million, according to NPD DisplaySearch’s quarterly global TV shipment and forecast report. “Worldwide demand for TVs continues to […]
Eighty per cent of smartphone owners use their device while watching television, according to the latest eCustomerServiceIndex results from eDigitalResearch and IMRG. The survey also found that a similar number (81 per cent) of tablet owners use their device in the same way, as do around three quarters (73 per cent) of laptop users. The […]