Pay-TV subscription management specialist Paywizard is set to expand internationally with £3.5 million of funding from the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF). The funding boost from the SLF will support Paywizard as it seeks to capitalise on the growing pay-TV and video on demand markets by rolling out its software and services internationally. Having recently announced […]
WISI, the German supplier of digital video and audio processing, broadband access and fibre optical solutions, has announced a significant investment in Inca Networks. The Canadian company is a provider of video delivery solutions for the contribution, real-time processing and monitoring of linear and multiscreen TV content. Among its customers are major pay-TV providers and […]
Kantar Media, a global provider of strategic advertising and marketing intelligence, is investing in BIScience, provider of AdClarity, a leading digital media intelligence platform which specialises in cross-channel and global digital media monitoring, planning, and optimisation. The collaboration is the latest move in Kantar Media’s focus on developing industry-leading capabilities focused on real-time intelligence and […]
Alain Weill, the Chairman, CEO, Founder and main shareholder of independent multimedia company NextRadioTV and Patrick Drahi, the Chairman and Founder of multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice have signed a strategic partnership of their groups to invest in and to accelerate the development of multimedia projects in both France and other […]
The UK Government has issued a Consultation ‘Green Paper’ in which it has set out the topics for debate as part of the process to review the BBC’s Royal Charter to make sure it remains a valued public broadcaster. The BBC’s initial response was that that the Green Paper would appear to herald a much […]
An independent review looking at the current sanctions in place for failure to hold a TV licence in the UK has found that the current system of criminal enforcement should be maintained, at least under the present system of licence fee collection. It concludes that the current system is appropriate and fair, and represents value […]
Senior executives at Sky and software-defined video solutions specialist Elemental Technologies have revealed the operational and technological benefits of their working and financial partnership, with the pay-TV operator confirming that it is leveraging Elemental to process and deliver its OTT TV service NOW TV and mobile TV service, Sky Go. In December 2014, Sky made […]
Showbox, the video production tool, has announced a Series A funding round of $8 million (€7.3m) from leading media executives and strategic partners including former CEO of AMEX Travel Charles Petruccelli, Chairman of IMAX Brad Wechsler, Wix co-founder Giora Kaplan, TPG Partner Karl Peterson, and more. The company has been operating in stealth mode for […]
Chris Bryant MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the Labour opposition, has suggested that recent events indicate that the current BBC Trust model of governance is “bust”, and questioned the continuing role of Trust Chair Rona Fairhead. Speaking to the Broadcasting Press Guild, Bryant, a former Head of European […]
The voice of the audiences who pay for the BBC must be heard in the BBC’s Charter Review debate following the agreement reached with the Government on the BBC licence fee, BBC Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said, launching the BBC Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15. The report shows that in 2014/15 the BBC continued to […]