Virgin Media has partnered with Spotify to offer its customers the streaming service via its web, TV and mobile offering. The long-awaited partnership is the first deal Spotify has done with an Internet service provider. The streaming service will be integrated into Virgin’s web and mobile offering using the same price brackets of £4.99 and […]
Optical transport solution provider Aurora Networks revealed at the NCTA Cable Show in Chicago that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for technical co-operation with Radio, Film and Television Design and Research Institute (DRFT). The institute is an organisation under China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT). The agreement is designed to […]
Alcatel-Lucent and online video management and publishing specialist thePlatform have formed a strategic alliance to help cable and IPTV providers deliver a new generation of video services to their subscribers’ TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile phones and more. The companies have joined forces to offer a multiscreen video platform that supports the delivery of live scheduled […]
It seems everyone in the satellite business wants to cosy up to Qatar’s billions! A few weeks ago, Paris-based Eutelsat struck a “strategic alliance” to build a new satellite (from Space Systems/Loral). Now Luxembourg-based SES has signed a MoU with ictQatar covering the provision of joint satellite platforms, networks and services. The agreement was reached […]
Two of the leading names in 3D production, 3ality Digital, which specialises in high-end film and video rigs for 3D production, and RED Digital Cinema, acknowledged as one of the most-respected names in 3D/Stereoscopic production, have announced a Stereoscopic 3D partnership. The deal was announced at an event in Hollywood. 3eality Digital will be the […]
RTL has formed an alliance with Anil Ambani’s Reliance Broadcast Network as the pan-European broadcaster enters into Asia at a time when growth in its core markets is flagging. The European group, which said in March that it was looking to secure a deal with a local partner in India, said the two had agreed […]
Global satellite operator SES has joined forces with Kenyan television and broadband operator Wananchi to launch a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) line-up called Zuku TV in East Africa. Zuku TV is East Africa’s newest pay TV offering, set to provide affordable TV options to the mass market in Africa. It is scheduled to launch in July […]
French pay TV operator Canal Plus and French telco Orange have dropped their plan to form a 50/50 joint venture between Canal Plus’s TPS Star service and Orange’s film and TV series channels, according to reports in French newspapers. A new plan to see Canal Plus buy a minority stake in Orange’s channels has been […]
Harvard International has announced a partnership with ANT, a provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, to design and develop software for the next generation of STB products. These will provide HD DTR (high definition digital television recorder) functionality and enable the delivery of services that combine digital media with broadband […]
State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) has partnered with mobile value added service provider DigiVive to offer mobile TV and interactive voice response (IVR) services to its customers in New Delhi, India. The nexGTv service, which is available for both 2G as well as 3G users with compatible handsets, will provide over 50 live TV channels […]