UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has found that the RT news channel broke broadcasting rules by failing to preserve due impartiality in seven news and current affairs programmes over a six-week period. Earlier in 2018, Ofcom launched a number of investigations into RT to determine whether certain programmes broadcast on the channel had complied with broadcasting […]
What has been an effective strategy for OTT video providers to win new subscribers appears to be backfiring, according to research by specialist consulting firm, Cartesian, which reveals that 27 per cent of consumers access streaming video content using account credentials borrowed or stolen from someone they don’t live with. “In our work with streaming […]
A growing consortium of Hollywood and International entertainment companies have formed the Blockchain Global Entertainment Alliance (BGEA) with the goal to promote blockchain technology adoption for the entertainment industry and develop common standards and best practices in the entertainment blockchain movement. The BGEA is a non-profit alliance designed to educate all forms of entertainment companies […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we bring our annual tour of the test and measurement landscape. As broadband capacity has increased, the emphasis has shifted from underwriting the quality of data-heavy video on crowded networks, to monitoring quality and security as unmanaged services and unmanaged devices proliferate across service provider nets. Not just within […]
Trade bodies DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) and Motion Pictures Laboratories, Inc. (MovieLabs), together with member studios, retailers, and service providers, have approved and released four updated supply chain specifications for digital distribution of film and TV. The specifications were developed and reviewed jointly by the three organisations through the Digital Supply […]
A Greek commercial TV channel has been banned for a 24-hour period because of on-air racism. A sports commentator on Channel “E” (also known as Open TV) made the offensive comments against a coloured player, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, a tall basketball star who a child of Nigerian immigrants to Greece. Antetokounmpo plays for the Panathinaikos basketball […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has announced that global engineering and electronics company Huawei has joined the alliance as a full member. A major player in the world’s digital transformation, Huawei is a provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure platforms and smart devices. “As a nonprofit trade alliance, AIMS plays a […]
HbbTV will be a key element of the new hybrid broadcast and OTT platforms currently being prepared by major European public and commercial broadcasters in countries such as Germany, France and Spain after similar moves in the UK and Italy for instance. This was confirmed by representatives of the involved broadcasters at the 7th HbbTV […]
The DTG, the UK’s collaboration centre for innovation in digital media technology, has published its D-Book 11, the only universally deployed technical standard for TV and DTT in the UK. The D-Book is updated annually with the collaboration of industry, underpinning Freeview, YouView, Freesat, EE TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV. D-Book 11 changes and […]
On a day where a group of British MPs has described the BBC’s pay decision-making as “opaque”, broadcast regulator Ofcom has suggested that the Corporation is generally delivering its remit for audiences, but it must go further in areas such as transparency, taking creative risks and attracting young people, according to the watchdog’s annual report […]