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Bank: Pro7 dating needs to show some love

ProSiebenSat.1 Media revealed a set of solid results for its Q3 trading earlier this month, but, in the words of analysts at investment bank Berenberg, the broadcaster’s numbers were overshadowed by concerns about the lack of growth in the company’s dating business. “This dating assets (Parship, Meet), which is set to be listed in 2022, […]

November 15, 2021

F1 TV now on CTV devices

F1 TV will be launching on connected TV devices, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google TV set-top-boxes, ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil on November 14th. Fans will now be able to watch the conclusion to the championship battle on their large-screen devices. F1 TV, which was revamped with new […]

November 12, 2021By Colin Mann

3SS delivers smart TV apps for A1 Bulgaria

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB) and multiscreen entertainment, has delivered two new smart TV apps for A1 Bulgaria, part of the A1 Telekom Austria Group, a provider of digital services and communications solutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The apps are now live and Bulgarian subscribers to […]

November 10, 2021

Analyst: Pay-TV 3.0 is here

Analyst firm TDG suggests that its vision of the pay-TV industry evolving through three generations is now becoming a reality, noting that at the recent StreamTV World conference, Amazon announced it was testing data sharing arrangement with Discovery. Limited to Prime Video Channels and Discovery+ in Europe, general manager of Prime Video Channels Europe, Elisabetta […]

November 3, 2021By Colin Mann

StudioCanal streaming channel on Apple TV

StudioCanal, the production and distribution company owned by Canal+, has launched StudioCanal Presents – a new streaming channel exclusively on the Apple TV app in the UK. The channel offers subscribers access to a catalogue of film and TV titles from StudioCanal’s world-spanning library. The channel is available through the Apple TV app on iPhone, […]

November 3, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Spain: Digital piracy declines

In Spain, digital piracy experienced another decline in absolute figures, according to data from 2020, among the findings of the Observatory on Piracy and Digital Content Consumption Habits 2020, prepared by the independent consultancy GfK at the request of IP protection trade body La Coalición de creadores e industrias de contenidos and presented by the […]

October 26, 2021By Colin Mann

FOX Weather tops App Store chart

FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s new ad-supported streaming weather service, is the number one most-downloaded free app in the US, according to the Apple App Store. The platform, which launched on October 25th, is a streaming weather service offering users a comprehensive suite of forecasting products along with a 24/7 live streaming network, all free […]

October 26, 2021

Al Jazeera launches Unified Mobile app

Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new application utilising the Unified Mobile Platform (uMP) for the Network’s website content. The app is available on the App store and Google Play, and is compatible with smartphones and tablets. The app takes advantage of the new unified Content Management System (uCMS) architecture using GraphQL to simultaneously […]

October 25, 2021

Vewd, Vestel SaaS-based Operator TV solution

OTT software solutions provider Vewd and TV manufacturer Vestel have introduced the Vewd Operator TV, a fully-featured Smart TV with a built-in, content-enriched pay-TV experience which they say will allow operators to win the retail Smart TV landscape. Rather than up-selling pay-TV services through a separate set-top box, or competing alongside other apps inside hard-to-discover […]

October 14, 2021By Colin Mann

Vestel rolls out Red Bull TV app in Europe

TV manufacturer Vestel has announced the launch of Red Bull TV on its line-up of Smart TV ranges. Available immediately, the app has been rolled out by Vestel to more than twenty TV brands across Europe, giving viewers access to exclusive videos from globetrotting adventurers, new music and entertainment, and live events. The Red Bull […]

October 12, 2021