The Canal+ Group is launching an OTT drama service – c+SSéries – available from March 12th, offering what it says is thousands of hours of shows, including its Original Commissions and major international series for €6.99 a month. International series available at launch include Engrenages, Hippocrate, Versailles, Platane, Guyane, and in due course Vernon Subutex, […]
UK multiplay telco BT has agreed a deal with youth media brand VICE Media to show its lifestyle and entertainment channel, VICE on TV on BT TV and content across the BT Player and the BT TV app. VICE on TV, a youth-oriented lifestyle and entertainment channel, will give BT TV customers access to a […]
BitMovio has launched an open beta for its next-generation gamified video entertainment marketplace. The launch delivers an expansive update on content creator and consumer interactivity as well as access to a growing array of gamified monetisation and reward models. Users are invited globally to participate in the open beta for watching and engaging with the […]
Motorsport and automotive video provider Motorsport.tv, which in a previous incarnation as Motors TV provided a free-to-air channel on UK DTT platform Freeview, has launched a new service to fuel the passion of fans and open up access to a world of content with its freemium OTT service. As Motorsport Network’s hub for video content, […]
Children’s video sharing app TikTok has been handed a record fine in the US for a case involving children’s data privacy. The company has been ordered to pay $5.7 million and implement new measures to handle users who say they are under 13. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the Musical.ly app, which acquired and […]
The BBC is to pioneer live radio broadcasts over 5G mobile networks in the first public trial of its kind. The trial in Stronsay, Orkney, could help the BBC reach more people in rural areas in future. The trial will run for an initial six weeks with potential to extend. It is part of the […]
5G will transform the sports experience for fans in stadiums and at home, according to research conducted by Ovum for Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies. Seventy-six per cent of network operators in Europe
Eleven Sports’ OTT streaming service has launched apps for Amazon’s Fire TV Stick and Android TVs in the UK. Each app is optimised for TV and will offer Eleven’s content in HD resolution. Previously Eleven Sports was only available via Google Chromecast. The Eleven Sports apps are available to download immediately from the Google Play […]
Three leading clubs in England’s top-flight football tournament the Premier League are offering fans the possibility of watching a season-defining moment, then reliving it from any angle including from the perspective of their favourite player as they run up to take a penalty or make an improbable goal-line clearance. In partnership with Arsenal FC, Liverpool […]
Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]