Intertrust Technologies and Japan Digital Serve Corporation (JDS) have announced that JDS has selected the Intertrust ExpressPlay uDRM (Universal Digital Rights Management) service for JDS’ Live Streaming, Time-shifted TV, and Catch Up TV services, milplusTV. In addition, JDS will provide the ExpressPlay uDRM service to its cable television operators who offer milplusTV to their subscribers. […]
Philippines broadband telco Globe has won three creative competition Kidlat Awards for its execution of #PlayItRight’s ‘Piracy vs. Piracy’, the company’s homegrown advocacy to encourage Filipinos to download or stream content from legitimate sources.Piracy vs. Piracy was recognised for three awards—Creative Use Of Media, Branded Corporate Social Responsibility and Digital Activation and Campaigns—at the Ad […]
Syfy, NBCUniversal International Networks’ destination for fans of science fiction and fantasy genres – has acquired exclusive UK premiere rights to three new dramas from Disney UK & Ireland. Airing this spring, new programming includes Marvel’s Runaways (pictured), a TV series based on the celebrated Marvel comic, supernatural thriller Siren and sci-fi crime drama Stitchers. […]
VICELAND, the lifestyle and entertainment TV channel from VICE Media, will launch in the UK on TalkTalk TV (Channel 338) from March 27th, as the network readies a number of new distribution deals for 2018. The new deal will exist in addition to VICELAND’s on-going partnership with Sky, as well as OTT services NowTV and […]
France Télévisions, along with French producer La Vingt-Cinquième Heure, is creating a 360° VR experience based around French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The experience will feature two short-form 360° programmes (2 x 15min). These short documentaries, collectively called Dans la peau de Thomas Pesquet (In the Life of Thomas Pesquet) will chronicle the daily life of […]
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, the German broadcasting group, is launching a new FTA channel on March 21st featuring a line-up of popular US programming. The channel will air TV series including Modern Family (pictured), Glee, Suits, Breaking Bad, Anger Management and 12 Monkeys. The channel will initially launch on Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s OTT service TV Now, and programmes […]
Amazon Prime Video UK has concluded a deal with FremantleMedia that will see singing competition American Idol air exclusively in the UK two days after it first airs in the US. On the deal, Jamie Lynn, EVP, Head of Sales and Distribution, EMEA for FremantleMedia International said: “American Idol has launched to fantastic ratings on […]
ATEME, video delivery leader, and French service provider Canal+, have extended their partnership to include UHD premium services. Leveraging. ATEME’s continuous research and innovation in picture quality, Canal+ workflow can now process both SD, HD and UHD content. “Canal+ Group is a pioneer in technological innovation for entertainment. ATEME’s efficient premium quality products gives us […]
QYOU Media, a curator of ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has announced its first UK deal with GoMedia, Europe’s on-board infotainment provider, which will see QYOU’s curated online video content distributed to UK rail passengers. QYOU will deliver 40 episodes of QYOU Hits, its flagship show featuring expertly curated short-form video content to customers on […]
The proliferation of pay-TV operators in Spain, and the increasingly growth of their penetration in the market, are boosting domestic TV production, easing the creation of new TV producers and opening a new exploitation window for traditional linear TV companies, such as Mediaset and Atresmedia. Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 and La Sexta among others, […]