Ahead of the February 18th launch of Season 6 of talent show The Voice in France, commercial broadcaster TF1 has unveiled its first VR experience, and the first to be to linked to an entertainment show in the country. Accessible via the MyTF1VR app, the VR experience will enable users to watch all of the […]
The US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center has released its fifth annual International IP Index, The Roots of Innovation, rating 45 world economies on patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, enforcement, and international treaties. The economies benchmarked in the 2017 Index account for 90 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP). “Just as […]
US superstore chain Best Buy has reportedly closed 200 of its 500 in-store Oculus Rift VR demo stations. Best Buy has yet to give a clear indication why the demo stations are being pulled, but Business Insider reports that Best Buy employees have informed them that often “days would go by without anyone wanting to […]
Global TV operator SPI International / FilmBox Channels Group has signed an agreement with Swecom Cameroon, a local TV service which will carry eight channels from the SPI’s portfolio. The SPI’s French-language package on Swecom will be comprised of two movie channels – FilmBox Africa and FilmBox Art House, two sports channels – FightBox and […]
Conax, part of the Kudelski Group, and specialist in total service protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services, has announced that Indian pay-TV operator Triple Play has selected technology from Conax and Corpus to help drive expansion in the triple-play arena. The new solution includes a Conax-secured multi-DRM offering based on the Conax CaaS cloud-based […]
ESPN will deliver live coverage of the 2017 X Games Aspen on pay-TV channel BT Sport in the UK, as well as live and on demand coverage on ESPNPlayer.com across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). As the premier action sports competition returns to Oslo on March 8th – 11th, the event features top athletes […]
Spain’s Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Force) has successfully raided a store in a shopping centre in the Málaga resort of Calahonda, owned by an ISP suspected of hosting a large-scale illegal IPTV streaming business, thanks to a collaborative effort with Premier League and content security specialist Irdeto. Investigations revealed that the ISP in […]
The TV, film and video production sector in Asia is set to enter a new cycle of growth, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA), as economic development and evolving distribution ecosystems stoke competition and demand for better shows, as well as more varied formats and approaches. MPA’s Video Content Dynamics reviews industry […]
In providing a first look at some of the new original content coming to the service in 2017, at a special event in New York, Netflix has stressed its goal of creating an experience that consistently presents the right content to the right member at the right time. Noting that Internet TV knows no time […]
Research by independent consumer switching advice site Broadband Genie has revealed the majority (81 per cent) of the British public support the government’s latest crackdown on adult websites as part of the Digital Economy Bill, which will require operators to verify a user’s age before allowing them to access the content. Adult websites in the […]