Tele Columbus, Germany’s third largest cable operator, is deploying Metrological’s Application Platform to provide an integrated OTT app experience as part of its recently launched advanceTV entertainment offering. advanceTV is Tele Columbus’ next-generation multi-screen video experience featuring the latest TV, movies, apps and web content. Metrological is powering the advanceTV smart app portal, which will […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 revealed at the TF1 Campus innovation conference that it will launch a dedicated VR app, branded MyTF1VR, in April 2017, marking its first foray into VR. The app will feature a line-up of VR-produced content covering sport, news and entertainment. TF1 will also produce an original short film called Sergent James. […]
Cisco Systems has agreed to buy US business software company AppDynamics Inc for about $3.7 billion (€3.4bn), making one of its largest deals of recent years. Rob Salvagno, Cisco’s vice president of corporate development, said that the acquisition fits Cisco’s long-term direction and its transition toward software. AppDynamics makes software that manages and analyses apps […]
Entertainment network EPIX has reveaed it will offer EPIX content through an app that enables authenticated subscribers to access its library of more than 2,000 Hollywood movies on TiVo devices. The app will first launch with Atlantic Broadband, the ninth-largest cable operator in the US. Any Atlantic Broadband customer with a TiVo device will be […]
Amagi, a specialist in cloud-based managed broadcast services, has announced that Viacom18 has launched Rishtey Cineplex in the US, using its CLOUDPORT managed services. Rishtey Cineplex is a Hindi movie channel that airs Bollywood movies, along with Hindi-dubbed South Indian movies. The channel is part of a growing bouquet of offerings from the Indian media […]
Vice Media will launch Viceland, its youth-focused lifestyle and culture channel, in the Netherlands and Belgium on March 1st. Liberty Global’s cable platform Ziggo will carry the channel in the Netherlands and Telenet in Belgium. The channel will launch with local versions of Viceland Census, a factual series in which young people from across the […]
Starz Play Arabia has signed a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros International Television Distribution that will enable the streaming service to offer more premium content from the Hollywood studio. Starz Play will now have access to hit superhero TV shows such as The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl, as well as the mysterious crime drama Blindspot. […]
Hulu and Magnolia Pictures have announced a new output licensing agreement that will grant Hulu the pay one window streaming rights to films released by the major film distributor. Through the deal, the films will become available to stream exclusively on Hulu following their theatrical run. Future releases will begin streaming on Hulu in the […]
MENA VoD service Icflix and Yellow Spot Productions are collaborating on Super Geek Heroes – a new educational, 3D animation series for youngsters. Super Geek Heroes aims to educate, entertain and enhance the development of children aged from 2 – 5 years. Each episode focuses on curricular areas such as health, literacy, numeracy and social-emotional development. Narrated by children […]
Pan-European broadcaster Sky has continued the growth of its international production and distribution business with the acquisition of a majority stake in one of the UK’s leading independent production companies, True North, and an investment in UK-based television drama production company from Chris Wright and Mick Pilsworth, Chrysalis Vision. Over the last three years, Sky […]