Limelight Networks, a specialist in digital content delivery, has announced that several Internet events in mid-December, including popular video game releases and software downloads, drove record traffic levels for the company. The convergence of these events resulted in Limelight exceeding 2015 peak traffic levels by 28 per cent and surpassing the previous global traffic record […]
In a collaboration designed to connect fans to the Olympic Movement all year round, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and NBCUniversal have created a comprehensive Olympic Channel content and distribution partnership in the US. During the second half of 2017, the partnership will launch a new US television network […]
A bundle of seven TV channels is being launched for pan-African viewing by Egypt’s Radio & TV Union (ERTU) and using Arabsat’s 5-C satellite. The agreement is important to Arabsat because the ERTU normally uses its own part-owned Nilesat satellites for its home and MENA market. Arabsat 5-C delivers a much wider footprint. Wael Al […]
Trace Group continues its breakthrough in South-Eastern Europe with the launch of Trace Urban on Total TV cable, the television package from United Group (Serbia Broadband – SBB – and Telemach). Trace Urban, the leading Urban music channel which offers the latest music videos, exclusive interviews with top celebrities plus unique magazines and documentaries is […]
Premium ad management solutions provider FreeWheel has published its Q3 Video Monetization Report, stating that Q3 2016 was a unique quarter in a unique year, but the overarching trends continue within the premium video space. Content consumption in non-linear environments is growing significantly, and more that consumption is taking place on bigger screens. While major […]
Netflix is pulling the plug on Marco Polo, its high budget 13th-century drama after only two seasons. Netflix does not disclose ratings, so it’s unknown how poorly Marco Polo did. But reviews were mostly negative, and there was no viral momentum built up. Originally developed for Starz, it was produced by the Weinstein Company, and […]
Australian telcos must block access to sites infringing content copyright and divert web users towards a web page created by movie studios, the Federal court has ruled. Pay-TV operator Foxtel welcomed the decision, calling it a “major step in directly combating piracy”. Sites such as The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, Torrent Hound, IsoHunt and SolarMovie are […]
Streaming pay-TV service fuboTV (fubo.tv), which aims to provide the world’s best sports and entertainment programming, is more than doubling its national channel line-up following affiliate agreements with Fox Networks Group, NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, Crown Media Family Networks, Fuse Media, NBA TV and The Weather Channel. This will result in the launch of a new […]
Video app specialist Vimeo has unveiled all-new TV applications for Apple tvOS, Android TV, and Samsung Smart TV, Vimeo’s first HTML5-based TV app on the Tizen operating system. The new apps introduce a complete rebuild of the Vimeo TV experience fully customised for watching and discovering content on these next-generation viewing platforms. “We’ve built brand […]
Bloomberg has launched a new consumer mobile app experience. The new app includes a streamlined, fast, clean, modern design powered by our industry-leading market-moving news, analysis and data – across text, video, audio – and personalised to meet the needs of each individual. Bloomberg says its goal is for the new flagship app to be […]