Econet Media’s Kwesé and ESPN have announced a media collaboration in Africa. The deal will deliver sports coverage in Africa, offering a wide range of sports and thousands of hours of programming. African audiences will benefit from content from global sports media company in ESPN, in conjunction with Kwesé’s premium sports offering, while Kwesé’s pan-African […]
Turner has announced a major enhancement to its Cartoon Network Watch and Play app, allowing Globe Telecom customers to livestream Cartoon Network and on-demand content via a new authenticated service. Globe customers will soon be able to log in to the free app using their username and password to unlock an array of value-added services, […]
Varnish Software, a specialist in caching software and high-performance content delivery, has partnered with Cedexis, a player in internet performance monitoring and optimisation, to introduce Varnish Extend, a private content delivery solution. Varnish Extend is for companies seeking to optimise digital content delivery while controlling costs. It is a software layer that enables organisations to […]
Viceland, the lifestyle and culture channel aimed at millennials, will launch on Dutch cable platform Ziggo with a localised version in early 2017. Further availability across other platforms will follow. The channel, a spin-off from Vice magazine, will produce all of its content in-house. Viceland launched in the US and Canada in February and in […]
Amit Wohl, Video Security Product Manager in the Service Provider organisation at Cisco, has suggested the company is pioneering a new approach to piracy prevention, with its Streaming Piracy Prevention service utilising technology to locate illegal redistribution of content on the open Internet and closed pirate networks. In a Cisco blog post, Wohl notes that […]
High-street video game retailer GAME has faced a barrage of criticism following its decision to charge for demos of Sony’s new Playstation Virtual Reality headset. GAME is charging £5 (€5) for 10 minutes or £15 for a half hour in-store trial. The chain has yet to comment officially, but its customer services department has told […]
While the saying goes that everyone has a book in them, Nick Fraser – the creative force behind award winning documentaries such as Man On Wire and Blackfish – believes the same applies to documentaries. He has pledged to commission 125 films from original ideas in one year. The films will join the ever expanding […]
Nintendo has unveiled its first major console since 2012 – a portable device that can also connect to a TV screen. Branded “Switch”, the console has the appearance of a tablet device and has controllers attached to either side, combining a handheld system and a console for the first time, and allowing gamers to play at […]
Donald Trump could launch a cable or OTT news net, according to numerous reports the US – that’s assuming he doesn’t end up in the White House. Trump ran a Facebook Live event this week for the third and final presidential in what some commentators said was a dry run for a fully-fledged news channels. […]