Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services, has announced that Econet Media has selected the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) platform to secure its Kwesé TV service. As part of the initial rollout of its services portfolio, Verimatrix is providing revenue security for the Kwesé app and […]
Research by Ampere Analysis across 32,000 consumers in Europe and the US has revealed that young millennials’ (aged 18-24) interest in sport is on the decline. Best viewed live and in HD, sport has long been considered immune from many of the pressures facing linear TV. However, analysis suggests demographic and cultural shifts are changing […]
BT has revealed plans to transform its BT TV service over the coming months, introducing a new, image-rich user experience with easy access to channels and on demand content, and a new BT TV App. The ‘next-generation’ service will enable customers to manage their recordings and stream live and on demand programmes on mobile devices, […]
Virgin Media and Turner have agreed a long term programming deal in the UK and Ireland. The partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy their favourite channels like Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito, TCM and CNN International, as well as bringing Cartoon Network in HD to customers in Ireland for the first time. Also […]
Starz has announced that Starz and Starz Encore premium pay-TV channels and services – including Starz and Starz Encore, and Starz Encore Westerns – will be available on the new AT&T streaming service DirecTV Now. When DirecTV Now launches later this month, the service will feature eight Starz Encore channels, with more Starz channels to […]
MoMedia, the digital distributor and content management company, has signed new deals with four of the biggest digital-first IP brands in the world of children’s entertainment. Indian YouTube brand ChuChu TV, 30-channel network Hooplakidz, language-education platform Badanamu and Brazilian kids’ music project Lottie Dottie Chicken (Galinha Pintadinha) have all joined the MoMedia roster for distribution […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider Nagra, a Kudelski Group company, has confirmed that Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the leading multi-system cable operators in Taiwan, has rolled out a newly digitised platform powered by OpenTV 5. NAGRA has been a key partner in TBC’s ongoing digitisation efforts providing the operator with both […]
BBC Research & Development’s (R&D) experimental The Turning Forest VR fairy tale launches next week for Daydream, Google’s mobile VR offering available free to all audiences. The Turning Forest is an enchantingly-surreal VR story produced by BBC R&D in collaboration with virtual reality production studio VRTOV. In a magical forest, a young child stares into […]
Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has announced that media coverage of the US Presidential Election was the largest single news event the company has ever helped its customers deliver. Live video streaming traffic specific to the election peaked at 7.5 Tbps on the Akamai Platform shortly before midnight Eastern […]
The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) – the UK body which represents the interests of publishers and rights-owners of pre-recorded filmed entertainment – has appointed James Duvall as the new Head of Insight for the organisation. Duvall will lead the BASE Insight function, which also encompasses insight responsibility for The Industry Trust for IP […]