Communications company and sports and news-focused live TV streaming service fuboTV have agreed a video streaming distribution and technology partnership that they say advances how content can be delivered and consumed in-flight. The partnership claims to be the first to leverage technology standards from the global technical association, the Streaming Video Alliance, and apply them […]
beIN Sports has announced the addition of beIN Sports Xtra, the network’s free, 24/7 English-language live sports streaming channel, to Samsung TV Plus, channel 1062. beIN Sports Xtra joins the nearly 100 free TV channels already on the Samsung TV Plus service. Established in December of 2016 in the US, Samsung TV Plus is pre-installed […]
Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc, which provides gigabit fibre broadband Internet and IPTV to a number of locations in the US, will no longer be offering a traditional linear TV product to its new subscribers, saying it is happy to help everyone explore other options to get their favourite programming […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, has extended its exclusive rights to Premier League football in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in a new six year deal that runs from 2022 to 2028. Anders Jensen, NENT Group President and CEO, commented: “I am thrilled with this new and extended agreement that once […]
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has supported a massive crackdown on illegal IPTV distributors in an operation executed by the Cybercrime Unit of the Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organised Crime (Главна Дирекция Борба с Организираната Престъпност) of the Ministry of Interior and led by the Bulgarian Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation. […]
DRM technology specialist Intertrust and content protection service provider Friend MTS are extending their partnership agreement that enhances Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. Now, an additional layer of protection is introduced that is complementary to the ExpressPlay content security suite, which features ExpressPlay DRM and ExpressPlay XCA. […]
In 2019, ESPN Digital achieved its best year on record with an average of 95.5 million unique visitors per month, up +14 per cent year-over-year and 25.2 million more than the next closest competitor (+36 per cent over CBS Sports). This included its best month ever in September with an all-time high 109.3 million unique […]
VIZIO has selected Cinedigm’s Matchpoint Blueprint as a preferred development platform to provide video streaming apps across VIZIO SmartCast TVs in the US. The offering will open the door for premium content partners to bring new applications and programming to the VIZIO SmartCast platform. “We’re pleased to have Cinedigm’s Matchpoint Blueprint platform as a means […]
Eleven Sports is the new home of Serie A1 Roller Hockey in Italy, and will stream approximately 50 live matches this season. Eleven Sports has also secured the rights for Giorgio Petrosyan’s ISKA World Title kickboxing match against Gaetan Dambo, and broadcast the bout to fight fans throughout the country on february 1st. Eleven Sports […]
The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE), the global industry association focused on the home entertainment sector, has rebranded itself as the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) with immediate effect. The move reflects the trade body’s increasingly global outlook as it drives regional transactional activity while also meeting the evolution and opportunity presented by subscription streaming […]