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 […]
Ateme has announced that Next Step, a Thai multi-channel DTH operator and distributor and the owner of Freeview HD and Good TV — a new HD DTH Free to Air satellite TV Platform— is using Ateme’s Titan solution. Titan will encode and transcode to H264 and HEVC formats SD and HD content for Next Step’s […]
Greg Maffei, Liberty Media President and CEO, foresees great opportunities for the company following its minority investment in and announced agreement to acquire Formula 1, suggesting that an OTT product may be developed in the future subject to rights.. Commenting as Liberty Media Corporation reported its Q3 Results, Maffei said: “We were thrilled to announce […]
UK intellectual property protection body FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) is expanding its intellectual property protection services to organisations outside the audio-visual industry. Recent changes in its funding model have created new opportunities for the organisation and now FACT’s expertise and technical knowledge are being extended to brands and businesses requiring support in protecting their […]
Simplestream, a provider of live streaming and live-to-VoD solutions, has announced a tablet extension and offline viewing capability to the At The Races mobile betting app, enabling ‘At The Races’ to spread its reach and meet consumer expectation for services to be accessed from any device. At The Races is the UK and Ireland’s most […]
Scripps Networks Interactive has announced it will not renew its streaming deal with Netflix when it expires at the end of the year. COO Burton Jablin, speaking at the company’s earnings conference call, explained the decsion, commenting: “We assessed the SVoD universe and have made the strategic decision not to extend our SVoD agreement with […]
A Juniper Research study has forecast that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240 per cent on an expected 16.8 million this year. However, the lower price of these devices means they will only account for 7 per cent of hardware revenue. While millions of […]