Discovery Networks UK & Ireland has announces that Sky Media has been appointed as the exclusive sales partner for Discovery’s portfolio of 11 factual and entertainment TV channels in the UK and Ireland, in a new long-term deal. The advertising sales deal extends the relationship between Discovery and Sky Media which started in 2002. Under […]
An alliance between LG Electronics and Paymentwall means that developers now have the opportunity to create apps that enable LG webOS Smart TVs in the US to support scores of different online payment methods. LG’s global Paymentwall alliance, bringing more than 140 payment options to more than 200 countries, will give consumers easier access to […]
Sky is aiming to become the home of high-quality virtual reality (VR) content with the launch of a brand new app, Sky VR. The app, available now for anyone to download for free, showcases a range of immersive, 360-degree videos from Sky, and the best content from Sky’s partners including Star Wars: Red Carpet, Anthony […]
The number of titles in the US Netflix library is down 50 per cent in the last 4 years. Streaming news site Exstreamist pulled September 2016 title counts from uNoGS in the US, showing that there are currently 5,302 titles available in the US Netflix library including movies and TV shows. It says this means […]
Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality start-ups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion (€2bn) invested in the last 12 months, reports Digi-Capital. Q3 2016 saw the 9th straight quarter of investment trending upwards, as the money flowing into AR/VR is now being driven […]
A California man has sentenced by a US Federal Court for criminal copyright infringement for illegally posting screener versions of two movies – The Revenant and The Peanuts Movie – to a publicly accessible website. As a result of the illegal upload, The Revenant was available for download six days before its limited release in […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at fostering consumer choice and access to diverse programming on television. The proposed rules may prohibit the use of certain clauses in pay-TV programming distribution contracts that impede carriage of independent and diverse programming. Specifically, the proposed rules would prevent pay-TV providers […]
Net Insight, a provider of media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that SIS, a supplier of products and services to the online and retail betting markets, has selected Net Insight’s Sye solution to provide delivery of live betting content to betting shops and bookmaker trading rooms worldwide. The partnership, which secures SIS as a […]
MONDO is set to bring its unique style of adult animation to VRV, the newly announced video experience from Ellation that launches later in 2016. MONDO’s new channel, “MONDO Premium,” joins a growing list of partners on VRV, including Crunchyroll, Nerdist, College Humor, Geek & Sundry and Seeso. Ellation is majority owned by Otter Media, […]
Following mounting criticism from certain parties and support from others, the FCC has announced that its proposed Set-Top Box Order has been removed from the September 29 Open Meeting Agenda. The proposal will go on the Commission’s circulation list and remain under consideration by Commissioners. In a Statement, Chairman Tom Wheeler, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and […]