Jaunt, the VR JV backed by Disney, Sky and ProSiebenSat.1, has appointed a Hearst executive as its new CEO. George Kliavkoff was co-president of entertainment and syndication responsible for Hearst’s cable television networks, including ESPN, Lifetime, A&E and History; television production and distribution; newspaper syndication; and merchandise licensing. He takes over from Jaunt co-founder and […]
Yle is expanding the viewing options for Yle Areena with the Yle Areena app for Apple TV devices. The new app is free of charge can be installed from the app store used via an Apple TV device. All video content published on Areena can be watched through the app including TV channels and live […]
Streaming giant Netflix has made its first Spanish production, 7 años (‘7 years’), a 90-minute film that takes place in a single room over the course of one night. Directed by Roger Gual and written by José Cabeza, it is to be released in 190 countries on October 28th. This move comes soon after the […]
Irdeto, an expert in digital platform security, and Austrian Broadcasting Services (ORS) have signed a new ten year deal which will see ORS implementing Irdeto Cloaked CA to enable the delivery of secure video entertainment services to its customers. The new partnership is the extension of a previous long-term relationship that sees ORS move from […]
Kaltura, a video technology provider, has announced the release of a new version of its MediaGo OTT TV user application for iOS/Android tablets, phones, web and connected devices, which is aligned with the latest design lines of the respective platforms. The company also added support for Amazon Fire and Android TV devices for its OTT […]
TiVo has released findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT service subscribers in the US, Europe and Asia. The global study is a follow up to Rovi’s 2015 consumer survey, delving deeper into how viewers engage with content and explore the services and devices that make up their entertainment lifestyle. Above all, this […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has passed judgement on the copyright case GS Media v Sanoma Media Netherlands. The judgement says that posting a hyperlink on a website to works protected by copyright and published without the author’s consent infringes copyright if those hyperlinks are provided for profit and in the […]
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have struck licensing deals with live streaming platform TVPlayer to simulcast the broadcasters’ free to air channels across a full range of devices including desktops, mobiles, tablets, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. The agreement sees TVPlayer licensing the Public Service Broadcasters’ free to air channels for the […]
Figures exclusively revealed to advanced-television.com indicate that between the period September 2nd and September 7th, the complete set of Narcos Season 2 episodes was downloaded 1,118,799 times. The episodes were also downloaded one-by-one in many cases, with Episode 1 downloaded 710,407 times in this way. According to content protection and data-analytics solutions specialist MUSO, the […]
Ericsson’s AVP 4000 compression platform has been selected by Tata Sky, India’s leading DTH service provider. The solution addresses the operator’s requirement for an encoding platform that meets the complex video processing demands associated with HD content. The platform will transform Tata’s service offering and enable the delivery of 200 additional channels (150 standard definition […]