Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca’s Adaptive Sentinel dual card and cardless conditional access system (CAS) has been selected by French telco Orange (of which it is a subsidiary) to strengthen the security of its new Ultra High Definition (UHD) set-top box (STB). According to Viaccess-Orca, Adaptive Sentinel ensures best-in-class software and hardware security […]
CCS Insight’s latest global forecast for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices indicates a positive outlook for these nascent markets. Sales of smartphone VR devices, including products based on Google’s Cardboard design and more advanced devices such as Samsung’s Gear VR headset, have exceeded CCS Insight’s earlier expectations. The company now predicts that […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has revealed that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for $385 million (€345.4m). Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Intel Corporation have confirmed that ULTRA, SPHE’s 4K movie streaming service, will debut on computers powered by 7th Gen Intel Core processors beginning Q1 in 2017. Coinciding with the expanded availability of the service, ULTRA will add new features such as 48 hour rentals and free 10 minute previews, […]
France Télévisions and Disney France have concluded a multi-year deal for the broadcasting of animated TV series on both the PSB group’s TV channels and youth digital platforms Zouzous and Ludo. This agreement is set to start in September and allows France Télévisions to add TV shows from Disney library as well as the second […]
BT’s mobile arm EE is to bundle Apple Music with mobile contracts in a move designed to increase subscriber loyalty and help the iPhone maker’s music streaming app challenge Spotify. EE subscribers “will be offered free for six months with a new contract to EE pay monthly customers, double the three-month free trial otherwise provided […]
Despite his own Vice Media’s massive success, Shane Smith used the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival to warned there was a crisis coming in the media industry with consolidation among major players and an “evisceration” of digital businesses that are struggling to make their business models work. “Next year…. be a [expletive] bloodbath,” […]
CDN specialist Akamai has revealed that the demand for online video data during the Rio Olympic Games exceeded the 2014 World Cup. In a statement, the company said: “As of Saturday, August 20th, Akamai delivered more video data for Rio than it did for the 2014 World Cup, making this summer’s games the largest live […]
Ericsson has signed an exclusive multi-year broadcast and media services contract with AB Groupe, an independent provider of thematic channels in France. Ericsson will provide playout services for AB Groupe’s Ultra Nature TV channel, the first ultra HD TV channel to launch in France. The 24 hour channel, which is dedicated to wildlife, discovery, travel […]
Amazon and FremantleMedia International have announced that fantasy drama American Gods will launch exclusively for Prime members in Germany, Austria, UK and Japan in 2017. The series is based on the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman which has been translated into over 30 languages. “Adapted from Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel, American Gods is one of […]