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Q India launches on MX Player

QYOU Media has announced the launch of Q India on MX Player. The OTT platform currently has over 175 million monthly average users in India alone and features a vast array of content targeting the millennial India demographic. MX Player launched its OTT service formally in February of 2019 and has quickly become the second […]

November 22, 2019

Interagency AV anti-piracy co-operation

Eurojust, Europol and the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), representing the industry of protected audiovisual content, have joined forces to improve the sharing of expertise to tackle audio-visual piracy via IPTV networks. More than 70 judicial and law enforcement authorities from EU Member States and representatives from the two EU agencies discussed, during a two-day seminar […]

November 21, 2019By Colin Mann

Guilty plea in pirate streaming case  

Following an investigation by Cornwall Council Trading Standards into illegal television streaming services, a local man has admitted copyright and fraud charges at Truro Magistrates Court in the southwest of England. Steven Underwood (also known as Steven Isaac) faced two charges under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Fraud Act 2006 after […]

November 21, 2019By Colin Mann

Premier Sports, netgem.tv partnership

Internet TV streaming service netgem.tv has announced a partnership with sports subscription service Premier Sports. The broadcaster, which is available to 16 million homes, has chosen the netgem.tv platform as a strategic partner in order to capitalise on the brand’s capability to distribute content via fibre optic connectivity across the UK. The tie-up will mean […]

November 21, 2019

DAZN to exclusively show Wilder v Ortiz in Germany & Spain

The eagerly anticipated rematch between WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (41-0-1) and challenger Luis ‘King Kong’ Ortiz (31-1-0), at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 3rd. The fight will be streamed on DAZN in four of its markets – exclusive in Germany and Spain and non-exclusive in Austria and Switzerland. Jacopo Tonoli, Chief Commercial […]

November 20, 2019

Australia: Network 10 selects AWS Media Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) an Amazon company, has announced that Network 10, one of Australia’s largest TV networks, has selected AWS Media Services to support its video transport structure for remote production in South Africa for its upcoming season of the reality TV series I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, and to enhance […]

November 19, 2019

Edgeware & Enensys form alliance

Edgeware & Enensys Technologies are forming a technological and global sales alliance. Edgeware, a provider of content preparation, unicast CDN and streaming solutions for broadband operators, and Enensys, a provider of Multicast ABR and LTE Broadcast media streaming solutions to network operators, will cooperate on key opportunities which leverage the strengths of each in their […]

November 19, 2019

Research: Nostalgia to drive new SVoDs

Audience insights supplier GlobalWebIndex has shared the findings of its research into the trends that will shape consumer behaviour throughout 2020. Against a backdrop of economic shocks, from the US-China trade war to the German economy’s weak performance in recent quarters, one of the most surprising findings of the Trends 2020 report is the strength […]

November 14, 2019

NENT Group to stream Joshua vs Ruiz rematch

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), the Nordic streaming company, will provide exclusive pan-Nordic coverage of the heavyweight world boxing title fight between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr on December 7th. The contest will be shown live on NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service as a pay-per-view event. Ruiz shocked Madison Square Garden and the sports […]

November 13, 2019

BBC, Sky content and technology partnership

Sky and the BBC have agreed a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology. As part of the wide-ranging partnership, the BBC iPlayer app and connected red-button service are launching on Sky Q, Sky’s next-generation TV platform, offering Sky customers the full BBC iPlayer and red-button experience. Sky viewers […]

November 11, 2019