UK quad-play operator Virgin Media is to be the first service to televise the live results of the Irish election in the UK. Virgin Media will broadcast TV3’s Sunday night VOTE 2016 – Election Results Special show hosted by Ivan Yates and Colette Fitzpatrick to millions of homes in the UK via its TiVo platform […]
Unified Streaming, a provider of cross-platform video streaming technologies, has been selected by Foxtel, the Australian media company, to create and optimise Foxtel’s streaming platform enabling delivery of Foxtel’s premium live and on demand programming across multiple devices. Unified Streaming’s feature set aligns with Foxtel’s device roadmap and will utilise TransDRM to transform Foxtel’s pre-encrypted […]
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has made a strong start to 2016 after reporting slightly better than expected profits and revenues for 2015 and an increased market share in German TV advertising. Recurring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, excluding special items, from continuing operations (REBITDA), rose 9 per cent to €925.5 million. Its share […]
Optus will soon reveal how Australia’s 1,677,000 English Premier League viewers can tune in (or live stream or catch up) when the next season starts in August. 96 per cent of these EPL followers (aged 14+) own a mobile phone, 77 per cent have fixed broadband in their homes— and they’re already well accustomed to […]
Executives at TV programming market MIPTV are reshaping the 2016 event better to reflect the digital era. Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed MIDEM’s Television Division, said that to differentiate the April event from its younger sibling MIPCOM, scheduled for October, there was a big focus on innovation, digital and new technology. Speaking at a Press […]
BBC Worldwide Asia has confirmed a VoD deal with BTV, an IPTV service in South Korea provided by one of the country’s largest telco operators, SK Broadband. The two-year deal comprises over 600 hours of content ranging from drama, factual and natural history titles. This is the first time SK Broadband has procured BBC dramas […]
UK Channels CBS Reality, CBS Action, CBS Drama and Horror Channel have reported their highest ever year of SOCI (share of commercial impacts) growth for advertisers resulting in a delivery of 2.18 per cent of the UK’s commercial TV audience in 2015, a 56 per cent increase against 2014. The CBS Channels, owned by CBS […]
Sling TV and DISH have expanded their strategic relationship with Willow TV International for the Willow cricket channel. The agreement brings some of the world’s most popular cricket matches and events including ICC, India, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, West Indies and other top teams to cricket fans in the US, in high definition, as well […]
SPI International / Filmbox has announced the addition of three ethnic channels and an interactive gaming channel to its renewed agreement with FilmOn TV Networks, the world’s largest Internet TV provider. FilmBox Russia, MadscreenBox HD, Kino Polska International and Kino Polska Muzyka have joined the six channels already available at FilmOn.com: FightBox HD, DocuBox HD, FashionBox […]
Telefónica’s rivals Vodafone, Orange and cable company Telecable are finalising an agreement with Spanish Mediapro and beIN Sports to have acces to La Liga rights over the next three seasons. The three companies will offer 8 TV matches every weekend from the 2016-2017 season until 2018-2019 as well as the so-called ‘Partidazo’ with the best […]