Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has announced the commercial availability of the Company’s Predictive Content Delivery solutions. Intended to help solve the challenges of HD quality video distribution to mobile devices across all networks, the new solutions are designed to optimise secure content delivery and on-device caching to improve […]
Broadpeak, a provider of CDN technologies and live and VoD servers for cable, IPTV, OTT, hybrid, and mobile TV operators worldwide, have announced that its BkS350 origin server, BkS400 video cache server, and BkA100 analytics tool have been integrated with the NexStreaming NexPlayer SDK to improve OTT multiscreen delivery. Using an end-to-end solution that includes […]
Canal+ Group and iROKO are launching the iroko+ SVoD service for French-speaking Africa. The Android app will be available across all of French Speaking Africa, bringing 1,500 hours of affordable, premium Nollywood & Télénovelas content to millions of Francophone entertainment fans. Available now on the GooglePlay store, iroko+ is free until June 1st and users […]
Canal+ and beIN SPORTS have confirmed they are in detailed talks to establish a partnership in the form of an exclusive distribution agreement. Under this agreement, all beIN SPORTS channels in France would be available through CANAL+ offers exclusively. It would cover a five-year period. Canal+ notes that the media sector in France has seen […]
Hulu in Japan and HBO have announced an expansive new licensing deal, in which Hulu in Japan will have exclusive SVoD rights to programming from HBO’s library, and will premiere some HBO series never before seen in Japan. The HBO titles Hulu will allow its viewers to stream on demand this year include Game of […]
Woody Allen’s latest as yet untitled feature film has been acquired for all US rights, including theatrical and streaming, by Amazon Studios. Amazon will open the film this summer with a traditional, nationwide theatrical release. Following its theatrical run, it will become available exclusively to Prime members through Prime Video. The film, shot last summer […]
JW Player, the digital and mobile video platform and player, has unveiled its Apple TV App Builder, a new open-source product within the JW platform. The Apple TV App Builder enables JW Player customers to develop a customised app for new Apple TV devices (fourth generation) with no coding, minimal configuration, and no additional cost. […]
Eurosport has retained the Romanian broadcast rights to the English Premier League. The pan-European broadcaster will continue to provide coverage of the league for the next three seasons across its TV and online platforms. Eurosport originally picked up the Romanian rights to the Premier League in December 2013, stepping in after the league’s deal with […]
Scottish league football is being screened in more than 100 international countries for the first time, thanks to a raft of new international broadcast deals struck in territories around the world. This season’s Ladbrokes Premiership action is now being shown in 102 territories across the globe – up from 61 during the previous campaign – […]
In a similar move to the autumn 2015 launch of OTT service TVPlayer Plus in the UK, cloud-based TV aggregation app and platform Magine is providing premium pay-TV channels in Germany for the first time without any requirement to purchase any other content or service. Magine TV viewers in Germany (traditionally one of the most […]