The National Football League (NFL) and OverTier, a Bruin company, have announced an expansion of their partnership for OverTier to operate NFL Game Pass, the league’s SVoD service. Since 2017, OverTier held the rights to operate NFL Game Pass in Europe. The new agreement now brings the service to a combined 181 countries and territories […]
The BBC is preparing a complete revamp of iPlayer as it prepares for more global SVoD competition. The BBC now says it expects iPlayer to eventually become the main way people view its programmes. Shows will now be made available by default for up to a year, rather than the 30-day limit. iPlayer had a […]
Multichannel programmer Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and UK multiplay operator Virgin Media have agreed a new multi-year distribution deal in the UK and Ireland spanning TV channels, on-demand rights and a range of new streaming applications. The renewed partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy access to some of their favourite TV […]
DTH provider Dish TV India has collaborated with Amazon Prime Video to offer Prime Video app to its Dish TV and d2h subscribers on its upcoming hybrid set-top box. The deal will enable Dish TV and d2h subscribers seamlessly to access Amazon Prime Video app on their TV and enjoy Amazon’s latest and exclusive blockbuster […]
American Entertainment company 4KUniverse has expanded its European presence by joining Luxembourg IPTV platform PostTV. 4KUniverse is a 24hr 4K HDR general entertainment TV channel that airs original series, movies, documentaries, sports and primetime programmes in High Dynamic Range. POST Luxembourg has add the new 4K channel to its Entertain Me package. Entertain Me allows […]
A retailer in London has been convicted at the City of London Magistrates’ Court for selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs) which gave access to unauthorised Premier League broadcasts and other content. Ammar Al-Silawi was found guilty on two charges of copyright and two charges of fraud, having been found to sell ISDs which provided unlawful […]
The BFI, the UK’s lead organisation for film, has announced that its BFI Player subscription service is now available to UK customers through Apple TV channels on the Apple TV app across iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and select Samsung smart TVs. Customers can subscribe directly to the service on the Apple TV app for £4.99 […]
Conway Corporation, a North American cable provider, has selected Vecima’s MediaScaleX solution to power its new IPTV multiscreen service. Moving from QAM to IP delivery systems, Conway Corp will be able to introduce new services to subscribers on any screen, without disruption. Vecima’s highly flexible and scalable software solutions integrated with a wide range of […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we look at the dawning of the era of D2C. It is, I suppose, the natural evolution of the stunning success of the era of SVoD as exemplified by the ‘world domination’ of Netflix. Netflix has achieved much: it has disintermediated traditional gatekeepers, it has changed viewing habits and […]
The Walt Disney Company has secured a comprehensive distribution agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s lineup of sports, news and entertainment content to PlayStation Vue customers. It expands upon the previous deal and supports the companies’ mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms. The new agreement includes the newly […]