Movistar Plus is to launch #0, a new channel that will replace Canal Plus with programming featuring TV series, sports (Formula 1, Moto GP, football and tennis) and in-house entertainment programmes. The channel, set to be up and running by the beginning of next year, will mostly rely on in-house programmes to draw the audiences […]
Ooredoo has selected the Metrological Application Platform to launch and manage its cloud-based Mozaic TV app store. The Ooredoo-branded TV app store will go live on Ooredoo’s next generation STBs in Qatar. Ooredoo’s Next Generation Mozaic TV is the leading TV entertainment service in Qatar, combining international, Arabic and Asian satellite packages, catch-up and premium-on-demand […]
December 7th will see Pakistan’s media regulator, PEMRA, issue 3 new DTH licences in an attempt to help curb the huge number of “illegal” viewers in the nation who access forbidden Indian transmissions. “We have raided, seized and destroyed 2,500 DTH [dishes and receivers] in Islamabad and Lahore,” said Fakharuddin Mughal, Pemra’s spokesman. “We are […]
In a deal that marks a first such foray into exclusive programming, UK quad-play operator Virgin Media has brought cult US TV show and highly anticipated Starz Original series – Ash vs Evil Dead – to the UK, exclusively for its TV customers to watch on demand. Virgin Media has signed an exclusive licensing deal […]
Enterprise-class subscription billing specialist Vindicia has confirmed that BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has chosen Vindicia’s CashBox solution to manage ecommerce on BBC Store, the Corporation’s new direct-to-consumer retail platform that enables audiences to buy and keep copies of their favourite BBC TV programmes. BBC Store will be integrated with the BBC’s […]
Piksel, a global player in building online video businesses, has announced its partnership with Jazz & Blues TV to launch what it claims is the first digital music TV channel dedicated to jazz and blues in the world. The channel, which launches in Q1 2016, will bring premium live and VoD music concerts, interviews and […]
A+E Networks is expanding the distribution of its factual entertainment channel History in Poland. Effective immediately, History is available to over 500,000 additional homes across the country on Vectra, one of the leading cable platforms in Poland. History first launched in Poland in 2008 and is currently is available in over 4.6 million Polish homes. […]
Chinese authorities have ordered domestic producers of OTT set-top boxes to uninstall illegal third-party applications from their products. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China has issued a list of 81 such illegal applications meaning that domestic brands such as Tmall, Xiaomi and Huawei will need […]
Sweden’s ISPs will not be forced to block controversial file-sharing site Pirate Bay, nor be held responsible for copyright infringements by users, a court has ruled. Stockholm District Court rejected a lawsuit collectively filed by the Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music in 2014 which argued that Bredbandsbolaget, Sweden’s […]
Amazon and BBC Worldwide are set to co-produce a period fashion drama from UK prodco Lookout Point, marking Amazon’s first foray into UK originals. The online streaming service has commissioned 8 x 60-minute episodes of The Collection, which was created by Ugly Betty executive producer Oliver Goldstick, in association with BBC Worldwide. The drama, which […]