Viaplay, the online pay-TV service that is part of Modern Times Group (MTG), has signed additional licence agreements with The Walt Disney Company Nordic and Sony Pictures Television, to make over 500 movie titles available for subscription customers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The new deals provide Viaplay with over 300 library movie titles […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has just released its latest IRIS plus report – Answers to Internet Piracy – which offers an analysis of the what is being done to combat piracy in Europe, with a special focus on Russia, recently named in a priority watch list by […]
Conax has announced it has furthered its partnership with pay-TV provider, Malivision. The Malivision DTT platform has chosen an upgraded Conax CAS7 to Conax Contego to secure its MMDS operations. Conax says the solution includes functionality for centralised security operations and comprehensive system management easily managed through a highly user-friendly interface. The company says Conax […]
US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is in discussions with companies behind the UltraViolet (UV) common file format and digital rights authentication ecosystem to provide an in-store service that will assist customers in registering DVDs they already own, reports The Wall Street Journal. UV has some 800,000 household accounts in the US since the first UV-enabled […]
MTV is launching an iPhone and Android app branded Under The Thumb in Europe, which will enable users to watch its shows while chatting to friends, and also control playback on their TVs. The app, developed alongside creative agency AKQA, will go live on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market in March. The app […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has unveiled a new release of the Brightcove App Cloud content app platform. App Cloud enables digital media and digital marketing organisations to build and operate growing portfolios of cross-platform native apps for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones and tablets. The new release adds new cloud […]
Samsung and Qualcomm have confirmed they will release a secure HD service utilising Qualcomm’s Snapdragon StudioAccess and ARM’s TrustZone technologies. This service allows consumers to watch HD videos directly on their mobile device through Samsung Media Hub. This secure HD service will be debuted on the 5.3″ HD Super AMOLED display of the Samsung Galaxy […]
Sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new global football app for its Soccernet brand, offering news, live scores, audio and video content. The ESPN Soccernet app is initially being released for iPhone, with Android, Windows Phone and Symbian versions to follow. The new app’s global launch follows ESPN’s UK success with its ESPN Goals app, […]
Sports specialist Perform is to launch its first YouTube channel, bringing live, long-form sports content to the platform. Perform will bring a channel dedicated to coverage from its livesport.tv and goal.com brands so sport from European football coverage to darts and snooker will be on YouTube from next month. The details of what live matches […]
Australian pay-TV operators Foxtel and Austar have agreed to make some of their exclusive content available to Internet Service Providers as part of undertakings to win support from the competition regulator for their A$1.9 billion merger, reports The Australian. It is understood the pair will allow some content to be used by ISPs for IPTV, […]