UK broadcast industry professional media network Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has released the first ever assessment of where broadcasters, producers and suppliers can expect to see the greatest return on investment from committing to IP-based production. The DPP Survey Report: The Business Benefits of IP Production is the result of extensive research with companies from […]
Starz Play, the on-demand video streaming service available in 19 countries across the MENA region, has announced a new deal with NBCUniversal International Distribution to offer its subscribers popular TV box-sets and TV series currently available in the US as well as top-rated films. The new additions will include current critically acclaimed TV shows like […]
French TV network Free has launched the Chinese Pack – a Freebox TV package that offers the largest choice of Chinese channels available in France. Launched in partnership with Huawei, this package deal gives subscribers access to up to 57 of the most popular Chinese TV channels. It comprises three packs: Basic pack: 17 channels […]
Toca Boca has revealed it is closing down Toca TV, its US SVoD kids app, just 9 months after it launched. The video platform for kids, which features original content produced by Toca Boca and costs $4.99 a month, will be discontinued as of March 31st. The app was rolled out in Canada, Australia and […]
As predicted by advanced-television.com on March 16th, Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of French quad-play telco Orange and Richard Plepler, Chairman and CEO of HBO, have renewed their multi-year carriage agreement initiated during the creation of OCS, Orange’s group of dedicated premium movies and TV series channels, which was scheduled to end late 2018. With […]
The major US television networks have secured a favourable appeals court victory in a case centring on alleged illegal online retransmission of their programmes. FOX, ABC, NBC, and CBS have argued against OTT service FilmOn X’s retransmission in the courts for close to five years. FilmOn X contended that it was a cable system under […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications revealed at CABSAT in Dubai that Sat.tv, its mobile programme guide, is expanding to include free-to-air channels broadcasting from its popular 7/8° West neighbourhood. Sat.tv was launched in April 2016, targeting the 65 million homes equipped for DTH reception from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD neighbourhood. The app has already registered almost one million […]
Australia’s Freeview FV app is now available for download on Android tablets. The app is available through the Google Play store and adds to the existing iOS iPhone, iPad, and Android phones versions which launched in November last year. Freeview CEO Liz Ross commented: “Freeview FV is a great way for consumers to access their […]
Media commentator Andrew Neil has suggested that SVoD services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are now better placed to be major disruptors in the broadcasting industry, a scenario he had discounted a year previously. Delivering an Industry Overview at the SES Satellite Monitor Conference in London, Neil admitted that at the 2016 event, he […]
4Sales – the ad sales arm of UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 – has revealed the first ever 360° interactive VoD ad format that will allow viewers of its All 4 VoD service to immerse themselves in advertisers’ creative. Launch partners Honda and South African Tourism are the first brands to take advantage of Ad […]