In a move to build the most user-friendly and engaging TV solution for Austria, the ORS group has signed a multi-year deal with the Copenhagen-based metadata specialist Simply.TV. ORS chose Simply.TV after a thorough multi-vendor assessment covering: The ability to deliver real-time metadata from 100+ linear TV channels Direct feed integration with Austrian and German […]
Sports media business, real-time sports updates and streaming service provider LiveScore has secured a three-year rights deal within Ireland to live-stream 137 matches in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) free-to-air on the LiveScore app. Throughout the term of the three-year deal, commencing at the start of the 2021/22 UCL season, LiveScore will be the exclusive […]
Seasoned industry executive Derek Chang has been appointed CEO of content protection technology solutions provider Friend MTS, taking over the role from company founder Jonathan Friend, who will serve as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and continue to drive growth through the creation of the company’s advanced proprietary solutions. With a career spanning three decades, Chang […]
Multi-DRM, forensic watermarking services, and anti-piracy technology specialist PallyCon has launched an app security service, suggesting it is now a robust 360-degree cloud-based end-to-end content security service provider to OTT platforms. Describing it as a simple ‘plug-n-play’ solution, the company says it is dedicated to helping content developers and publishers protect their content from manipulation […]
The return of the Eurovision Song Contest, following its cancellation in 2020, was seen by 183 million viewers across 36 markets. The Grand Final of the 65th Contest achieved, on average, a 4 percentage point higher TV audience share than the last Contest in 2019 of 40.5 per cent – more than double the average […]
Online movie search aggregator service FindAnyFilm.com, in cooperation with Disney UK, is integrating Disney+ titles into the listings service, allowing FindAnyFilm users to search Disney content across all formats; from cinema screenings to physical disc, digital transactional and now SVoD. Insight from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, who manage FindAnyFilm.com on […]
Cairo-based United Media Services (UMS) is planning to launch a news-focused channel that it says will report on regional and local news and to be launched early in 2022. It will be available to the Egyptian and Arab diaspora in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia as well as locally. UMS is very much a […]
Hong Kong multimedia and entertainment company PCCW Media has collaborated with interactive viewing experiences solution provider Sceenic to bring the Watch Party feature to customers its Now TV pay-TV service, allowing them to watch live matches of UEFA Euro 2020. “We are thrilled to bring this new feature to our customers as they can now […]
Millennial and Gen-Z focused global content producer and broadcaster Insight TV has confirmed that its library of short-form content is now available on Snibble, the first social video platform for Gen Z audiences. With titles including Epic Exploring, Ultimate Goal, Born To, and Making the Squad, the agreement extends Insight TV’s worldwide reach to Snibble’s […]
The two largest telco operators in Spain, Movistar and Orange, are negotiating the renewal of their deal to broadcast La Liga and the European football competitions on their platforms – with the latter trying to drive prices down as a result of the pandemic. Movistar, owner of the pay-TV rights until 2022, aims to amortise […]