The award-winning natural history series Blue Planet II was the UK’s most-watched programme of 2017 and is currently stunning audiences internationally. The series has also inspired a surge of interest in the current state and the future of oceanic life. Now BBC Worldwide and Google have teamed up to bring fans of the BBC’s natural […]
The BBC is launching its first augmented reality app, as part of a major collaboration between the BBC and more than 30 museums from across the UK and to mark the launch of new landmark arts and culture series, Civilisations. ‘Civilisations AR’ is being developed by BBC Research & Development and Nexus Studios, enabling people […]
A service which allows sports fans to create virtual living rooms, enabling friends and families to watch TV together, has won a BT sports media innovation award. The winner of the BT Infinity Lab competition, Sceenic, will now be trialled by BT Sport for potential future use by the company. London-based Sceenic’s solution claims to […]
Digital Catapult and Arts Council England have announced the 20 CreativeXR teams to watch out for in 2018, as they receive support in developing innovative immersive prototypes and projects. CreativeXR is a new programme enabling the UK’s arts and cultural sector to lead the field in immersive content creation and digital innovation. These CreativeXR teams […]
A report from Phenix, a provider of global, end-to-end real-time video solutions, found that 42 per cent of US adults would only be willing to spend a maximum of between $1-$20 per month on streaming subscriptions this year, which, at current prices, limits subscriptions to just one or two per person. The study, The Streaming Wars: […]
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport is offering fans the first ever live Virtual Reality (VR) coverage of the Olympic Winter Games across Europe. The Winter Olympics Eurosport VR app will be the only destination in Europe for fans to fully immerse themselves in the Games using VR, with more than 50 hours of live coverage available […]
AR (mobile AR, smartglasses) could approach three and a half billion installed base and $85 billion to $90 billion revenue within five years. At the same time, VR (mobile, standalone, console, PC) might deliver 50 to 60 million installed base and $10 billion to $15 billion. That’s a pretty big difference, and it all has […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has acquired gaming security expert Denuvo to provide anti-piracy and anti-cheat solutions for games on desktop, mobile, console and VR devices. Denuvo provides technology and services for game publishers and platforms, independent software vendors, e-publishers and video publishers across the globe. Current Denuvo customers include Electronic Arts, UbiSoft, Warner Bros […]
Jim O’Neill, Principal Analyst at Ooyala, has offered his predictions for the online video industry in 2018. “If you haven’t already buckled your seatbelt for all the changes in the competitive 2018 digital media and entertainment landscape, do so now. Expect to see more OTT services launching, merging and, alas, even folding … Here’s my […]
Intertrust, a provider of digital rights management and secure content delivery solutions, and Jadooz, a provider of Virtual Reality content, have announced a partnership to bring the first of its kind VR entertainment to cinemas in mid-size cities across India. Jadooz VR will use Intertrust Kiora, an all-in-one offline content delivery platform that will bring […]