Satellite operator Eutelsat confirmed at the IBC show in Amsterdam that its Sat.tv app, the smart programme guide available through tablets and smartphones, is now running on connected TVs using the HbbTV standard. Available for free channels broadcasting from Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD and 7/8° West video neighbourhoods, Sat.tv helps viewers browse through hundreds of free channels […]
OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions provider Viaccess-Orca, has announced its latest partnership with yes, Israel’s leading pay-TV provider. Through the new agreement, yes has chosen the Viaccess-Orca COMPASS content discovery platform to build new levels of personalisation into its SVoD and TVoD services, and offer subscribers tailored content recommendations. Viaccess-Orca’s […]
Ericsson has signed a content discovery services contract with DNA, the largest pay-TV operator and one of the leading telcos in Finland. Ericsson will provide editorial services and rich metadata for over 150 TV channels in Finnish, English and Swedish from DNA’s cable network, the Finnish digital-terrestrial network and over broadband. The rich metadata will […]
Paywizard, the subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) expert, and Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD specialist, have partnered to launch Venue, a revolutionary new end-to-end Pay-Per-View (PPV) solution. Venuereflects the shared Paywizard and Ostmodern philosophy of managing PPV TV viewers by treating them as long-term customers rather than one-off buyers. Central to Venue […]
ThinkAnalytics, the TV search and recommendations engine for pay-TV and OTT, has announced record results for the financial year ending June 30th 2017, with turnover up 25 per cent and profits up 30 per cent year on year. Business highlights include successful launches with Astro (Astro Go and NJOI), CenturyLink, PCCW, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland and […]
Paywizard, the subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, has today announced that NHK Cosmomedia Europe (NCME), an affiliated company with Japanese national broadcaster, NHK, has selected the Paywizard Agile platform to provide an end-to-end subscription, CRM and billing solution for JSTV-i, NCME’s flagship OTT service and currently the only Japanese language TV service […]
Ericsson has signed a global metadata distribution agreement with IMDb, the world’s most popular source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Ericsson will integrate IMDb’s metadata, including ratings and rankings, into its content discovery ecosystem and will become the reseller and integrator of these data sources to service providers worldwide. Steve Nylund, Head of Broadcast […]
IT giant IBM has launched IBM Watson Media, a new suite of AI-powered solutions on the IBM Cloud that analyse images, video, language, sentiment and tone, at the US Open Tennis Championships. By combining IBM Watson with IBM’s video capabilities, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) will be able rapidly to share highlight videos of […]
Jon Folland, Gordon Ashworth and Nick Ryan – the founders of media logistics company Nativ, which was acquired by Ooyala in 2015 – have chosen IBC 2017 to debut their latest venture, which harnesses artificial intelligence to identify, process and manage stream-based content. The entrepreneurs have taken a break from the M&E industries to pursue […]
To mark 12 years since its launch, Google’s online video portal YouTube is undergoing a redesign – with a brand new logo – and adding a raft of new features. The updates will start rolling out effective immediately, with an onus to keep the YouTube brand legible across both desktop and mobile. In a blog […]