Harmonic has revealed that Zon, the Portuguese cable and satellite provider, has chosen Harmonic’s portfolio of transcoding solutions as the enabling technology for a range of new multiscreen services being offered on Zon Online. Harmonic ProMedia Carbon file-based transcoders — managed by the Harmonic WFS file-based workflow system — and high-density ProStream 4000 real-time transcoders […]
Antena 3 TV, the second largest commercial TV group in Spain, is jumping on the pay TV bandwagon with the launch of its first pay OTT service, Modo Salon Premium, that allows viewers access to a wide offer of TV series and premieres on demand. The service, available through the channel’s website, has three packages: […]
YouTube has TV-sized audiences in its sights for its original programming. In a New York presentation to advertisers of its programme plans, it also unveiled a $200 million promo budget for YouTube TV and Google Display Network. In what was a quasi-upfronts session for digital networks – the Digital NewFronts, YouTube presented its new TV […]
Acer is giving its customers unlimited access to live action from the Olympic Games thanks to a partnership with official broadcaster, Eurosport. Customers who purchase the new Olympic Games Editions of the Iconia tablets and Aspire notebooks before and during the London 2012 Olympic Games will be given a trial access to the Eurosport Player. […]
Alongside its quarter results, BSkyB has announced the acquisition of Acetrax – a service that offers on-demand movie rental and purchase for connected devices. The purchase of Swiss company Acetrax will further boost Sky’s OTT activities and further strengthen relationships with connected device manufacturers and content providers, says BSkyB. Acetrax already has apps on Samsung, […]
EpicTV, a service fully funded by Finnish telecommunications and ICT service company Elisa, has selected Tvinci, the Pay-OTT platform provider, to power its pan-European service for multiple connected devices. EpicTV provides a destination for an audience interested in adventure sports. The deployment of Tvinci’s Pay-OTT platform for EpicTV enables the delivery of a personalised, consistent […]
LG Electronics (LG) has announced the beta opening of LG Cloud service from the beginning of May with the aim of providing seamless connectivity and streaming access to all digital content across various electronic devices. LG claims the new service is the first that allows users to manage and consume all types of content on […]
Live streaming of Rupert and James Murdoch giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry this week reached 2,336,367 people across 215 countries. The ITN Productions live stream was delivered by Rightster across ITN’s network of publishers sites including Mail Online, Guardian.co.uk, ITN.co.uk and Facebook. The peak viewing time on Wednesday 25th April, the first day of […]
YouView, the set-top box business headed by Alan Sugar, will not be up and running until the end of 2012. The joint venture between BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, TalkTalk, BT and Arqiva had been due to launch, following a series of delays, this spring. They insisted the important thing was hitting the high […]
One of the founding shareholders of Hulu, Providence Equity Partners, is reportedly selling its stake. Providence put about $100 million in to Hulu five years ago, joining NBCUniversal and News Corp in the joint venture. The private equity firm expects to double its money, selling its 10 per cent stake for $200 million, which would […]