History Hit, the SVoD, content platform and podcast network founded by Dan Snow, and Ubisoft have renewed and expanded their partnership. This collaboration will see History Hit continue to produce the Assassin’s Creed-inspired evergreen Echoes of History podcast, in addition to a newly launched YouTube channel. Developer interviews will be introduced as a new format […]
Accedo, a provider of video streaming software and services, has been chosen by ACUNMEDYA to manage its Turkish subscription streaming service, Exxen. Accedo is operating, managing and enhancing the Exxen service, improving reliability and performance while optimising the user experience for over 500,000 global subscribers. ACUNMEDYA produces more than 5,000 hours of broadcast television each […]
Cape May Studios, a next-gen media company building streaming brands for deeply engaged fan communities, has announced a strategic partnership with Amagi, a cloud-based SaaS technology solutions provider for broadcast and streaming TV providers, to launch and distribute two Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) Channels: Panic TV and Pánico TV Español. Under this collaboration, Amagi […]
Media Broadcast is deploying a new, miniature device in Germany designed to further simplify DTT reception based on CI Plus 2.0 technology. The USB Conditional Access Module, when inserted into a compatible TV’s USB port, handles the decryption of encrypted TV signals. Users can then effortlessly control channels, volume, and more via their TV remote. […]
A seller of Illegal Streaming Devices (ISDs) in Sim Lim Square has been sentenced in relation to 34 charges selling ISDs that provided users with illegal access to copyrighted content. That content included Premier League football matches, as well as movies and TV shows belonging to members of anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and […]
LG Ad Solutions, a specialist in Connected TV (CTV) and cross-screen advertising, has announced a strategic partnership with Experian, a data and technology company, to bring audience targeting capabilities to advertisers worldwide. Through the integration of Experian’s ConsumerView data, a database offering detailed demographic, behavioural and lifestyle insights, brands will access enriched audience targeting and insights […]
A report, Video piracy, from research and advisory firm Enders Analysis, notes that industrial scale theft of video services, especially live sport, is in the ascendance, and that combating piracy is a formidable challenge, providing a direct threat to profitability for broadcasters and streamers. According to Enders, Big Tech is both friend and foe in […]
Samsung TV Plus has become one of the leading FAST platforms in Spain, offering 140 TV channels through a free app pre-installed on all Samsung connected TVs. In an interview with Hablemos de Tele, Ana Izquierdo, Head of Business Development for Samsung TV Spain, said that the service currently has 2.2 million active users in […]
Anti-piracy body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has released its 2025 Annual Report, touting the key advancements driven by IBCAP over the past year in addressing piracy worldwide. “Since our last member meeting in May 2024, IBCAP has expanded its reach by developing proprietary automation software to detect and remove VoD content from […]
MetaBroadcast, the metadata management provider for content aggregators and audience measurement firms, has partnered with IMDb, the popular source for information on movies, TV shows and celebrities, to launch a new service that empowers media and entertainment companies with deep insights into the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of the metadata to enrich their media catalogues. […]