Viaccess-Orca (VO), a provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has partnered with Zodiac Systems, a specialist in cloud and device video service-delivery software. The partnership will offer a joint solution making it easier and more cost-effective for TV operators to deploy VO’s cloud-hosted TVaaS and Service Delivery Platform (SDP) […]
POST Luxembourg, in partnership with RTVE, has announced the of Spanish TV channel; Star HD. The channel by RTVE joins the expanding IPTV platform – PostTV – which is the largest in Luxembourg. Star HD is a spanish origin HD channel that mainly broadcasts fiction and entertainment series programmes which have achieved national and international […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a permanent injunction from the Federal Court in Canada against Vader Streams, a major purveyor of unauthorised film and television content. ACE achieved full suspension of Vader Streams’ operations, and […]
In July 2019, investigators from UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and UK law enforcement agencies attended sixteen premises across the UK serving Cease and Desist notices to individuals suspected of supplying illegal sports streaming content. The initiative was a collaboration between the Premier League and FACT aimed at preventing the […]
Italy’s premier football league, Lega Serie A, is taking action against audiovisual piracy, which it describes as “a criminal act” and an increasing plague in recent years, all over the world and in particular in Italy, calculating only that the incidence of piracy among adults in the country exceeds 60 per cent. The league intends […]
The increasing adoption of video streaming platforms has created significant challenges to traditional pay-TV services. Yet, despite the challenges, the overall pay-TV market is expected to grow at a steady pace to surpass a 1.1 billion subscriber base in 2024, according to the Pay TV Subscribers market data report from global tech market advisory firm, […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has obtained a permanent injunction against SetTVNow, a piracy outfit that was illegally feeding over 500 television channels to its users via online streaming or set-top devices. “SetTVNow and other piracy outfits […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV subscriber numbers were flat in the year to June, with marginal growth of just 0.4 per cent to reach 8.8 million. This was despite solid growth in IPTV (16 per cent) and from its OTT TV offering in Latin America where Movistar Play grew by 59 per cent to reach 1.2 million subscribers. […]
Video content budgets across India, Korea and Southeast Asia climbed 12 per cent in 2018 to reach circa $10 billion, according to the latest edition of Asia Video Content Dynamics, published by Media Partners Asia. Asia Video Content Dynamics tracks investment, production and consumption for TV, film and online video across India, Korea and Southeast […]
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has announced a range of measures to ensure that public service broadcasters (PSBs) continue to deliver high-quality content for UK viewers and listeners. According to the watchdog, public service broadcasting is now at a crucial juncture, as broadcasters face unprecedented competition from global on-demand and Internet services such as Netflix, Amazon […]