Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology subsidiary of Prime Focus, the media services powerhouse, has signed a deal with HOOQ where PFT’s CLEAR Operations Cloud will help package and deliver content on HOOQ, Asia’s new OTT service from Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and Warner Bros Entertainment. HOOQ will deliver both Hollywood blockbusters and TV series, […]
Sling TV is launching the “Sling Latino” brand, a live and on demand, OTT streaming service, giving Spanish-speaking and bilingual viewers more choice in TV content. Available immediately, viewers can select from two base packages, “Paquete Total” (22 channels for $12 per month) or “Paquete Esencial” (16 channels for $7 per month), each with live […]
Discovery is launching an entertainment and live sports SVoD service throughout Europe. Branded Dplay, the service will stream episodes of Discovery’s factual entertainment series such as Gold Rush and Deadliest Catch, along with Eurosport’s live football and other sports including the Tour De France. The OTT service, which was trialled in Norway last year, is […]
Eurosport has announced that the new version of Eurosport Player, the channel’s online simulcast, will be launched on June 10th ahead of Le Mans 24 Hours, the world’s longest running endurance motor race. Eurosport will broadcast every minute of Le Mans 24 Hours and offer editorial content and special programmes to provide the most immersive […]
Andy Quested, Head of HD and UHD at the BBC, has suggested that any entry by the broadcaster into providing UHD/4K content needn’t necessarily be in the form of a ‘traditional’ channel service. Speaking at the Futuresource Consulting New Content Horizons conference in London, Quested – who stressed that the Corporation didn’t have a UHD […]
In just the last 3 months, Amazon has added over 600 channels, apps and games to the Amazon Fire TV platform – more than Roku and Apple TV in the same timeframe the company claims. Popular new titles include Popcornflix, Funny Or Die, Candy Crush Saga, and Fox News. In addition to these new titles, […]
illuminate has completed a digital restoration of the iconic TV series, The X-Files. Retransferred from the camera-original negative, the show’s entire 201 episodes have been reassembled in HD using illuminate’s proprietary iConform technology. All nine seasons of The X-Files have now been released on Netflix. iConform, illuminate’s proprietary software, was used to automatically edit together […]
Magine TV has revealed a new fully customisable service to its German users, who can create a tailored and personal TV experience by selecting the content and channels that they want to see, whilst ‘pausing’ the rest. The end result is that viewers will pay for what they actually watch, and save on what they […]
Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, has revealde that Indonesian cable TV operator PT Link Net, a subsidiary of First Net, has deployed a comprehensive suite of Harmonic solutions to power its First Media branded pay-TV and VoD platform, as well as a new OTT multiscreen service, called First Media Go. Through a high-density, […]
Netflix has dismissed reports that it is preparing to launch third party adverts on its streaming service. The firm confirmed that it is testing pre-roll and post-roll teasers for its original content as part of a limited trial, but product ads will not be interrupting user’s viewing any time soon. “We are not planning to […]