Israeli multiplay telco Bezeq is deploying video software provider Synamedia’s end-to-end video network portfolio to achieve broadcast-equivalent latency for its cloud-based, Internet-only TV services. Yes believes it will be the first operator in the world to deliver broadcast-equivalent latency. Yes chose Synamedia because it is the only vendor with an end-to-end video network able to […]
A report from global threat hunting and intelligence company Group-IB has uncovered the major players and driving forces of a criminal digital piracy syndicate which has been flourishing in the post-Soviet space, its safe harbour, for years, and which now has extended its influence as far as Latin America and Asia. The report, Jolly Roger’s […]
Electric off-road motor racing series Extreme E and Discovery have agreed one of the championship’s most expansive broadcast and streaming partnerships that will see millions of motorsport fans offered live and on-demand race coverage across Europe and North America. The three-year agreement will see Extreme E screened in over 50 European markets on Eurosport, Discovery’s […]
BBC Studios and ITV have revealed plans to roll out their joint venture SVoD service BritBox globally, which could see the streaming platform expanding to up to 25 countries worldwide. Building upon the success of the service in the US and Canada, where it recently hit one million subscribers, as well as the UK, where […]
UK communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has created a cloud-based metadata management system for Digital UK, the organisation that leads the development of the UK’s biggest TV platform, Freeview. This system supports the migration of the Freeview Play service information platform to a highly-scalable public cloud infrastructure. The solution aggregates, manages and delivers […]
Thanks to a new broadcast deal running from 2020 to 2025, the entirety of French National 2 and National 3 football leagues will be broadcast live via a dedicated platform. Governing body Fédération Française de Football (FFF) has signed a deal with Luxembourg sports digital media specialist Fuchs Sports for the capture and digital distribution […]
Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, is partnering with TV attribution specialist TVSquared to launch a direct web attribution tool across linear, on-demand and addressable TV advertising campaigns. Bringing together TV viewing and web tracking data, Sky Media provides its advertisers and brands with a picture of how TV drives interest, consideration, and […]
Streaming media platform Plex has unveiled what it says is a new way for consumers to watch free live TV with the addition of 80+ channels of customisable live programming, most available worldwide and more coming soon. Plex claims it is the only streaming media platform to bring together all forms of media in one […]
The Football Association of Ireland and state broadcaster RTE Sport, in collaboration with GAAGO, have partnered to deliver a streaming platform which they say will guarantee supporters can watch the #GreatestLeagueInTheWorld wherever they are on watchloi.ie. Each Premier Division fixture, as well as selected Extra.ie FAI Cup matches, will be live streamed with RTE Sport’s […]
Senior executives at Sky Studios, the production arm of the Comcast-owned broadcaster, have refuted suggestions that Sky is at a disadvantage compared with recent SVoD and D2C market entrants such as Apple and Disney in attracting exclusive on-and off-screen talent, and instead can benefit from its status as a platform and content provider to work […]