Sony has confirmed that it is shutting down PlayStation Vue – its OTT TV service in the US – on January 30th 2020. In a blog post, the company cited the competitiveness in the pay-TV industry and a desire to focus on gaming as the reasoning behind its decision. The live streaming service launched in […]
Facebook has dropped an appeal against a £500,000 (€0.58m) fine imposed by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. As part of the agreement, Facebook has made no admission of liability. The social media giant said it “wished it had done more to investigate Cambridge Analytica” earlier. James Dipple-Johnstone, […]
Verizon and the Defense Media Activity (DMA) have announced a multi-year partnership with the Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver streaming content offerings including news, sports, and entertainment through live, linear and on-demand channels to overseas service members and their families. The Defense Media Activity provides a broad range of multimedia products and services to […]
The Digital Entertainment Group Europe (DEGE) has announced the addition of Google to its membership with immediate effect. Supplying a catalogue of movies and TV shows across its Google Play and YouTube platforms, Google joins the DEGE at a heady time for the trade body as it works to support and enhance the home entertainment […]
True Royalty TV, the SVoD service for Royal Family fans, is leveraging Vimeo’s OTT technology to accelerate its direct-to-consumer business. Vimeo now powers True Royalty TV in all markets, including the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The announcement was made today by Gregor Angus, CEO of True Royalty TV. Vimeo, the online […]
Wyplay, a global TV services and video platform solutions provider, has been selected by a major South American Tier-1 Operator for their next generation hybrid Android TV 4K-DVR set-top box platform. Wyplay will provide its FROG middleware to address all broadcasting standards and to support the conditional access system. Additional Wyplay back-end components will be […]
LiveU technology is being used to boost fan engagement across South Africa’s popular horse racing industry. Replacing traditional satellite, fibre and microwave technology, LiveU’s portable field units are being deployed to create live coverage from the race tracks, inside betting centres, and around award ceremonies and special events. Heading up this trend are Tellytrack Horseracing, […]
OTT sports broadcaster DAZN is reportedly seeking to raise $500 million (€450.5m) in new funding. The money would likely be used to support its expansion efforts as it looks to grow beyond its existing territories (Austria, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Italy and the US). Bloomberg reports that New York-based investment bank Goldman Sachs […]
Finnish telco DNA is to close its VHF frequency-based terrestrial network in 2020. At the same time, it will also relinquish its terrestrial network licence to focus on cable and broadband distribution, continuing to offer a wide range of TV services throughout Finland. DNA has provided HD TV services to terrestrial network households via its […]
SABC, South Africa’s publicly-owned TV and radio broadcaster, is looking to launch an OTT streaming service and – over time – regain some of the rights to its own shows which are currently licensed to third-party operators. Reports suggest that all current and recent SABC shows will be available to registered license-holders (as part of […]