Research commissioned by OpenX, the independent advertising exchange, in partnership with The Harris Poll, demonstrates the UK’s changing viewing habits as the streaming wars continue to heat up in the months before Christmas. It’s no secret that
Advertising technology company MediaMath has pledged to clean up the digital media supply chain by committing to a 100 per cent accountable and addressable supply chain by the end of 2020, righting what it says are the wrongs of a digital advertising industry that evolved rapidly over the last decade with no purposeful design. With […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo has revealed TiVo+, its new video network and TiVo EDGE, which it describes as its most advanced device ever for home entertainment viewing. “Today people face confusion and overwhelming choice when it comes to home entertainment – US households have an average of 7.2 entertainment subscriptions, and that’s […]
Conway Corporation, a North American cable provider, has selected Vecima’s MediaScaleX solution to power its new IPTV multiscreen service. Moving from QAM to IP delivery systems, Conway Corp will be able to introduce new services to subscribers on any screen, without disruption. Vecima’s highly flexible and scalable software solutions integrated with a wide range of […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we look at the dawning of the era of D2C. It is, I suppose, the natural evolution of the stunning success of the era of SVoD as exemplified by the ‘world domination’ of Netflix. Netflix has achieved much: it has disintermediated traditional gatekeepers, it has changed viewing habits and […]
Fincons Group, an IT business consultancy with a significant footprint in media and broadcast, has published a new whitepaper to help European broadcasters understand the benefits emerging from the adoption of ATSC 3.0 across the US. The aim of the whitepaper is to serve as a guide to European broadcasters to ensure they are equipped […]
In a move that will significantly expand the reach of interactive television services in markets worldwide, standards-based watermarking provider Verance has revealed plans to bring its Aspect watermarking technology to Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV). Aspect uses Verance’s high-performance implementation of the standards-based watermarking technologies sanctioned by the HbbTV Association – a global initiative dedicated […]
The Walt Disney Company has secured a comprehensive distribution agreement to continue to deliver Disney’s lineup of sports, news and entertainment content to PlayStation Vue customers. It expands upon the previous deal and supports the companies’ mutual goal to deliver the best video content to customers across multiple platforms. The new agreement includes the newly […]
Russian-language broadcaster and OTT content packager Kartina TV is to increase its reach with FTV capacity on SES from its 19.2 degrees east position. Kartina TV will be broadcasting a tailored bouquet of Russian-language TV channels across Western Europe as they aim to increase the number of viewers watching their content. The content, which soon […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by UK PSBs the BBC and ITV, has agreed distribution deals bringing the service to Samsung TVs, Freeview Play and YouView, reaching millions of homes across the UK. A partnership has been confirmed with Samsung, which will see the BritBox app hosted on Samsung Tizen TVs from launch onwards. “We […]