MTG’s online streaming service Viaplay has entered into a partnership with Swedish telco Tele2, enabling Tele2 to offer Viaplay to its 3.7 million Swedish mobile and mobile broadband subscribers. The deal increases both the reach and availability of Viaplay. The partnership is the first of its kind for Viaplay. Both new and existing Tele2 customers […]
The third season of Netlix’s award-winning political drama House of Cards is set to begin on February 27 2015. Netflix revealed the news via a Twitter announcement, advising followers: BREAKING NEWS: President Underwood and the First Lady will be making an announcement today at 11 A.M. EST. Please stand by … A link to a […]
Media and device testing specialists, Digital TV Labs. has announced what it claims is the world’s first HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite which will be developed to support Digital UK’s next generation Freeview connected service. The contract includes the provision of Digital TV Labs Ligada iSuite test tool and test material covering components of HbbTV 2.0 […]
UK based MNO Vodafone is considering buying the Tesco-owned video and music streaming service blinkbox to give it access to content as it gears up to become a quad-play operator. Reports emerged in early October that the UK supermarket retailer was planning to sell off or shut down the loss-making operation, which has struggled to […]
An innovative response to digital piracy has seen global giants Apple search out a group of New Zealand and Australian independent filmmakers, ahead of the release of their film Sunday, on December 7. A joint NZ/Australian production, the film’s multi-platform distribution plan is a world first that will see it being released simultaneously across 20+ […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said he believes free-to-air TV will be extinct by 2030. Speaking at a Netflix event in Latin America, Hastings compared broadcast television to the horse and cart and said it will simply be a ‘casualty of evolution’. “It’s kind of like the horse, you know, the horse was good until […]
Technology firm BitTorrent will launch first original TV series, entitled Children of the Machine, in the autumn of 2015. The eight-episode show will be a free download on BitTorrent’s file-sharing network supported by advertising, although fans will be able to pay $4.95 for an ad-free version, or $9.95 for that plus bonus content. “This is […]
French telco Orange has confirmed informal talks with Chinese group PCCW regarding video platform Dailymotion. CEO Stéphane Richard, who is seeking an investor to boost the international development of its 100 per cent subsidiary, met Richard Li, the son of Asia’s wealthiest man Li Ka-Shing, the founder of Hutchison conglomerate. The group owns PCCW, the […]
Zenterio, which develops an independent software platform for interactive TV, has announced that its software platform Zenterio OS will support the latest release of Microsoft PlayReady. Zenterio is an independent software supplier within the interactive TV services sector. PlayReady is a leading industry standard for protecting streaming of subscription-based content that’s used by leading IPTV […]
This weekend Viewster is broadcasting live from the world’s largest digital festival, DreamHack Winter, where the best electronics sports athletes gather to compete for over $500,000 in prize money. At the aid of three different streams, Viewster users will get a unique opportunity to witness first-hand how full time professional StarCraft II, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike […]