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New Alex Rider on IMDb TV

The second season of Alex Rider will be available to stream on IMDb TV December in the UK and US from December 3rd. Additionally, viewers can now stream the first season of Alex Rider on IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service. Produced by Eleventh Hour Films, Alex Rider is a spy-thriller series based on the […]

October 11, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Eye Networks signs Nordic agreement with Amazon company eero

Norwegian wifi company Eye Networks has signed an agreement with eero, an Amazon company, for the distribution of mesh wifi products and services to Nordic broadband service providers. “This is our biggest distribution agreement to date,” said Jan Pedro Tumusok, CEO of Eye Networks. The eero for Service Providers program combines eero hardware with subscription […]

October 11, 2021

Hispasat to provide satellite capacity in Greenland

Hispasat, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator, has signed an agreement with Tele Greenland, the national communications company in Greenland, to lease space capacity on the Amazonas Nexus satellite until the end of its lifetime. The agreement will make it possible for Tele Greenland to improve Internet access in all remote towns and villages in North […]

October 8, 2021

Nielsen tries again on streaming measurement

Nielsen is relaunching its streaming video measurement solutions under a new Nielsen Streaming Solutions banner. Broadcasters and streamers have been looking at alternatives for measuring across platforms and alternative metrics as currency for buying and selling commercials. Nielsen says its new streaming measurement suite includes Nielsen Streaming Platform Ratings (formerly Streaming Video Ratings), which measures […]

October 7, 2021

Live TV production in the AWS Cloud: Broadcasters ClipMyHorse.TV / FEI.tv use LOGIC PORTAL modules

ClipMyHorse.TV and FEI.tv, for the first time, produced the world feed at the European Equestrian Games 2021, taking place in Germany this summer. The competition featured the events dressage and show jumping. ClipMyHorse used new PORTAL modules PORTAL.edit and PORTAL.vod running under the AWS Cloud to produce the competition’s daily highlights summary. Deploying the combination […]

October 6, 2021

More bidders for Eutelsat?

The bid for Eutelsat by businessman Patrick Drahi, rejected by the satellite company, might well trigger other bidders to enter the picture. Sami Kassab, equity analyst at investment bank Exane/BNPP, poses some interesting suggestions as to potential rival bidders to Drahi. Kassab argues that the key to anyone’s success in the validation of the bid […]

October 5, 2021

Shatner among Blue Origin final NS-18 crew

Blue Origin has announced that actor William Shatner and Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations, will fly on board New Shepard NS-18. Shatner’s career as an actor, director, producer, writer, recording artist, and horseman has spanned 60 years. He famously originated the role of Captain James T. Kirk in 1966 […]

October 5, 2021

Report: Prime Video leads Japan SVoD market

Premium video streaming in Japan reached 85 billion minutes during January – August 2021, or 13 per cent of total time spent on video according to the first of a series of quarterly reports from Media Partners Asia (MPA) measuring the Japanese streaming economy. The report, titled Japan Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics, leverages […]

October 4, 2021

Spain: 58% watch 2+ pay-TV platforms

Some 83.1 per cent of Spaniards have access to pay-TV, up 2.2 per cent in the last quarter, with 58.3 per cent watching at least two different pay-TV platforms, according to a report from consultancy firm Barlovento Comunicación. On average, every Spanish household has access to 2.6 platforms. Netflix leads the market with a 59.9 […]

October 4, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

IMDb TV brings Leverage: Redemption to UK

All 16 episodes of Season One of Leverage: Redemption will be available to stream exclusively in the UK on IMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, from October 22nd. This news follows the recent launch of IMDb TV in the UK. The heist drama series sees reformed criminals put their unique skills to good use by helping […]

October 4, 2021By Nik Roseveare