RTL Group has announced that its global content business, Fremantle, has completed the sale of its 100 per cent shareholding in Ludia to US-based mobile entertainment company Jam City for $165 million (€139 million). In 2009, Fremantle acquired an initial stake of 29 per cent in Ludia, before increasing its shareholding to 100 per cent […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in powering the modern connected world with people-centred security, has announced that Ontario, Canada-based International Datacasting Corporation (IDC), a global provider of products, systems and services for the distribution of multimedia broadband content, selected Verimatrix VCAS video encryption technology to protect the airing of sporting events for its broadcasting customers serving the […]
In 2022, 48.9 per cent of households in Canada will have pay-TV, marking a massive and continuing trend of cable cord-cutting in the country, according to forecasts by eMarketer. As recently as 2015, more than 75 per cent of households in Canada – a total of 10.5 million – had pay-TV. That figure has been […]
Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat will be able to trade under its own name on the Nasdaq exchange later this year. The delay is down to its somewhat complex ownership structure. Telesat is part-owned by Loral Space & Communications (which is already quoted on the US Nasdaq). Loral’s shareholder approved the move on August 23rd whereby […]
This autumn, Smithsonian Channel delves deep into the guts and bolts of the world’s most innovative, multi-million dollar machines to spotlight the everyday hard hat heroes who oversee their operations in the new original series, Impossible Repairs (6×60’). Hosted by filmmaker, adventurer, and survivalist Mike Davidson, this six-part series spans the globe to give audiences exclusive access […]
The Switch, a provider of production services and global delivery of live video, provided a full slate of services for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), supporting the broadcast of its seventh biennial roadblock telecast. The show, which aired simultaneously on more than 60 participating media platforms across the United States and Canada on Saturday, August […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has launched the Collins Cup player across web, IOS and Android. The app will showcase The Collins Cup broadcast live and on-demand. As well as the live broadcast, the app gives access to the PTOs content library including the newly launched Collins Cup Countdown shows hosted by Charlie Webster, with […]
Canada-based satellite component supplier MDA reports it is actively bidding on supplying several mega-constellations of satellites in addition to the contracts it has in place with Telesat’s broadband-by-satellite Lightspeed project and OneWeb. MDA’s CEO Mike Greenley says the company expects to see revenues of some C$800 million (€547.3m) from its Lightspeed contracts between this year […]
Media Group Ukraine (MGU) has concluded a deal with new Canadian Life Streaming TV and VOD service RiverTV. Now RiverTV is the only live TV streaming Provider in Canada with proprietary technology solutions. Viewers of RiverTV can subscribe for an a la carte offer with MGU own channels “Ukraine 24”, “Ukraine 1”/”Ukraine 2”, “NLO TV […]
fuboTV, the sports-first live TV streaming platform, has acquired the exclusive rights for Coppa Italia and the exclusive English language rights for Serie A in Canada. The two new multi-year agreements bolster fuboTV’s position as the premier football streaming platform in Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Coppa Italia agreement includes a […]