The DVB Steering Board has approved a significant package of specification updates centred on DVB-I, the DVB standard that provides a common way to describe and discover television services across broadcast, broadband and hybrid delivery environments. The documents have been published as DVB BlueBooks and will be sent to ETSI for standardisation, in some cases […]
US credit rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has issued UK television and radio transmission company Arqiva a position of ’CreditWatch negative’ due to increased regulatory uncertainty. The key issue is the UK’s examination of the future for ‘over-the-air’ television and radio broadcasting. The UK’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sports (DCMS) released a green […]
Consumers using pirate streaming services across Asia-Pacific are exposing themselves to serious cybersecurity, privacy and financial risks, according to a study released by the Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), an initiative of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA). The report, Consumer Harms and Fraud Pathways in Asia-Pacific’s Illicit Streaming Economy, was launched at CAP’s annual State […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has confirmed that the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has entered a $9 million (€7.8m) default judgment against Brandon Weibley, a long-time digital piracy operator. Weibley ran multiple illegal streaming services, including Beast Mode Live, GreenWing Media, Viking Media, BTV, Von Wik, […]
Everyone TV, the organisation running the UK’s free-to-view television platforms, has published updated forecasts from 3 Reasons, the independent analyst and specialist in TV platform dynamics. As government considers the long-term future of TV distribution, the new projections add robust evidence to the ongoing debate on how viewers will access TV in the coming years. […]
Two new studies examining digital piracy across Latin America reveal that consumers who use illegal streaming, download, and IPTV services face dramatically higher risks of malware, phishing, financial fraud, and data compromise than users of legitimate online platforms. The research was commissioned by anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). Conducted by cybersecurity […]
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a technology and services provider for media creatives and content owners, has announced the appointment of Andy Darcy as Vice President of System Build and Delivery. Darcy’s new role underscores the company’s momentum across a broad range of systems integration (SI) projects. The SI side of ASG has expanded rapidly, driven […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a specialist in OTT / TV platforms, content protection, and data-driven solutions, has announced that MasOrange has deployed VO technologies across its IPTV and OTT platforms as part of a targeted advertising and multi–brand service expansion. VO’s contribution spans client and server side targeted advertising components, the VO Secure Video Player, and the […]
The migration of television distribution from traditional terrestrial and satellite broadcast to Internet Protocol (IP) delivery is the most significant change in media infrastructure in decades. While Video on Demand (VoD) services have successfully established a reputation for stability and high fidelity, live streaming continues to wrestle with the “glass-to-glass” latency gap. For broadcasters and […]
Officers from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), supported by North Wales Police, have executed a search warrant at a property in Denbigh, Wales, as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal IPTV services. During the operation, a 33-year-old man was arrested at the address on suspicion of copyright offences and […]