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SAWA launches video platform for MENA with SES

SAWA Rights Management (SAWA), a strategic service provider to the MENA pay-TV industry, has concluded a multi-year agreement with global content connectivity solutions provider SES, where it will be delivering TV channels to commercial properties. Under this agreement, SAWA will utilise MonacoSAT, a satellite located at 52 degrees East, to distribute the first 14 premium […]

October 28, 2021

Roku measurement in Nielsen DCR

Roku and Nielsen have announced that Roku has now enabled publishers to measure channel content on Roku devices within Nielsen Digital Content Ratings (DCR). Digital Content Ratings provides access to deduplicated reach and demographic insights for channels on Roku devices to identify which programs most effectively reach key audiences. This increase in coverage helps content […]

October 27, 2021

SRM selects NAGRA Conditional Access

Dubai based SAWA Rights Management, a strategic service provider to the MENA broadcast TV industry, has selected NAGRA cloud-based CAS solution to encrypt and secure its premium channels for distribution to commercial properties such as hotels, hospitals, cafés and a wide range of public viewing spaces. “We are excited to work with NAGRA to secure […]

October 27, 2021

Viant, iSpot partnership

Viant Technology, a people-based advertising software company, and iSpot.tv, a specialist in real-time TV ad measurement and attribution, have announced a partnership to advance Viant’s TV advertising offerings, integrating iSpot’s Unified Measurement solution into the Adelphic advertising software. The integration is aimed at improving reach, frequency, and business outcome insights for Viant advertisers delivering OTT […]

October 27, 2021

Redge Media powers The 18th Chopin Competition

Redge Media’s Video Delivery Platform, which includes content origin, a catch-up TV console, as well as a global CDN solution, delivered the online video experience for the 18th Chopin Competition published within the official website and applications of the event. It mainly served end-users in Poland, Japan, USA, Germany and China. It served nearly 100 […]

October 26, 2021

OTTera, SAWA form FAST channel partnership

OTT & FAST Channels provider OTTera has partnered with SAWA Rights Management (SAWA), the Dubai based, channel aggregation and distribution company, to meet the growing demand for Free, Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) channels in the MENA region. The partnership will pair SAWA’s wide range of local channel rights and advertising connections with OTTera’s OTT and […]

October 26, 2021

Eleven, OneFootball broadcast deal for 9 European leagues

Eleven and OneFootball will broadcast live matches and highlights from nine European professional football leagues across the world in a collective deal with The Association of European Professional Leagues (European Leagues). For the first time ever, European Leagues worked with nine of its members to bundle their broadcast media rights outside their domestic markets. Thanks […]

October 25, 2021

Mediagenix: Live sports programming comes with new challenges  

Live sports came back with a vengeance this summer. Sports rights holders discovered that Covid-19 had only accelerated the fast changes in monetization, technology, and distribution models, and they found their tech stacks were under pressure to answer the new demands in flexibility, openness and functional depth. The eternal challenges of live sports programming are […]

October 25, 2021

Accedo partners with Nreal

Accedo has partnered with the Augmented Reality (AR) glasses brand Nreal, to deliver Extended Reality (XR) viewing for video consumers. This partnership enables OTT providers to bring binge-worthy content to Nreal’s lightweight AR glasses. Accedo XR, is a cross-platform solution that allows video providers to launch Extended Reality (XR) experiences, using templated designs. Using Accedo […]

October 21, 2021

Vewd selects MediaTek for Vewd for Automotive

Vewd, a provider of OTT software solutions, today announced that MediaTek’s Autus I20 (MT2712) chipset was selected as the first reference platform to power Vewd for Automotive, a white-labelled, cloud-managed content aggregation and monetization solution for in-vehicle infotainment equipment providers and car manufacturers. MediaTek’s customer base, streaming ecosystem partnerships, and strong technical capabilities make it the strongest supplier […]

October 21, 2021