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Survey: 69% of US watched Super Bowl on Smart TV

A survey from ENGINE Insights has found that 69 per cent of Americans watched Super Bowl LV on a Smart TV on February 7th. Some 40 per cent of them watching via a Samsung TV, 21 per cent on LG devices, 11 per cent on Vizio and only 8 per cent on Sony. Over half […]

February 10, 2021

NEP picks Nevion DVB-T adaptation solution for Norwegian DTT network

Nevion, a Sony Group Company and award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, has provided equipment and services to NEP to update the headend and regionalization for the Norwegian DTT network, which it provides as a service. After a thorough evaluation, NEP picked Nevion’s CP524 TS Adapter as main and spare equipment to provide input […]

February 9, 2021

STARZPLAY secures debt financing of $25m from Ruya Partners

STARZPLAY, the MENA SVoD service, received its first independent debt financing in the region of $25 million (€20.7m) from Abu Dhabi based Ruya Partners. The funds, secured on the basis of STARZPLAY’s financial strength and performance, will be used towards further strengthening STARZPLAY’s geographic and customer reach, acquiring and producing original content, and maximising long-term […]

February 3, 2021

Report: Cloud gaming will transform video games industry

Cloud gaming will fundamentally change the video games industry over the next ten years, according to data and analytics company GlobalData, bidding farewell to traditional disk-based PC and console games and hefty downloads in the process. Just as video and audio streaming has reshaped the music, film and TV markets, cloud gaming is expected to […]

February 3, 2021

Sony joins SRT Alliance

The SRT Alliance, established by Haivision, a global provider of real-time video streaming and networking solutions, has announced that Sony Imaging Products & Solutions (Sony) has joined the SRT Alliance. The SRT Alliance is a community of industry leaders and developers focused on overcoming the challenges of low latency live streaming by supporting the collaborative development […]

January 29, 2021

Sony acquire Pakistan cricket rights

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) to show all of Pakistan’s home international games as well as the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The upcoming season of the PSL is scheduled to start on February 20th with the match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators. PCB […]

January 26, 2021

Whip Media promotes Hastings

Whip Media, the enterprise software platform provider for global content licensing, has announced that Paul Hastings has been promoted to SVP of Global Sales, effective immediately. In this newly created role, he will lead the company’s global sales strategy and oversee the global sales team. He is based in London. Most recently, Hastings served as […]

January 26, 2021

Crunchyroll: “Black Clover most watched show”

Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, has revealed that Black Clover was its most viewed title in 2020. It was the most viewed show in 87 countries and territories. The data comes from users in over 200 countries and territories and represents the most unique viewers of a given simulcast anime during 2020 from Crunchyroll’s 3 […]

January 21, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Study: Nick Jr has most educational content

A study by UK broadband comparison site Cable.co.uk has uncovered the TV channels and services with the most educational content as a guide for parents attempting to home school children during lockdown. For the study, the team looked at the most popular children’s TV channels in the UK across the span of two weeks (Monday […]

January 19, 2021

Sony announces new BRAVIA XR 8K LED, 4K OLED and 4K LED models

Sony Europe has announced its first cognitive intelligence televisions. The new BRAVIA XR televisions include MASTER Series Z9J 8K LED, MASTER Series A90J and A80J OLED, and X95J and X90J 4K LED. Powered by the Cognitive Processor XR, the brain of the new BRAVIA XR, the televisions use a completely new processing method that goes beyond conventional AI, designed to replicate the ways humans see and […]

January 8, 2021