Vialma, a French streaming service dedicated to classical music and jazz, has chosen OKAST Channels to launch its free, ad-supported channel (FAST) on the Samsung TV Plus platform. Convinced by the relevance of this new distribution model, Vialma has selected the OKAST Channels solution provided by OKAST. Its modular cloud-based playout, transcoding, and ad insertion […]
Amazon says Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Homecoming are its two most-binged Prime Original series of the year on a worldwide basis. It also revealed that the top three cities that streamed the most hours of Prime Video per capita were Santa Clara in the US, Norderstedt in Germany, and Tokai in Japan. Meantime, early […]
Altice Portugal has criticised the decision of the National Communications Authority (Anacom) to cut the TV channel distribution fees by 15 per cent, considering the decision as “unfair, unfounded and negatively impacting the future of DTT in Portugal”. It points out that the contract was signed between the operator and the State and now the […]
AT&T’s Entertainment boss John Stankey says that CNN will not be sold once AT&T wraps its purchase of Time-Warner, which owns CNN and the other Turner Broadcasting assets. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he denied previous reports that CNN would be sold after the $85 million purchase, saying that News was on a par with […]
SpaceX technicians at Cape Canaveral are patiently waiting for a scheduled Atlas-5 rocket to launch a military satellite into orbit on September 27. A few days later, weather permitting, SpaceX will take centre stage for a mission for two clients, SES and EchoStar, and their joint-venture SES-11/EchoStar 105 satellite. The satellite will make use of […]
ThinkAnalytics, the developer of the world’s most deployed multi-platform TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Astro, a Southeast Asian content and customer-focused company, has gone live with the ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine on the newly launched NJOI Now free video streaming service. NJOI Now lets anyone in Malaysia view content for free on mobile […]
Altice will launch next June in several countries a new international TV channel dedicated to cooking and called MY Cuisine. At launch, the new channel will be carried exclusively on the SFR platform in France, Belgium and Luxemburg, before expanding to French-Speaking Africa and Switzerland. MY Cuisine will also be launched in Portugal into Altice’s […]
Peter Lyhne Uhrenholt has been promoted to CEO from his current position as CPSO (Chief Product and Solution Officer), to take over from Claus Omann who is leaving the company after eight years. Peter will continue to execute on the strategies already defined. With a keen focus on execution, Peter will be leading a strong […]
Broadpeak and Wyplay will unveil a joint solution at CES 2017 designed to revolutionise the distribution of live TV Everywhere services over managed networks. Broadpeak’s industry-leading nanoCDN technology has been integrated with Frog By Wyplay middleware on set-top boxes (STBs) to make multiscreen delivery scalable and affordable for telecom, cable, and satellite direct-to-home (DTH) operators. […]
Content sharing has become the most popular form of piracy. Lucas Catranis, Cyber Services & Investigation, explains how a mixture of technology, human intelligence and industry relationships means they can take down pirate streams even as they play out live events. [bitsontherun fCsc0CpL-hLYU43gg]