DFC Intelligence has released its latest global video game console market forecast. One of the biggest issues is the growing digital delivery of software on console systems. DFC Intelligence forecasts that revenue from digital delivery of console software will pass sales of packaged software in 2019. The movement to digital delivery has been a gradual […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has extended its distribution agreements with YouSee and Stofa, the two largest TV distributors in Denmark, on a long-term basis. The renewed partnerships include NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service and TV3 channels, and reflect NENT Group’s strategic focus on distribution deals that broaden the reach of its streaming services and […]
MediaKind is collaborating with Telefonica Brazil to enhance the user experience for more than 350,000 VIVO Fibra subscribers through the integration of the Netflix streaming service into the MediaKind Mediaroom platform’s interactive menu system, which is used as part of the subscriber interface. This software customisation will enable VIVO to evolve its media offering and […]
Iskratel, the European provider of broadband access solutions, has announced its partnership with French telecommunications engineering company Telenco Distribution as it continues to expand its activity in the French market. As part of the new partnership, Telenco Distribution will provide Iskratel’s full range of innovative GPON solutions for future-proof upgrades of Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) networks across […]
Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is launching its Global Video Data offering in the Middle East to help drive next-generation TV and movie search, discovery and navigation for emerging digital and IPTV platforms. Etisalat’s E-Vision, a provider of TV content and advanced TV technologies, is one of the first pay-TV operators to deliver Gracenote-powered viewer experiences […]
Anevia, a provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, and Quadrille, a specialist in delivering file and live content over satellite, have strengthened their partnership to offer OTT over satellite. The joint solution will enable content providers and operators to offer live-TV services, without sacrificing stream quality, in situations where it was previously unavailable due […]
Amazon Studios thas commissioned the six-part unscripted series Our Man In… Japan with James May (presenter of The Grand Tour and Top Gear). The new UK Prime Original series will be directed by nominee Tom Whitter for Plum Pictures where it will be exec produced by Will Daws. The team start filming immediately and it […]
Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, Sky, has suggested that just a few months after Comcast’s September 2018 takeover of the pay-TV operator, “clear benefits” of the tie-up were “flowing both ways”, and also added his weight to the debate regarding regulation of global tech giants. Speaking at the Deloitte Enders Media and Telecoms Conference 2019 […]
The European Commission has made commitments offered by Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky legally binding under EU antitrust rules. These commitments address the Commission’s concerns regarding certain clauses in these studios’ film licensing contracts for pay-TV with Sky UK. These clauses prevented Sky UK from allowing EU consumers outside the UK and […]
Alex Mahon, CEO of Channel 4, has confirmed that the channel is in discussions with BBC and ITV to be part of the recently announced Britbox service. “Of course, we are having positive and constructive discussions with ITV and the BBC about how Channel 4 could partner with them to build the scale of BritBox,” […]