A collaboration between Ericsson Media Solutions and Amlogic will make Ericsson’s MediaFirst middleware available via Amlogic’s chipsets. Supported by its high performance central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU), the integration of Amlogic’s S905X chipset solution enables consumers to speedily access content, including High Dynamic Range (HDR) content, across MediaFirst set-top-boxes. Operators can […]
The European Commission is proposing a 3 per cent tax on turnover for tech companies as an answer to their perceived profit tax avoidance through choosing low tax countries for all their billing no matter where the sale. The EC estimates the move would raise over €5 billion a year. The proposal would affect firms […]
US consumers’ appetite for streaming video continues to grow, and they have no qualms shelling out cash for original content, according to Deloitte’s 12th edition of the Digital Media Trends Survey. The report found that 55 per cent of US households now subscribe to at least one video streaming service, a 450 per cent increase […]
In parallel to their distribution on IPTV boxes, French broadcaster SFR has announced its intention to extend the broadcast of its 14 channels on satellite and OTT. Alain Weill, Senior VP at Altice Group (owner of SFR) and Altice Media CEO, made the announcement at a press conference in Paris. SFR stressed that content remained […]
Popular pirate content website 123Movies, which also operated as GoMovies, has confirmed plans to shut down.The streaming site, which offers users a range paid-for content for free, announced its imminent closure with a message on its homepage, saying it will cease operations at the end of the week. In its farewell message, 123Movies encouraged users […]
Telenor has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to PPF Group for €2.8 billion (around NOK 27bn) on an enterprise value basis. The Board of Directors of Telenor intends to ask the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for authorisation to distribute a special dividend of NOK 4.40 per […]
RTL Group has announced that Cécile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia, will leave the Group to take on a new challenge, she is expected to take a leadership role at YouTube EMEA. Bert Habets, CEO of RTL Group, says: “I would like to thank Cécile for her extraordinary creative and commercial achievements at FremantleMedia. She has […]
Multichannel broadcasters invested an average of £15.6 million per year over the last three years in new UK children’s programming, representing one of the biggest sources of investment in homegrown kids content outside the BBC, according to new research. However, proposals to change the regulation of TV channel numbers could damage multichannel broadcasters’ ability to […]
Liberty Global is in talks with Sunrise Communications Group about a potential partnership to combine and expand their businesses in Switzerland, according to Reuters. The early-stage discussions could pave the way for a joint venture between Liberty’s UPC unit and Zurich-based Sunrise, which has a market value of about $4.2 billion. The combined business’s structure […]
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX is reportedly looking for extra factory space in the port of Los Angeles. Bloomberg reports that Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) is in early discussions to lease extra land in the port area. It already occupies 8.1 acres of dockside and warehousing from the port authority. While SpaceX has confirmed […]