BBC News has set out an update on the plans it announced earlier this year to respond to changing audience needs. The update addresses the BBC’s worsening financial position and draws on the experiences of operating during the Covid-19 pandemic. In January BBC News announced a series of modernisation proposals. Since then, faced with the […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon company, has announced the general availability of Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), a new fully managed service that makes it easy to set up live, interactive video streams for a web or mobile application. Amazon IVS uses the same technology that powers Twitch, giving customers live content with […]
Accedo has been named a preferred developer in Latin America as part of Roku’s new Preferred Developer Programme. The newly launched programme includes developers with a strong history building fully-featured Roku channels that consistently pass Roku’s certification process, among other criteria. Yulia Poltorak, Director of International Content Development at Roku, commented: “We’re excited to welcome […]
Red Bee has added points of presence (POPs) for channel distribution in the UK and France, three in London and one in Paris. Broadcasters, streaming services, telcos and other content providers can now directly access a catalogue of up to 10,000 globally sourced live channels from the Red Bee Channel Store. “We are very excited […]
FOX Sports is working with Google Cloud to automate logging, discovering and storing video assets in media. The system, already in development, will utilise Google Cloud’s video search and advanced machine-learning capabilities to help the network unlock the value of its vast sports content archive in a more effective way. “We’re excited to team with […]
The BBC has launched Tiny Happy People, a five-year initiative backed by Her The Duchess of Cambridge, to support parents and carers in developing the language and communication skills of 0-4 year old children. Tiny Happy People offers a wide range of free films, articles, quizzes and parenting tips that have been specially designed with […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that Virgin Media, an existing customer, has turned to the company to provide a playout solution for its pop-up HD exercise channel Get Moving. During these ongoing difficult times, online and TV-based exercise classes and workout recommendation shows have become extremely popular as people want to […]
Arqiva, the UK broadcast transmission and cellular mast operator, is reportedly planning to lay off about a third of its employees according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The report says the company, which is in the end-stages of selling its cellular mast division, is planning a radical restructuring that would see more than […]
Birmingham 2022 and CGF Partnerships (CGFP) has appointed sports broadcast production company Sunset+Vine as Host Broadcaster, responsible for delivering coverage of the Commonwealth Games to a global audience of more than 1.5 billion. The contract, which includes the option to extend coverage to the 2026 and 2030 editions of the Games, was awarded to Sunset+Vine […]
Movistar is testing a new system, called Movistar Tokens, to reward its subscribers with free of charge TV content, channels, or more data for the use of different services within the platform. The service is now in a pilot phase with plans to launch nationally in September if successful. A new ‘Mis Tokens’ section can […]