Eurosport will be the Home of Tennis in Russia after it was announced that it will show 39 ATP Tour tournaments a season for three years starting in January 2019. The agreement, which includes nine ATP Masters 1000 events, 13 ATP 500 events and 15 ATP 250 events, the end-of-season Nitto ATP Finals tournament as […]
Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has teamed up with Technicolor to simplify the delivery of Android TV experiences. VO’s DRM solution and its secure VO Player have been integrated on Android TV set-top boxes (STBs) from Technicolor in full compliance with the TV Input […]
Irdeto has launched Irdeto Control on the Go which enables transport operators to offer a secure onboard video entertainment service even without internet connectivity. The solution is designed for the small footprint of planes, trains, coaches and cruise ships, many of which support Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and provides the security required to deliver […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, along with Novatek, silicon solution provider, have announced that Novatek’s next generation TV chipsets will natively support both NAGRA Connect and TVkey Cloud. In a first phase Novatek will use a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) based device security framework to […]
Apple has revealed that App Store customers worldwide set new spending records over the holidays, wrapping up a record-breaking year. App Store spending topped $1.22 billion (€1.07bn) between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Customers also spent over $322 million on New Year’s Day 2019 alone, setting a new single-day record. “The App Store had […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV’s commissioning strategy continues to bear fruit with UKTV Originals driving younger viewers to UKTV Play and remaining the most watched programmes on the network in 2018. “Our strategy of creating distinctive, ambitious and compelling new shows is continuing to pay off,” asserted Darren Childs, UKTV CEO. “I’m incredibly proud that for the […]
Figures released by industry trade body the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) and based on data from the Official Charts Company and Futuresource Consulting, show that the UK home entertainment market grew by 10 per cent in 2018, bringing the total value of the category to £2.34 billion (€2.6bn). Reflecting the abundance of choice […]
The UK video games sector now accounts for more than half of the UK’s entire entertainment market, according to a report from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). It says the industry is worth £3.86 billion (€4.3bn) – more than double its value in 2007, making it more lucrative than video and music combined. The success […]
Streaming platform and device specialist Roku is expanding The Roku Channel to include ‘Premium Subscriptions’. Users will be able to watch both free ad-supported and paid premium entertainment in one easy-to-navigate interface, with personalised recommendations, where they can browse, trial and subscribe to popular services. In addition to 10,000+ free ad-supported movies and TV episodes […]
Media and entertainment metadata provider Gracenote has launched its next-generation descriptive metadata solution designed to make possible more contextually-relevant and satisfying TV and movie discovery experiences. Gracenote Video Descriptors, the first of the company’s new Advanced Discovery products, will enable pay-TV providers, OTT services and connected device manufacturers to unlock deeper user engagement and loyalty […]