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Spotify, Samsung partnership

Spotify has been named Samsung’s new go-to music service provider, which will give Samsung users a seamless listening experience between devices. According to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, the partnership with Samsung reduces the friction for users to get Spotify up and running on multiple Samsung devices once the accounts have been linked. “It allows us […]

August 10, 2018

BBTV, PBS collaborate on YouTube content management

BroadbandTV (BBTV), a digital entertainment company, has announced a collaboration with PBS, America’s preeminent public broadcaster and content provider and PBS Distribution, a distributor of public media content, to manage fan-uploaded content on YouTube for popular shows including Nova, Frontline, and Nature, as well as PBS Kid series. PBS, America’s most trusted national institution, joins […]

August 10, 2018

The Roku Channel now free online

Roku has launched The Roku Channel online in the US, giving free access to anyone via PCs, mobile phones and tablets. Consumers can visit TheRokuChannel.com to begin streaming, without the need for a Roku device. “We want to be the best destination for free streaming entertainment. We’re delighted to deliver even more value to our […]

August 10, 2018

ESPN+ scores Serie A deal

ESPN and ESPN+ have reached an exclusive, multi-year rights agreement in the United States for Italy’s premier football league, Serie A TIM. The agreement will bring more than 340 matches per season to ESPN+, the new multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI) segment and ESPN. Starting August […]

August 9, 2018

Viacom upbeat profits

Small-budget movies helped Viacom to a surprise rise in adjusted profits, as it struggles with restructuring. Revenue was a shade weaker than expected: sales fell 4 per cent to $3.24bn. Paramount’s operating income jumped to $44m in the quarter, from $9m a year ago benefitting from movies like A Quiet Place that cost $30m and […]

August 9, 2018

TVT, DMC now TVT Media

One year after its acquisition of Amsterdam-based DMC (Digital Media Centre), Global content services provider TVT has announced that the two entities have become TVT Media. The news caps a successful year of integration as TVT Media has also revealed that it now delivers 99 channels via its private broadcast cloud. Since acquiring DMC from […]

August 9, 2018

£10k fine for Sky Sports infringement

Following successful legal action taken by Sky, Sandra Dow, the tenant and Designated Premises Manager of the Spey Lounge in Edinburgh, Scotland, has been ordered to pay £10,000 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in her premises. She must also pay Sky’s costs and fund the placement of notices […]

August 9, 2018By Colin Mann

Friend MTS and AWS Elemental interoperability

Friend MTS, a content and revenue protection specialist, announced interoperability with its Distribution iD watermarking and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaConvert to provide an added layer of security against streaming piracy for on-demand video. The invisible, distributor-level watermarking, along with Friend MTS’ global content monitoring service, enables providers of on-demand content to gather intelligence […]

August 9, 2018

Iger: Our top priority is ‘DisneyFlix’

Disney has revealed heavy spending on its upcoming streaming service designed to compete head-on with Netflix and Prime. Disney fell short of forecasts for earnings and revenues in the quarter but Bob Iger, chief executive, struck an optimistic tone, speaking at length about Disney’s ambitions for its own service after its acquisition of 21st Century […]

August 8, 2018

£50,000 fine for IPTV pirate

Luke Skinner, of Buntisland in Scotland has received a court order against him having been found to be selling IPTV subscriptions and pre-loaded illicit streaming devices on Facebook Marketplace, which gave users access to premium content such as provided by Sky, illegally. Skinner was selling subscriptions to content for £35 (€39) per year as well […]

August 8, 2018By Colin Mann