Formula E – the electric single-seater car race series inaugurated by motorsport’s governing body – is looking to enhance further its position as the leading digital motorsport channel by a new collaboration with Facebook to enjoy unprecedented levels of exclusive content and opportunities to engage with drivers, teams and events taking place throughout the course […]
SES Platform Services, one of Europe’s leading technical media service providers, has today launched its new LUCID online video platform (OVP), providing customers with everything they need to set up their own online video offering. Combining Linear TV Streaming, Catch-up TV and VoD into one online platform, LUCID OVP provides the building blocks for Platform […]
By the end of 2019, almost 85 per cent of UK households will have signed up to bundles of at least two telecom and media services from the same provider. According to a multiplay services forecast by CCS Insight, multiplay services will continue to disrupt the market. Telecom and media companies will be forced to […]
Molotov, a new service for the distribution of television channels, has entered into OTT distribution agreements with a number of major French television broadcast partners including TF1, France Télévisions, M6, Arte, Nextradio TV, Lagardère Active, La Chaine Parlementaire, Public Sénat, Groupe AB, Disney Channel, Turner, Viacom, Euronews, France 24, TV5 Monde, TRACE, Gong média, Nolife, […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for digital TV services, has partnered with Divitel, a provider of digital media solutions, to develop a joint solution that integrates the Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Internet TV with the Divitel Operating Center (DOC). Dutch ISP Solcon has deployed the integrated solution to extend the […]
Online and mobile commerce giant Alibaba Group has made a non-binding proposal to the board of directors of multi-screen entertainment and media company Youku Tudou to acquire all outstanding shares of Youku, including shares represented by American depositary shares (ADSs, each representing 18 ordinary shares of Youku), that it does not already own for $26.60 […]
Increased demand for HD channels and VoD has fuelled the growth of the global IPTV market, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. The report indicates that growing at a strong CAGR of 18.1 per cent from 2014 to 2020, the value of the worldwide IPTV market stands to rise from $24.94 billion in 2013 […]
Telefonica’s OTT service Yomvi now boasts over a million subscribers and 3 million downloads every week. Over the last few months Yomvi has been significantly increasing subscribers – from 600,000 in July to over a million as of the end of September. Its growth goes is parallel to Telefonica’s pay-TV platform wiith almost 4 million […]
Digital video distribution and monetisation network Rightster has commenced a formal strategic review of the options open to the Company to maximise value for Rightster shareholders. The strategic review will be wide-ranging and the Rightster Board will consider all strategic options available to the Group including a strategic partnership, acquisition(s) to increase the scale of […]
Australian operator Telstra has unveiled the new Telstra TV streaming device which will be available for purchase by Telstra customers from October 27th. Telstra describes the device as an “easy to use” streaming player that allows Telstra home broadband customers to watch the most popular streaming services, rent the latest blockbuster films from BigPond Movies […]