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Netgem’s #Telco TV

@IBC Advanced Television talks to Sylvain Thevenot about #Telco TV its proposition for TV as a cloud service for telcos and ISPs. It provides multi-screen provision, a proven UI and search and recommendation and a road map for rapid and seamless service innovation.   [bitsontherun 1CI5axCW-ni7dlelE]

October 14, 2015

ADB: Multi-screen, multi-network, multi-service

@IBC Advanced Television talks to ADB CEO Peter Balchin about the completion of the company’s transition to a multi-screen, multi-network, multi-service company.   [bitsontherun 8M4qhBxw-ni7dlelE]

October 14, 2015

Fragmentation, friction and strong franchises

Audience fragmentation has been a feature – perhaps a dilemma – for channel owners, schedulers and advertisers for a long time. Everyday there is a new piece of research implying everything from ‘linear TV is so over’, to ‘chill, most viewers still want, and watch, most TV on a TV in a traditional way.’ It’s […]

October 13, 2015

Liberty’s £7m for YouTube’s Bigballs

Liberty Global and the global venture capital firm, e.ventures, have invested £7 million (€9.45m) in Bigballs Media, the digital production company and owner of football-based YouTube channel Copa90. The deal gives Liberty a 14 per cent stake in the business and values Bigballs Media at £50 million. It also gives Liberty the option to increase […]

October 12, 2015

Sky, Disney expand content deal

Sky has agreed a new multi-year movie and TV agreement with Disney UK & Ireland which it says will allow customers to enjoy the very best of Disney entertainment either live, on demand or on the go. Sky Movies and NOW TV Sky Movies Pass customers will be able to watch premieres such as Inside […]

October 12, 2015

US Netflix now $10

Netflix is raising the price of its most popular streaming option by $1 a month to $9.99 for new customers in the US, Canada and parts of Latin America following a similar move in Europe earlier this year. Existing customers will have a grace period of varying lengths before prices go up for them, the […]

October 9, 2015

Olympic OTT channel

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is launching an OTT Olympic Channel in 2016 with Olympic sports 24 hours per day. The Olympic Channel is being set up in Madrid with around 120 employees and will show a mixture of live sports, back stories of athletes and volunteers, and background information, IOC president Thomas Bach revealed […]

October 9, 2015

8 in 10 advertisers now use advanced TV

The majority of advertisers (78 per cent) have already leveraged some form of advanced TV in their marketing efforts, according to the findings of Advanced TV: Ad Buyer Perceptions, a survey of 255 brand and agency decision-makers published by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and its Digital Video Center of Excellence. The survey, conducted by […]

October 9, 2015

HBO NOW on Roku

HBO’s online only premium streaming service, HBO NOW, is available on the Roku platform. Roku customers in the US can now visit the Roku Channel Store to add the HBO NOW streaming channel to their Roku players (including the newly announced Roku 4) and Roku TV models. Roku customers can purchase a subscription directly within […]

October 9, 2015

Pluto TV announces new content partners

OTT TV platform Pluto TV is adding over 20 new content partners to boost the over 100 channels of live TV entertainment. Pluto TV Co-Founder and CEO Tom Ryan made the announcement at a MIPCOM panel focused on OTT providers. Pluto TV is adding top-quality traditional and digital content from these new partners into new […]

October 8, 2015Colin Mann @ MIPCOM