Premium content services provider Vubiquity and BBC Worldwide have signed a deal to deliver original television content to South African video-on-demand (VoD) service MTN FrontRow. The new shows include the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning Sherlock series and David Attenborough’s Planet Earth. MTN FrontRow was the first OTT VoD service to be launched by a South African-based […]
Netflix is holding negotiations with several Spanish production companies to produce TV content (series and cinema) in Spain like in France and Mexico. “Local content is very important and we are investing in series and other programmes out of the US,” said Juan Mayne, director of content acquisition, in the Spanish financial newspaper Cinco Días. […]
Content Delivery Network specialist Akamai has confirmed that fuboTV has selected Akamai’s Media Delivery Solutions to support its over-the-top (OTT) football streaming service. fuboTV is using Akamai to deliver broadcast-quality live and on-demand football content to viewers worldwide while helping reduce costs and manage regional licensing agreements. Launched in January 2015, fuboTV delivers 30 to […]
Broadband OTT television service YipTV has announced the addition of 10 new FilmBox channels from the SPI International worldwide channel portfolio to its rapidly expanding lineup of international TV content. Yip TV now offers subscribers non-stop access to: FightBox, DocuBox, FashionBox, Fast’nFunBox, 360 TuneBox, MadscreenBox, FilmBox Arthouse, FilmBox Russia, Kino Polska Int’l and Kino Polska […]
NBC has confirmed the launch of its new streaming channel on the Roku platform via TV Everywhere, bringing shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Voice, The Blacklist, and Saturday Night Live to millions of Roku customers. Viewers can now stream all current series, plus an extensive network library featuring thousands of […]
Broadband service providers and mobile providers are set to get a boost to their OTT IPTV services when MatrixStream Technologies launches its turnkey high performance MatrixCloud 4K OTT (Over-the-Top) IPTV network DVR solution. The new service consists of IMX X1M DVR recording server and IMX X1s scalable NDVR storage solution and is bundled as part […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat, and global consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics (LG) have struck a strategic partnership to provide the Freesat service on LG’s new and existing satellite enabled Smart TVs. LG will launch Freesat channels on the new LF650 and LF630 TVs, in screen sizes ranging from 32” to 55” and fully […]
BBC Director General Tony Hall’s told the Royal Television Society Convention: “Over the next few years, we intend to work with global partners to grow Worldwide further, taking advantage of the demand for British programming and new digital opportunities…Next year, we’re launching a new OTT video service in America offering BBC fans programmes they wouldn’t […]
The Italian Football League (Lega Calcio) has launched a new online streaming service that will air three football matches per week plus additional pre- and post-match content. Lega TV will kick-off on September 19th, with the Udinese vs Empoli match, with live coverage of two more games on Sunday (Chievo Verona-Inter and Genoa-Juventus). The service […]
Latin America’s VoD OTT services generated $509.2 million (€445m) in 2014, according to data published today by Dataxis. By 2018 this figure will grow by 262 per cent reaching $1.84 billion. The information included in Dataxis’ new report “OTT in Latin America” includes combined VoD OTT services’ revenues – in its different variants (by subscription, […]