Shaw Communications has entered into a multi-year extension of its agreement for TiVo’s i-Guide and its intellectual property (IP) licence, and expanded its Rovi patent portfolio IP licence to also cover the TiVo patent portfolio. Shaw Communications is a leading Canadian connectivity company. “Extending our agreement with Shaw Communications underscores the benefits of TiVo’s advanced […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has acquired drama series Pennyworth for the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Latin America. From Warner Horizon Scripted Television, the DC origin series Pennyworth follows Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon – The Imitation Game), a former British SAS soldier in his 20s, who forms a security […]
Red Bee Media has opened their second Red Lab facility in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Red Lab Hilversum will focus on product development, testing and demonstrations of IP and software-based solutions for video acquisition, compression, contribution and distribution services. Under the Red Lab name, Red Bee Media is formalising its R&D efforts with multiple connected facilities […]
DVB, an industry consortium that develops open interoperable technical specifications for the delivery of digital media and broadcast services, has announced a new revision to its specification for the use of video and audio coding in broadcast and broadband applications to include solutions for HDR Dynamic Mapping (DM). The solutions allow a receiver, such as […]
JW Player, an independent video platform, and Ovation TV, an independent television and digital media company dedicated to supporting all forms of arts and culture, have announced a partnership to help expand its video distribution presence across all screens. The partnership will expand the reach and capabilities of OvationNOW, Ovation TV’s mobile, desktop, and connected-TV […]
Channel VAS, the global premium fintech and data analytics company, is happy to support the Mobile 360 Africa event, holding the position of Fintech Sponsor in this prestigious event that is taking place July 16-18 in Kigali, Rwanda. With most of the Channel VAS’ 30-plus countries of operation being in the African region, events like […]
Close on the heels of its success across various SAARC markets and its recent rollout of content in international languages, global digital platform ZEE5 now embarks on the next phase of its international journey with its new global campaign ‘Full-on Entertainment’. Deepening our connection with audiences across countries, this new campaign will define ZEE5’s global […]
dataxu, the TV buying platform, has announced its partnership with Mediamond, the advertising sales house of Mediaset, Italy’s biggest broadcaster. This partnership marks the latest development in dataxu’s continued success in presenting the highest quality broadcast content to advertisers in Europe. As broadcasters are seeing traditional viewing habits change, they are looking for new ways […]
The third season of Netflix sci-fi drama Stranger Things has proved hugely popular since launching on July 4th, breaking the streaming service’s viewer records. More than 40 million households watched the show in its first four days, Netflix revealed in a tweet, with over 18 million of that figure binging all eight episodes. As a […]
Following reports that it was set to axe up to 500 jobs, the Canal+ management has presented to union representatives details of a project to transform its French activities. This could lead to the departure of a maximum of 492 people, conducted exclusively on a voluntary basis. In a statement , the broadcaster said that […]