Ericsson has signed a global metadata distribution agreement with IMDb, the world’s most popular source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Ericsson will integrate IMDb’s metadata, including ratings and rankings, into its content discovery ecosystem and will become the reseller and integrator of these data sources to service providers worldwide. Steve Nylund, Head of Broadcast […]
Catalin Itu, formerly Vice President of Sales and Operations in UPC DTH, has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of UPC DTH. Itu has extensive operations, sales, marketing, brand development, distribution and management experience, gained both at Liberty Global and while holding positions in Orange Romania, Bosch Communications Romania and Astral Telecom. He […]
UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, has announced a new digital partnership with combat sports network FITE TV, to broadcast the global brand’s Pay-Per-View events on its streaming platform to customers throughout the United States. The partnership launches on September 9th, in conjunction with UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg, live from Rogers Place in Edmonton, […]
A new Smart TV app developed by Foxxum is set to be launched across all devices using a Foxxum TV Store, which includes products from Blaupunkt, Haier, Hisense, JTC, Medion, Metz, Orion, and Sharp in Germany. Magine TV allows the streaming of all well-known German TV channels, from public to private broadcasters and pay TV, […]
Satellite operator Intelsat and LAMHAS, one of the fastest growing teleport operators in India, have announced a multi-year agreement for satellite services supporting media distribution in India via the Intelsat 20 satellite. LAMHAS is using a C-band Multiple Channels per Carrier broadcast platform on Intelsat 20, located at 68.5° East, to deliver broadcast services to […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions, has announced that Tata Sky, the Indian content distribution platform providing pay-TV and OTT services, has deployed the DataMiner NMS/OSS to manage its DTH operations. Tata Sky is headquartered in Mumbai, India, with the objective of connecting to the best content […]
Keepixo has announced the signing of a Distribution Agreement with Solekai Systems Corporation (Solekai) that will enable Solekai to market, install, support and maintain Keepixo products in North America. Keepixo is a provider of software head-end products for IPTV and streaming solutions with a complete range of components that broadcasters and service providers need for […]
Frontier Silicon, a provider of smart audio and digital radio solutions, announces that it is working on technologies which will allow its smart radios and wireless speakers to be controlled via Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot devices. By incorporating Amazon Alexa’s new Connected Speaker API, this solution will enable Alexa devices such as the Echo, […]
Propagate has teamed with Nitro Circus to handle international distribution of the high-octane, jaw-dropping series and specials from the leading action sports entertainment brand. Propagate will debut the Nitro Circus catalogue at MIPCOM. “Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus team have produced a collection of high-energy content featuring action sports stars from across the globe,” […]
An RTL study has revealed that linear TV still dominates TV consumption in Germany, accounting for 80 per cent of Germans’ daily time spent watching TV and film content, but this drops to 60 per cent for 14-25 year-olds. Online content accounts for