Globecast , the global solutions provider for media, has been chosen to broadcast the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 29th Summer Universiade Taipei 2017, being held in Taipei, Taiwan. The signals, being broadcast in 4K HEVC format , are available in Asia via AsiaSat 5 , Europe via Eutelsat, and North & South America […]
ESPN Player will bring coverage of the 2017 NCAA College Football season to fans across the EMEA region, anytime, anywhere. The live and on-demand sports streaming service will give viewers the opportunity to watch more than 600 college football games on their desktops, iPads and mobile phones. The College Football Season kicks off on August […]
Social media app Snapchat will add scripted content to its service “before the end of year”. Nick Bell, head of content for the photo-sharing platform, said that the company was not seeking to take-on traditional broadcasters, but rather complement them. “Instead, it can help bolster them,” he said, speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. […]
The European Commission has given its go-ahead to Italy’s De Agostini Editore and Viacom International Media Networks Italia for the joint control of DeA Broadcast. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns because DeA Broadcast has negligible actual and foreseen activities within the EEA. Moreover, there are only very limited […]
Vodafone Spain is giving offering its Vodafone Total premium package for free for three months to existing subscribers to the basic offer TV Esencial or TV Extra. The move echoes a similar offer from rival Telefónica. Until September 30th, subscribers will be able to change their subscription package with no extra cost – giving access […]
Virgin Media has rolled out its Virgin TV Kids app – created exclusively for some of its youngest customers. The app has been designed specifically for pre and early primary school children (3-7 years old) – and brings together more than 2000 episodes of on demand kids TV, along with reading books and interactive games. […]
Jay Hunt, the creative head at Channel 4, has revealed the broadcaster needs the Great British Bake Off to attract at least 3 million viewers per episode to break even following its £75 million (€81m) acquisition of the show. Hunt, speaking at the Edinburgh International TV festival said she would be delighted if the programme […]
Vancouver-based Helios Wire is ploughing $4 million in additional funding to go towards the launch of two specialist satellites for Internet of Things connectivity. “The funds from this round of financing will be put toward the launch of our first satellite this Christmas, as well as the two other satellites scheduled to be launched during […]
NeuLion, a technology product and service provider specialising in the broadcasting of live and on-demand digital video content, will live stream the Floyd Mayweather vs Connor McGregor fight for several global rights holders, including UFC, Sky Sports, Sky New Zealand and Eleven Sports Network. Each of these global rights holders will be using the NeuLion […]
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable operator, published its financials for the first half of fiscal year 2017. The Group again reported solid growth with revenues of €245.4 million – an increase of 4 per cent year on year. As of June 30th 2017, the Group reported approximately 3.6 million homes connected in-line with […]