FreeCast has approached Android set-top box manufacturers to propose pre-loads of SelectTV or white label variants of the company’s set-top box UI. This initiative comes as another popular pre-load, the open-source Kodi (formerly XBMC) media player comes under fire for third-party plugins that enable content piracy. Device-makers that preload SelectTV onto their hardware will become […]
Last month, senior news channel officials from the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) mistakenly put on air an old interview of the nation’s President El-Sisi, instead of an up-to-date interview that the president was giving to the USA’s PBS channel to coincide with his appearance before the United Nations General Assembly. The US interview […]
Discovery Communications has announced a new Olympic Games agreement with Belarus National State Broadcasting to ensure wide viewership in the country and form part of an innovative range of viewing options. The partnership includes the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With a goal to bring the Olympic Games to […]
Next-Generation Streaming Video Network Tout, has announced the closing of an over-subscribed $26 million (€23.1m) Series-C financing led by the Melohn Group in New York, and including new investors Terry Semel’s Windsor Media, Pittco Capital Partners and HL Capital who were joined by existing investors Seavest Capital, 819 Capital, and the WWE. Tout now powers […]
Australia’s Sky Muster 2 and India’s GSAT-18, set for launch on a Ariane-5 rocket on the evening of October 4th, was delayed by high cross winds. The lift-off has been rescheduled for today, October 5th at 05.30am Kourou, French Guiana time (10.30pm Paris time). Produced by SS/L (Space Systems/Loral) for Australian rural broadband company NBN, […]
Fetch TV has announced the launch of CNN International in Australia, which will be available this week to Entertainment Pack subscribers at no additional cost. “The timing couldn’t be better for the launch of CNN International. Fetch TV subscribers now have access to unparalleled, round-the-clock coverage of this historic US presidential race, which culminates in […]
HBO and Keshet International (KI) will co-produce a drama about the tragic events involving the disappearance of three teens that unfolded in Israel two years ago. HBO has given a ten-episode order for the untitled series, which will be filmed on location in Israel next summer. Created by Hagai Levi (HBO’s “In Treatment”; Golden Globe […]
Forscene’s use amongst OTT news providers continues to grow with the recent addition of local Florida television station WTXL ABC 27 to their client list. The news provider will use Forscene’s professional video editing software for live-feed capture, editing, closed-caption, and web publishing as part of an integrated streaming and video-on-demand solution provided by Field59. […]
Netflix stock surged over 4 per cent on the Nasdaq last night as Wall Street speculation swirled about an imminent approach from either Apple or Disney with Disney being strongly tipped over the weekend. About 15 million shares changed hands, double the average. CNN’s media reporter Paul La Monica claimed there was a consensus emerging […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has unveiled a prototype 4K/8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ Ultra-HD cable decoder box. The box is being showcased at the giant CEATEC Japan technology show (October 4th – 7th). The set-top box has been developed in conjunction with KDDI, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) and Japan Digital Serve Corp. NHK has been test-transmitting 4K content […]