Arcade Cloud, the multi-platform entertainment brand for gamers, continues to expand its linear reach with its launch on TVPlayer, the UK IPTV provider. Available outside the paywall of TVPlayer’s basic tier, gamers can access Arcade Cloud wherever TVPlayer is available, including their branded internet-based platforms and mobile applications. Owned by Blue Ant Media, Arcade Cloud […]
Arianespace has confirmed that it will launch four additional O3b satellites on April 4th. The four extra craft had been expected to launch around the end of March, and will bring the SES-owned constellation of Ka-band O3b satellites to 20. The launch will be on a Russian Soyuz rocket – dubbed Flight VS22. The O3b […]
DC Universe has unveiled a slate of new features and programming updates for its digital subscription service. At the WonderCon event in California, the service revealed that its members will now have access to DC’s vast digital comics library that encompasses many thousand single issue comics published over 80 years. Members can read, view on […]
As the eighth and final season of HBO fantasy-epic Game Of Thrones draws ever near, star John Bradley – who plays Samwell Tarly – has declared that the show will have a “satisfying ending”. Speaking at the Walker Stalker Convention in London, alongside co-star Hannah Murray (who plays Gilly), Bradley said that he is well […]
Indian channel T-Series – which shares Bollywood movie trailers and music videos – has become the most subscribed-to channel on YouTube, overtaking Swedish gamer PewDiePie. T-Series curently boasts around 15,500 subscribers more than PewDiePie, who has in excess of 92 million subscribers. PewDiePie, real name Felix Kjellberg, had been battling T-Series to retain the top […]
WWE and Atresmedia have agreed to deal to air WWE’s flagship programmes Raw and SmackDown in Spain. Every weekend strating April 6th, Megawill air a two-hour version of Raw on Saturdays and SmackDown on Sundays, both with Castilian Spanish commentary. “We are truly pleased to continue our successful association with WWE. With this expanded line-up of content and programmes, […]
Appear TV, a provider of solutions for video contribution, distribution and streaming, has deployed low latency contribution links for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system in top football leagues in Europe and Asia. During broadcasted sporting events, video footage of an incident is reviewed by the VAR, who then advises the referee on what the […]
Carolyn McCall, chief executive of UK commercial public service broadcaster ITV, has refuted a suggestion that the proposed BritBox SVoD service it is planning in partnership with the BBC was “far too late” to market and “completely dwarfed by recent announcements from California,” suggesting that its distinctive British programming offered something that other services did […]
Following the European Parliament’s earlier approval of modernised copyright rules, it has endorsed another crucial piece of legislation to make the copyright rules fit for the digital age. The Commission welcomes the positive vote for the Directive that will simplify cross-border distribution and retransmission of television and radio programmes. Vice-President for the Digital Single Market […]
As part of its ambitions to see full-fibre broadband available nationwide over the coming years, UK comms regulator Ofcom has set out how regulation could evolve to support competition and further investment from new alternative networks, Openreach and Virgin Media. Ofcom’s goal is to encourage and enable significant, long-term investment in full-fibre broadband to give […]