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Intel True View offers immersive fan experience

Three leading clubs in England’s top-flight football tournament the Premier League are offering fans the possibility of watching a season-defining moment, then reliving it from any angle including from the perspective of their favourite player as they run up to take a penalty or make an improbable goal-line clearance. In partnership with Arsenal FC, Liverpool […]

February 7, 2019By Colin Mann and Nik Roseveare

Smithsonian Channel launching in UK

Smithsonian Channel is continuing its international expansion by launching in the UK – its first European service – on February 12th. Already available internationally in Canada, Singapore and Latin America, British and Irish viewers will have access to the network’s award-winning programming in HD on Virgin (Channel 295), Sky (Channel 195) and Freesat (Channel 175), […]

February 7, 2019

Windstream, MOBITV launch Kinetic TV

Advanced network communications and technology solutions provider Windstream and app-based TV video delivery solutions specialist MOBITV are to launch an app-based television service, Kinetic TV, which will enable Windstream’s residential customers to access content when and where they want it, powered by the MOBITV CONNECT Platform. This television service will launch in phases, starting in […]

February 7, 2019

STARZ launching in Canada

Bell Media and STARZ have announced that a new STARZ channel and streaming service will launch in Canada on March 1st. STARZ is the second most-watched pay-TV service in the US and is home to shows including Vida, Counterpart, Sweetbitter, Black Sails, and the upcoming original series Now Apocalypse and The Rook, among others. “Bringing […]

February 7, 2019

Swisscom “solid 2018”

At CHF 11,714 million, Swisscom’s group revenue for the FY 2018 was stable at the prior-year level (+0.4 per cent). In its saturated Swiss core business, Switzerland’s major telco generated revenue of CHF 8,817 million (–2.7 per cent). The CHF 242 million decline in revenue from telecommunications services can be largely attributed to persistent price […]

February 7, 2019

Greece: Nova, MGM content deal

Nova, a provider of bundled home entertainment and communication services in Greece, has agreed a deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for  first pay window film and TV content including the 25th installment of EON Productions and MGM’s James Bond, and the 24 official James Bond movies that precede it; and the third season of […]

February 7, 2019

ZEE5 OTT a success in Pakistan, Bangladesh

Just a month after launching in Pakistan and Bangladesh, the ZEE5 OTT platform has become the No. 1 entertainment platform in both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and No.2 in Pakistan (according to SimilarWeb data). ZEE5 offers 1,00,000 hours of Indian Movies, TV Shows, News, Videos and a slew of exclusive Originals, across 12 languages – […]

February 7, 2019

Facebook to open content review centre in Kenya

As part of its continued investment across Sub-Saharan Africa and commitment to safety and security on its social media platform, Facebook is opening a new content review centre in Nairobi, Kenya. In partnership with Samasource – one of the largest digital employers in East Africa — the site in Nairobi will be Facebook’s first content […]

February 7, 2019

Virgin Media multi-gig home broadband trials

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is trialling what it says is the UK’s fastest home broadband after successfully testing a connection offering speeds of more than 8Gbps to homes in the Cambridgeshire region of England. The hyperfast connection uses Virgin Media’s existing fibre network to provide download speeds more than 200 times faster the UK […]

February 6, 2019

TF1 launches digital division

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has created a new digital division.  The unit will have three key business lines: 1)   Publishing: aufeminin (and its international equivalents: alfemminile, enfeminino, gofeminin, sofeminine), Marmiton, Livingly Media, MyLittleParis, Merci Alfred, Doctissimo, OnMeda, Les Numériques, CNET, ZDNET, GameKult, Parole de Mamans, Beauté Test 2)   Brand Solutions and services: Ykone, Studio71, Vertical […]

February 6, 2019By Chris Forrester