Following on from the announcement by Naspers that it will spin off its MultiChoice pay-TV division next month, Naspers has now issued the ‘pre-listing’ prospectus for investors and shareholders. As is usual the document lists all the elements that could go wrong, as well as providing detailed reports of the media division’s recent trading history. […]
Beeswax, the extensible programmatic buying platform, has secured $15 million (€13.2bn) in Series B Funding led by RRE, Foundry, and Amasia along with participation from You & Mr Jones. Having raised $28 million to date, Beeswax says its continued growth across North America, Europe, and APAC is fueled by the company’s alignment with major industry shifts including the rise of […]
Comscore, a currency for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, and NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (NBC and Telemundo owned stations), a division of NBCUniversal that includes 40 television stations, have formed a multi-year partnership. Effective immediately, all NBC and Telemundo owned stations will use Comscore’s linear TV currency, as well as its local mobile […]
ESPNPlayer will deliver live and on demand coverage of the 2019 X Games Aspen across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The action sports competition returns to Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen, Colorado for 18th time featuring top athletes competing in 20 different disciplines over four days from January 24th – 27th. The 23nd edition of the […]
Blackmagic Design has announced that Swansea City Association Football Club (AFC) has developed its own streaming platform, SwansTV Live, with a live workflow featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40×40 router. Joining the English Football League (EFL) Championship at the start of the 2018-19 season created a new opportunity for the football […]
Vodafone Germany has chosen Metrological to bring integrated apps and premium OTT content to its GigaTV platform. GigaTV users will have access to a wide variety of premium OTT services as well as niche content and localized apps, integrated directly into the GigaTV UI, through the Metrological Application Platform. Metrological enables operators to offer OTT […]
George Hillier has joined the Alticast Americas team as VP of Business Development. He will be overseeing the business development group with a key focus on operational and customer growth, and ensuring Alticast and its customers’ continued success and innovation by exploring new opportunities for growth, market expansion and revenue streams. Hillier is a well-known […]
One Media iP, the digital media content provider that exploits intellectual property rights around music, video and copyright technology, has signed a long-term deal for a selection of its music legend videos to be distributed on Stingray’s Qello platform. Qello is an OTT streaming service for full-length concerts and music documentaries on-demand – reaching users […]
The emergence of D2C services will be the big event of 2019 and it will impact on the pay-TV market, according to Futuresource Consulting. “Perhaps one of the most significant movements [will be] the emergence of direct to consumer (D2C) services… This will come to
TiVo has released a retooled version of its Video Trends Report, which is now a biannual presentation of findings from consumer opinion surveys of 4,000+ viewers in the US and Canada. Report highlights include: Over 30% aren’t using major monthly OTT services As service clustering increases, it’s