Swedish consumers’ appetite for video streaming is high. During the third quarter of this year a majority (51 per cent) of households in Sweden subscribe to at least one streaming service, a yearly growth of almost 30 per cent, according to Mediavision. Netflix is the main driver, adding 400,000 Swedish households over the last 12 […]
In 2019 the video game industry is expected to grow to $180 billion worldwide. In the UK alone in 2017 the consumer spend on games was £5.11 billion – up 12.4 per cent from the previous year. Gaming is now on a par with the music and film industries, and yet it is all but […]
Edgeware has revealed that Com Hem, Sweden’s largest cable TV operator, has selected its Ad Enabler origin software. The solution will be used to prepare the TV/video content for Internet delivery with support for personalised advertising experiences on 20 of Com Hem’s IP-delivered TV channels. “We’re deploying this new ad insertion system so that we […]
Sir David Attenborough will serve as the voice of upcoming Netflix original documentary series Our Planet, which will premiere on Netflix on April 5th 2019. The series has been created in collaboration with Silverback Films, whose director Alastair Fothergill was the creator of the acclaimed BBC series Planet Earth and Blue Planet series, and WWF, […]
MTG’s Nova Broadcasting Group has been awarded the exclusive rights to show live Premier League football for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 seasons in Bulgaria. Every year, more than 235 matches will be available live on Nova’s subscription TV and streaming platforms, together with local language commentary, highlights, interviews, profiles, archive footage and related programming. From […]
A month after announcing its global soft launch across 190+ countries, ZEE5, the digital entertainment platform from Zee Entertainment Enterprises, has formed a strategic partnership with NetRange, a provider of global Smart TV and OTT ecosystems. The ZEE5 app will be available on all NetRange’s Smart TV platforms across its 100+ global network. Archana Anand, […]
Red Bull Radio is now available to stream worldwide via the smart speaker brand, Sonos. The integration allows Sonos users to stream Red Bull Radio’s live on-air broadcast as well as its curated Channels in any and every room of the home. iOS users can also play any content within the Red Bull Radio app […]
CDN technologist Edgeware has announced that Televisa, Mexico’s largest cable TV operator, will expand its existing TV CDN, adding more capacity and new time-shift features to its service. The new time-shift capabilities will be deployed for more than five hundred thousand subscribers across 100 channels, enabling its viewers to pause and rewind up to three […]
Global media company SPI has extended their channel distribution in Spain with the launch of Fast&FunBox HD on Orange TV in Spain. SPI will now bring sports and entertainment in HD quality to Orange sports fans. This multi-discipline channel offers 400 new hours every year of car racing, skydiving, sailing and much more. “Following the […]
Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that telecommunications and cable equipment vendor CommScope was in talks to acquire entertainment, communications and CPE technologist ARRIS International, reports suggest that CommScope is nearing a deal at more than $31 a share. A deal would give CommScope more scale with a more diversified product base, while it would provide an exit […]