The Premier League and Electronic Arts (EA) are launching the ePremier League (ePL), offering UK-based players the chance to represent their favourite Premier League club for the first time in competitive gaming. The ePL will start in January 2019 with the final played in London in March, and broadcast live on Sky Sports and the […]
New-age holistic content protection solutions that protect not only content but also user data and customer reputation are expected to drive the next wave of growth in the global content protection market, according to a report, Global Content Protection Market, Forecast to 2024, from advisory firm Frost & Sullivan. These solutions need to address the […]
Research from audience demand measurement specialist Parrot Analytics has found that production house Gaumont’s hit drama series Narcos currently ranks as the fifth most in-demand digital original series in the world for 2018. In addition, anticipation for the upcoming fourth season of the drama series is driving demand beyond that of any previous season’s debut. Three successful […]
After several quarters of losing subscribers, Q2 2018 saw Latin America’s pay-TV market attain a growth of 1 per cent, according to research firm Dataxis, who suggest that the football World Cup has been the main factor behind the change in trend. The market now totals 72.06 million legal pay-TV subscribers. DirecTV took a great […]
HD audio specialist DTS has secured a new partner, International Audio Group (IAG) which will now integrate DTS into its amplifiers, receivers, soundbars and speakers across the Audiolab, Mission, QUAD and Wharfedale brands. DTS Play-Fi technology enables lossless multi-room wireless audio streaming on any supported product from the some of the world’s most popular music […]
Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator, has launched a new service to the Mexican telco market with the aim of responding to the need of bringing broadband connectivity to remote or hard-to-reach areas of the country, thereby helping to reduce the digital gap that currently exists in Mexico. Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite, which has been […]
Discovery has announced that Karen Leever has been promoted to President of US Digital Products and Marketing. In this role, Leever will continue to oversee the company’s suite of 18 TV Everywhere GO apps and manage the design, development, engineering, analytics, operations and monetisation of the company’s growing US digital businesses. Additionally, she will spearhead […]
Cheddar, post cable networks company, and Synacor have announced that US subscribers of Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV will have full access to Cheddar’s live and on demand programming at no additional charge via the Cheddar website, as well as mobile and TV apps. “All Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV subscribers […]
Ahead of Mipcom, BBC Studios has announced the sale of the Mastermind format to Khabar Agency JSC who will produce 21 episodes to air on the Khabar channel later this year. Kazakhstanis, as in the UK version, will compete to win the honour of being crowned Kazakhstan’s Mastermind as they take to the black chair […]
Make.TV, a specialist in handling live video in the cloud, has announced the appointment of Tricia Iboshi as Chief Operating Officer. Based in San Francisco, Iboshi reports into Andreas Jacobi, Make.TV’s CEO and co-founder. A broadcast and media industry veteran, Iboshi has spent over 17 years in IP video technology, including nine years at thePlatform, […]