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Funbox goes OTT with Brightcove and Accedo

Accedo, the video experience pioneer, and Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, have announced that one of Vietnam’s most popular VoD services, Funbox, aims to add one million new users when it launches on iOS, Android, Web, Roku devices and Smart TVs in 2019. Funbox, which currently has over four million daily views […]

September 6, 2018

ESPN3, ACC Network Extra & SEC Network+ on Xfinity X1

Comcast and ESPN have announced the launch of ESPN3, ACC Network Extra and SEC Network + on Xfinity X1, giving sports fans in the US the ability to stream over the Internet, directly on their television, expansive coverage of college football with over 150 live games, and more than 5,000 live events annually, including international […]

September 6, 2018

Sony grows IP Live Production System solutions

Sony is growing its IP Live Production System solutions with further support for SMPTE ST 2110 in both HD and 4K. This strengthens its commitment to driving interoperability based on open standards and supports wider industry adoption. “The industry transition to IP has been driven in no small part by wide collaboration,” explained Norbert Paquet, […]

September 6, 2018

Navarino, SES deliver global connectivity to ships

Navarino, the maritime communications and technology company, has revealed it will be offering SES Networks’ global managed mobility service, based in Ku-band, to support its delivery of high quality connectivity to global shipping companies. “Navarino has a wide customer base with a broad range of diverse requirements that demand reliable and consistent high-speed connections for […]

September 6, 2018

CTC Media selects DataMiner

Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management, orchestration and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, IPTV and mobile industry, has announce dthat CTC Media, Russia’s leading independent broadcasting company, has rolled out the DataMiner NMS/OSS platform to manage its new SMPTE 2022 media-over-IP playout facility. The solution is built using […]

September 6, 2018

Turner Argentina deploys Mediaproxy solution

Mediaproxy, a provider of software-based IP broadcast solutions for compliance, monitoring and analysis, has announced that Turner International Argentina has chosen its software-based solution for compliance logging and real-time broadcast monitoring. Based in Buenos Aires, Turner International Argentina, a subsidiary of Time Warner, produces and distributes a diverse portfolio of news, entertainment, and sports content […]

September 6, 2018

AirTies, DOTSCREEN partnership

AirTies Wireless Networks, a provider of managed Wi-Fi Mesh solutions to global service providers, has formed a strategic partnership with DOTSCREEN, the multi-screen app developer and a UI specialised agency. Under the agreement, DOTSCREEN’s user interface (UI) will be integrated into AirTies’ 4K STBs. DOTSCREEN develops and licenses custom multiscreen video applications for Internet-connected mass-market […]

September 6, 2018

EU to force local quotas on Netflix & Amazon

The European Commission (EC) is looking to set a 30 per cent “local quota” on video streaming operators such as Netflix and Amazon Studios for their European output. Reportedly the EC will vote on the proposal in December. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP, quoting a Variety story, say that the new rules will not […]

September 5, 2018By Chris Forrester

Kagan: 17% of US homes are OTT only

The number of wireline broadband homes not subscribing to traditional multichannel in the US reached a new record high in the second quarter, according to a Kagan report. Overall, an estimated 16.9 per cent of US occupied households were “broadband-only homes” in the second quarter, up nearly 3 percentage points year-over-year. The boom in broadband-only […]

September 5, 2018

US, Asia most active mobile video markets; Europe lags

The move to active mobile video offerings will grow as entertainment bundling with mobile services becomes a must, according to the 2018 Economics of Mobile Programming Report by Kagan, the media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. North American and Asian markets lead the charge in a shift to active mobile video markets. In […]

September 5, 2018