MobiTV, the app-based US pay-TV video streaming platform, has secured hosted streaming delivery rights from another 90 networks including Bloomberg Television, Discovery, MGM HD, Newsmax, Outside TV, Smithsonian Channel, Stingray Music, Univision, and others, bringing its total to more than 350 networks. In June of this year, MobiTV announced it was the first multi-tenant video […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced the launch of its first mobile video streaming app in partnership with an affiliate platform in Central and Eastern Europe. Effective from today, Telenor customers in Serbia will have free access to longform content through the Nickelodeon Play VoD mobile app. Telenor is also set to debut Nickelodeon […]
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, have announced the launch of OBS Cloud, a broadcasting solution that operates entirely on the cloud. Set to be in place for Tokyo 2020, the OBS Cloud aims to offer all the necessary cloud components, in specialised configurations, that can support […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment, UK to launch the POP App, a new on-demand app for kids featuring some of the best-known shows from SPT’s UK commercial kids channel POP. Aimed at 7-11-year olds, the POP App is free for all connected PlayStation 4 devices and available to download from […]
Mobile is the fastest growing sector of the global video games market and this year $54 billion (€46.1bn) will be spent on buying games, downloading additional content (DLC) and subscriptions, accoridng to Futuresource Analysts. What is most surprising about mobile gaming is that in 2018 it will account for 42 per cent of total worldwide […]
London-based satellite operator Avanti is supplying Intersat with capacity for a new Ka-band broadband service to East Africa. The service will use Avanti’s Hylas-2 satellite, and beam high throughput broadband to help grow small, medium and large enterprises throughout Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi. With speeds up to 20 Mbps, and 100 per cent coverage, no […]
Motorsport Network is closing its Motorsport.tv linear channel at the end of the month. The brand will, however, continue to exist as an online streaming entity. The company confirmed the news in a statement, saying: “Our audience is shifting towards digital channels, and consuming more video content. In order to serve our committed global audience, […]
A Launch Readiness Review is due to take place on September 21st for a somewhat complex mission. One satellite, Intelsat Horizons 3e, is owned by Intelsat and Japan’s SkyPerfect JSAT, and is the fourth joint-venture between Intelsat and JSAT. Intelsat Horizons 3e will go to 169 degrees East and replace Intelsat 805. The Arianespace rocket […]
Eurosport will remain the exclusive home of MotoGP until 2021 in the Netherlands and Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. Discovery / Eurosport extended their agreement with MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports for both the linear and digital rights until 2021. In addition to MotoGP races, all Free Practice, Qualifying and Warm Up […]
Reliance Jio has continued adding subscribers to its Indian talk/video 4G/LTE telephone system at a phenomenal rate. July saw another impressive growth of 5 percent (month on month) to 227 million (from 215 million in June). Since December 31st Jio has grown by 66.9 million (41.8 per cent). Jio is India’s largest cellular telco, having […]