James Murdoch, speaking during an analyst call focusing on 21st Century Fox’s investments in India, said that this year’s investment by Star India into its streaming service Hotstar would be $50 million. “We’re very comfortable that we’ll hit our $500 million EBITDA target at Star TV,” said James Murdoch. “We had decided, however, from the […]
Motor sport’s premier category Formula 1 revealed what it described as “great news” for F1 fans attending 2018 Grands Prix on with the announcement of an initiative that it claims will make visiting races this season even better. Formula 1 has partnered with FanVision Entertainment to create F1 Vision, suggesting it is the most immersive […]
The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), an industry forum solving challenges to improve the video experience, has announced that Google has joined as its newest member. “Viacom is pleased to host the Streaming Video Alliance face-to-face meeting, where we can continue collaborating with the member technology companies, programmers, and distributors to promote standards around distributed […]
Sky Sports will broadcast 16 fight nights a year live and exclusive from the US as part of a new deal with long-term partners Matchroom Boxing. The new agreement means that, in addition to the best of British boxing, Sky Sports viewers can watch fights from some of the biggest names in boxing from some […]
Beenius, a provider of an advanced interactive TV platform, has confirmed the acquisition of Castoola, a platform based on HbbTV technology that is applicable for broadcasters, TV operators, and advertisers. This purchase is an additional asset for Beenius, since its multi-platform solution for IPTV, OTT, DVB-X, is now also enriched with the HbbTV technology. Beenius’ […]
SpotX, the global video advertising and monetisation platform, is increasing brand safety vetting through identification and categorisation of fake news sources by integrating new advances from zvelo – one of SpotX’s trusted brand safety partners and a provider of categorisation and malicious detection data services for web content, traffic, and connected devices. By working with […]
YouTube has confirmed that it will be renewing Cobra Kai for a second season just over a week after the show premiered on YouTube Red, its US subscription platform. The Karate Kid movies spin-off has proven a hit with viewers and critics alike. YouTube’s Global Head of Original Programming Susanne Daniels commented: “The series had […]
Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the Lexus Melbourne Cup exclusively live in the UK and Ireland this year after signing a long-term deal with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC). The Lexus Melbourne Cup is Australia’s richest handicap race and one of the world’s most iconic races. The new partnership with VRC gives Sky Sports Racing […]
Matthew Postgate, Chief Technology and Product Officer, BBC, has admitted that the Corporation will, at some stage, transition to becoming an all-IP broadcaster, but was unable to put a definitive timescale to such a move. Delivering a keynote address at the DTG Summit in London, Postgate suggested that the current 11-year BBC Charter period would […]
In the week that reports emerged that UK public broadcasters the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are once again in talks to create a joint streaming service to take on the increasing dominance that Netflix and Amazon Prime Video hold in the UK, a senior member of UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has declared the 2009 […]