As TV Connect, the IP video distribution conference and expo, got under way in London, quality of experience monitoring specialist Witbe took the opportunity to announce the grand opening of a UK office. The new office will be a subsidiary in the UK. Already actively involved in the UK for many years through different partners, […]
South Korea’s LG Display is to increase its output of OLED flat-panel TV displays, say local reports. LG’s current high-quality production line can produce 60,000 glass substrates a month, according to data, and is working to increase that output level to 70,000 units a month during the second-half of this year. Part of the reason […]
NPAW (Nice People at Work), a global player in video business intelligence and predictive analytics, and Simplestream, a specialist in live and on-demand OTT services, have announced that Simplestream has chosen NPAW as its data analytics technology provider for its VOD-in-a-Box service and its OTT projects. The first Simplestream customers to have access to data […]
Eutelsat Communications and TVN, a leading broadcaster in Poland, part of Discovery, have signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement, renewing capacity at the HOTBIRD position, Poland’s leading satellite neighbourhood. This contract consolidates TVN’s resources on HOTBIRD, underpinning a relationship established over 20 years ago with the launch of TVN Group’s first channel in 1997. This renewed […]
Net Insight, the specialist in streaming, media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that Henrik Sund has been appointed interim CEO during the period until the permanent new CEO starts. As previously reported, Fredrik Tumegård has decided to leave his position as CEO of Net Insight. The recruitment of a successor is under way. To […]
Piksel, a global provider of professional and managed video services, has announced that Simon Fell has joined its board of directors. Fell was most recently the Director of Technology and Innovation at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). There he led the team spearheading developments in broadcast, media technologies and innovation based in Geneva. Fell has […]
Starz, a Lionsgate company, has announced that the premiere episode of the Starz Original Series Vida, and Audience Award winner at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival, will be made available for free nationwide on May 10th in honour of Dia de las Madres. Viewers can watch the episode in its entirety online on Starz.com, Starz […]
In a transaction that it says accelerates its converged communications strategy through in-market consolidation in its largest market, Germany, and in its Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets, Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for an enterprise value of €18.4 billion. This is expected to […]
Croatia’s Agency for the Protection of Market Competition (AZTN) has given the green light for the purchase of the country’s most popular commercial TV channel Nova TV by Slovenia Broadband. The buyer is owned by US investment fund KKR, which in turn controls Balkan multi-play operator United Group. In its ruling, the AZTN stated that […]
As TV Connect, the IP video distribution conference and expo, gets under way in London, OTT TV data-driven intelligence specialist Conviva and OTT multiscreen media analysis firm nScreenMedia have revealed the findings of a research study analysing billions of streaming sessions and hours around the globe. The report examines several notable viewing trends over a […]