SK Telecom, Korea’s largest telecommunications company and Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, have announced a strategic partnership under which, Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build what they claim will be the most advanced telecom network in India. The partnership will work across several areas including developing bespoke software to dramatically improve network experience, […]
Conax, a Kudelski Group company and specialist protection for pay-TV and digital entertainment services, and conditional access module provider SmarDTV, have announced a collaboration with JOYNE, the new Dutch multi-channel pay-TV operator. JOYNE selected Conax ‘Contego-as-a-Service’, cloud-based content protection security hub and Conax Cardless CAM developed by SmarDTV with pre-integrated security client Conax Core Access […]
Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has soft launched its new Globecast liveSpotter live-to-VoD packaged content service. This comes after select customers successfully deployed the trial solution. Globecast liveSpotter provides customers with the ability to create monetisable short-form content from quickly and efficiently, using an end-to-end solution – from signal-to-screen – from a single […]
SPI International / FilmBox is launching three live TV channels with Youfone, an MVNO in the Netherlands. Starting this week Youfone’s TV customers get access to three channels from the SPI’s worldwide TV portfolio. The line-up includes DocuBox – a channel featuring documentaries on wild life and human civilisation, FightBox – 24/7 sports channel which […]
Viasat Ukraine, the largest DTH operator in Ukraine, will be providing TV reception to its subscribers using SES Video’s services on Astra 4A. Under the multi-year agreement with SES, Vision TV will be broadcasting approximately 40 pay-TV channels, out of which 13 are in HD, and about 60 free-to-air channels at 5 degrees East. SES […]
German IPTV and hybrid DVB STB provider, ABOX42, will demonstrate its new dotIO Smart Home Platform for pay-TV, internet and mobile operators. The ABOX42 dotIO Smart home solution is a fully managed turnkey solution for operators that enables them to generate new revenue streams by opening up new business models. “With the margins for internet, […]
Karen Bradley, the UK’s Culture Secretary has said she is minded to refer the bid by 21st Century Fox for the remainder of the shares in Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on the grounds of media plurality and commitments to broadcasting standards. In a statement to Parliament, Bradley updated MPs on the […]
Millennial consumers worldwide lead the growing online video consumption, according to the State of Online Video research report from Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery. Taking a close look at consumers’ changing viewing habits, the annual report shows the average global viewer watches five hours and 45 minutes each week and subscribes to […]
A major 150-page research report from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas does not make good reading for Europe’s traditional FTA broadcasters, both commercial and public and even for established pay-TV operators. The study says that many broadcasters believe that European TV is different from those in the US, and that there is no way […]
Sky Sports says it has strengthened its position as the home of English football with a new deal to show live coverage of the EFL – which covers the second, third and fourth tiers of the professional game – until 2024, offering Sky customers more matches and more ways to watch than ever before. The […]