NOS, Portugal’s primary cable operator serving more than 1.6 million video households, is advancing its UMA personalised television experience with the deployment of Metrological’s Application Platform, WPE (Web Platform for Embedded) browser and WPE cloud architecture. With the Metrological Application Platform, NOS can launch a cloud-based TV App Store for its subscribers. WPE offers pre-integrated […]
According to the latest data published by Dataxis for the second quarter of 2017, the global pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016. Based on Dataxis quarterly pay-TV subscriber data, 60 million pay-TV subscribers were added between the second quarter of 2016 and the second quarter of 2017 reaching […]
A report from Juniper Research has found that advertisers will lose an estimated $19 billion (€16.12bn) to fraudulent activities next year, equivalent to $51 million per day. This figure, representing advertising on online and mobile devices, will continue to rise, reaching $44 billion by 2022. Juniper’s research claims that the ‘Walled Garden’, a closed platform […]
The Broadband Coverage in Europe 2016 study from IHS Markit found that at the end of June 2016, more than three-quarters of EU homes have access to high-speed broadband services and 4G LTE coverage was nearly ubiquitous with 96 per cent of EU households covered by 4G LTE networks. This is the fourth edition of the […]
21st Century Fox-backed Star India paid a $2.55 billion fortune to secure exclusive coverage of India’s Premier League cricket matches. It also had the sense to secure those rights with a Supreme Court Order ruling forbidding re-transmission of cricket’s live feed by the national Doordarshan public broadcaster. Now Star India is enforcing those rights with […]
Netflix is planning to partner with a number of airlines to provide them with its mobile streaming technology. According to a report in Variety, this partnership service will begin early next year. The streaming giant will offer its low-broadband mobile technology to airline carriers, allowing them to offer cheap (or free) Wi-Fi access to passengers to stream […]
The BBC has added a new category – From the Archive – to its iPlayer streaming service. Some 450 programmes from the BBC’s vast archive are available at launch, including a wide range of programmes from 1946 to present day. It will feature footage which hasn’t been shown since first broadcast, including collections such as […]
Jeff Bezos-backed rocket company Blue Origin has won a satellite launch contract from a Thailand start-up broadband business, Mu Space. “We have entered into an agreement with Mu Space on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard New Glenn early in the next decade,” Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson said at the International Astronautical […]
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform, has confirmed an agreement to acquire Livestream, the live video solution that powers over 10 million events a year. Vimeo has also rolled out its own Vimeo Live product, offering live streaming capabilities directly through its platform for the first time. Following completion of the acquisition, Livestream’s offering will […]
Motion Picture Laboratories, the studio-backed research and development venture, has announced the appointment of Richard Berger as President & Chief Executive Officer. Berger will lead MovieLabs’ cross-industry initiatives focused on next-generation content platforms and products, automated digital workflows, content security and digital analytics. Berger brings over 20 years of experience in digital innovation, with more […]