Ericsson has signed a global metadata distribution agreement with IMDb, the world’s most popular source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Ericsson will integrate IMDb’s metadata, including ratings and rankings, into its content discovery ecosystem and will become the reseller and integrator of these data sources to service providers worldwide. Steve Nylund, Head of Broadcast […]
Catalin Itu, formerly Vice President of Sales and Operations in UPC DTH, has been appointed to the role of Managing Director of UPC DTH. Itu has extensive operations, sales, marketing, brand development, distribution and management experience, gained both at Liberty Global and while holding positions in Orange Romania, Bosch Communications Romania and Astral Telecom. He […]
UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, has announced a new digital partnership with combat sports network FITE TV, to broadcast the global brand’s Pay-Per-View events on its streaming platform to customers throughout the United States. The partnership launches on September 9th, in conjunction with UFC 215: Johnson vs. Borg, live from Rogers Place in Edmonton, […]
A new Smart TV app developed by Foxxum is set to be launched across all devices using a Foxxum TV Store, which includes products from Blaupunkt, Haier, Hisense, JTC, Medion, Metz, Orion, and Sharp in Germany. Magine TV allows the streaming of all well-known German TV channels, from public to private broadcasters and pay TV, […]
Satellite operator Intelsat and LAMHAS, one of the fastest growing teleport operators in India, have announced a multi-year agreement for satellite services supporting media distribution in India via the Intelsat 20 satellite. LAMHAS is using a C-band Multiple Channels per Carrier broadcast platform on Intelsat 20, located at 68.5° East, to deliver broadcast services to […]
Skyline Communications, a global player in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions, has announced that Tata Sky, the Indian content distribution platform providing pay-TV and OTT services, has deployed the DataMiner NMS/OSS to manage its DTH operations. Tata Sky is headquartered in Mumbai, India, with the objective of connecting to the best content […]
Discovery Communications is to develop premium mid-form shows for Watch, a new platform for shows on Facebook. Discovery will produce shows both inspired by leading Discovery Communications’ properties and created exclusively for Facebook. The first Discovery show to launch on Watch is Animal Planet’s Celebrity Animal Encounters, which will be available during the first week in September. […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV platform Freesat is seeking proposals from manufacturers to develop a set-top box for its next generation consumer product. The new product will give manufacturers a significant opportunity to develop a new range of innovative set-top-boxes at scale for subscription-free satellite TV customers across the UK. The product requirements will be based […]
An RTL study has revealed that linear TV still dominates TV consumption in Germany, accounting for 80 per cent of Germans’ daily time spent watching TV and film content, but this drops to 60 per cent for 14-25 year-olds. Online content accounts for
Deutsche Telekom’s Ultra HD-ready MR 401 media receiver will provide EntertainTV customers with direct access to Netflix following its launch this October. DT, which already has exclusive sports rights, is now buying exclusive territory rights to TV series including MGM’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Deutsche Telekom has also secured the German launch rights to Fox Networks […]