Premium entertainment streaming service Hulu has agreed a comprehensive deal with CBS Corporation to carry America’s most-watched broadcast network, CBS, as well as popular sports and entertainment channels CBS Sports Network and POP, with the potential to add additional networks in the future. All networks in the deal will be available to stream live, with […]
Figures released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) based on data from The Official Charts Company and IHS Markit show that consumer spend in the video category rose by 2.2 per cent in 2016 bringing the total value of the category to £2.25 billion (€2.63bn). While ownership remains vital to the category and […]
Arianespace says it has signed two new launch contracts. One is for Intelsat, and Arianespace says it will launch I-39 in 2018. Another, for Japan’s SkyPerfect/JSAT, for JSAT-17, will launch in 2019. Further updates from the rocket launch company covered planned activity on a Arianespace contracted Soyuz rockets to launch SES-15 for the Luxembourg-based satellite […]
The sale of Harris Corp’s subsidiary CapRock Communications to Speedcast International, has closed. Harris announced the sale of CapRock to Hong-Kong and Australia-based Speedcast last October, for $425 million (€404.8m) in cash. The sale has now wrapped. The sale places Speedcast as one of the world’s largest satellite communications networks, with an especially large presence […]
Cisco is launching the Infinite Video Platform (IVP) Labs, enabling all Infinite Video customers worldwide to define together the future of the consumer video experience. IVP Labs allows participating customers to test new features with users before making them generally available. Customers and end users can provide crucial feedback to make these features, and the […]
Revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix and Samsung Electronics have announced an expanded partnership to ensure the 2017 line of Samsung Smart TVs comply with the Ultra HD (UHD) and 4K content guidelines set by MovieLabs’ Specifications for Next Generation Video and Enhanced Content Protection. The Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) Ultra architecture, which […]
Nokia and T-Mobile have achieved LTE speeds near 1 Gbps in a demonstration using Nokia’s deployed 4.5G Pro technology. The demonstration, conducted at T-Mobile’s lab in Bellevue, Washington, encompassed technologies currently live in the operator’s network, including carrier aggregation, 256 QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) and 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input and Multiple Output) on Nokia’s commercially […]
Netflix has announced its first Korean original series Love Alarm, which will be adapted from the web-series by Kye Young Chon, a popular South Korean comic author. The story revolves around an unknown developer releasing an app that will tell the user if someone within 10 metres has romantic feelings for them, which greatly disrupts […]
TiVo has announced the availability of SongConnect, a music metadata package that relates versions of a song to a single master work. SongConnect is powered by TiVo’s unique song ID. This new level of identifier allows providers to collect together alternate variations of a song including live, studio, acoustic and remix versions, enabling music fans […]
Giant screen specialist IMAX says that China will soon be its best market, passing North America in terms of revenues. China already has more IMAX screens that North America. CEO Richard Gelfond, speaking on Bloomberg TV, said that it is looking to develop more partnerships in China, and screens in India are also making progress. […]