Online video portal YouTube has confirmed that it will now support content in the HDR (High Dynamic Range) format. In a blog post, the company wrote: “Starting today, you can watch YouTube videos in HDR on supported devices, such as HDR TVs with the new Chromecast Ultra, and soon on all 2016 Samsung SUHD and […]
Frédéric Bokobza, Deputy Director General of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), the French media regulator, says that next year’s June 2017 review of the Canal Plus formal “competition restrictions and regulations” could be modified to benefit C+. The CSA has yet to publish its own recommendations, and Bokobza, in discussion with equity analysts at […]
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has welcomed the order passed by the Honourable Delhi High Court dismissing the nine petitions dealing with the time extension for implementing digital addressable system (DAS) in certain areas of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and Uttar Pradesh under Phase III, the deadline for which had expired on 31 […]
A Juniper Research study has forecast that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240 per cent on an expected 16.8 million this year. However, the lower price of these devices means they will only account for 7 per cent of hardware revenue. While millions of […]
Conditional access systems provider China Digital TV has been bought via a management buyout for $90 million (€81.4m). The purchase has been wrapped via an equity transfer between China Digital with ChangxingBao LiRuiXin Technology (Bao Li), a LLC formed by a group including China Digital CEO Jianhua Zhu and Beijing Super TV President Dong Li. […]
US satellite broadcaster DISH has shared the results of its ‘Viewers to Voters’ predictive model that analyses the potential outcomes of the 2016 presidential election. Based on anonymised customer viewership data generated from Internet-connected set-top boxes, DISH’s Viewers to Voters modeling predicts that Secretary Hillary Clinton will win the 2016 presidential election. Further, the Viewers […]
TVB Hong Kong, says its ‘myTV Super’ OTT service has topped 1 million users in the past six months. The service was announced in January and went ‘live’ in April. The service was launched in order to compete with Netflix. TVB says the total number of myTV SUPER users has reached 1,037,777 including 312,359 OTT […]
Hong Kong-based AsiaSat has been granted a US patent to improve satellite connectivity to aircraft, and which AsiaSat says will help supply better In Flight Entertainment (IFE) coverage with aircraft and yet achieve this with fewer satellite beams. AsiaSat says: “The patent is about the methods and systems that enable effective aviation communication via satellite […]
Telus customers in Canada can now access Netflix content in 4K with the launch of the Netflix app on Optik TV 4K set-top boxes. With a Netflix Premium subscription, users can stream 4K content directly from their Optik TV 4K set-top boxes. “4K is the ultimate way to immerse yourself in your favourite TV shows […]
VICE Media has announced a major market expansion into Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest nation. VICE will launch a full-scale operation in Indonesia, producing local content and creative agency services to reach the skyrocketing young population of over 100 million people in the country. In addition, VICE today announced multi-platform partnerships with Jawa Pos TV […]