Describing the unveiling of its Virgin TV V6 set-top box as the industry’s “worst-kept secret”, David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, also introduced a new HD TellyTablet created by Virgin Media, designed specifically as a personal Smart TV to watch television in HD quality. The Virgin TV launch event […]
Netflix members worldwide can now download their favourite content, in addition to streaming the service’s series and films at no extra cost, which it says makes it even easier to watch Netflix on the go. In a blog post, Eddy Wu, Director of Product Innovation, says that while many members enjoy watching Netflix at home, […]
As anticipated, Sky has revealed full details of what it describes as the UK’s most flexible mobile service as it ramps up its multiplay offering better to compete with the likes of BT and Virgin Media. It says Sky Mobile, its new mobile network, offers something entirely different for the UK mobile market. For the […]
Portuguese premium sports network Sport TV closed the first nine months of 2016 with a net loss of €15.5 million, compared to a negative €6.9 million one year earlier. The pay-TV network, equally owned by NOS, Vodafone and Controlinveste, has seen losses rise for almost five consecutive years. No reasons were given for the increase […]
Eastern Europe will have 18.19 million paying SV0D subscribers across 18 countries by 2021, up from 3.33 million at end-2015 and 5.58 million by end-2016 – almost sextupling between 2015 and 2021. The Eastern Europe SVoD Forecasts report from Digital Tv Reserach estimates that Russia accounted for 44 per cent of the region’s SVoD subs […]
Paraguay’s National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) has licensed Millicom-backed Tigo’s to provide a DTH service over the country. The issue of the licence is controversial. Local press reports say the license covers “[provision of] the Service of Distribution of Audio Signals and Direct Television to the Home (DATDH) –better known as DTH –to Servicios y Productos […]
SiriusXM, the satellite subscription radio, is to pay up to $99 million to settle a group of lawsuits over a music copyright issue for recordings made before 1972. Federal copyright only began to be applied to recordings in 1972, and three years ago members of the 1960s band the Turtles filed lawsuits against SiriusXM for […]
DC-based satellite builder Orbital ATK is working with US space agency NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to establish a Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS) in space. Setting aside the clumsy acronyms, the core news is that Orbital ATK will develop a ‘public-private’ business to develop a robotic assembly and servicing programme […]
Starz and Spotify, the music streaming service, have revealed plans to launch the first-ever streaming music integration into the Starz premium video streaming service app. Starz has launched an upgraded version of its free Starz app that immerses the Spotify music experience into its video experience for Starz Original series and other Starz premium movie […]
Canal+ (Vivendi Group) has announced a strategic partnership with FreeWheel, a provider of premium ad management solutions for the world’s largest media and entertainment companies, to optimise and manage its advertising inventory across all screens. The partnership will enable Canal+’s sales house, Canal+ Régie, to integrate FreeWheel’s solutions to unify and manage its inventory to […]