Indian DTH platform Videocon d2h has selected the Cisco Virtual DCM to provide its subscribers with superior video experiences. The deployment provides Videocon d2h with a flexible infrastructure and simplified operations for advanced video processing functionality taking advantage of virtualisation and orchestration from Cisco’s Virtualized Video Processing (V2P) platform. The Virtual DCM provides Videocon d2h […]
Connected device apps for the monetisation of video services are now the second most used method for consumers subscribing to OTT services, according to a new Parks Associates whitepaper, sponsored by Ooyala. The whitepaper, Connected Apps: The New Battleground for Video Services, shows more than 25 per cent of OTT video service subscriptions were purchased […]
Canal+ Group’s SVoD platform Canalplay lost around 91,000 subscribers in France in the first half of 2016. On June 30th, the service has 614,000 subscribers against 705,000 for the same period last year – a near15 per cent decrease. Canalplay, whose results would previously compensate the subscription losses linked to pay TV Canal+ channel and […]
CBS has announced the launch of a commercial-free plan for the CBS All Access subscription service in the US. In addition to the existing subscription offering of $5.99 (€5.37) per month, subscribers now have the option to watch CBS All Access’s on-demand content commercial-free for $9.99 per month. “The foundation of CBS All Access is […]
All viewers who use the iPlayer to watch any BBC programmes must now be covered by a TV licence after new rules came into force. Previously, iPlayer users only needed a licence if they were using the service to watch live broadcasts. That meant it was legal to watch programmes after broadcast on catch-up without […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has revealed that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for $385 million (€345.4m). Completion of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s […]
Overall satisfaction with paid streaming video service is highest among cord stackers in the US – customers who subscribe to a traditional cable/satellite service in addition to streaming video service – according to the J.D. Power 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study. The inaugural study measures overall satisfaction among customers who have used a subscription- or […]
Shareholders in SiriusXM Canada Holdings, which controls the pay-radio broadcaster ‘north of the border’ in Canada, have approved a resolution to go private. The vote supports a C$275 million recapitalisation scheme. Canada’s CBC public broadcaster will sell its shares and the end result will see the US ‘parent’ own 70 percent of the economic interest […]
Further expanding its presence across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Discovery Communications has formed a partnership with BHS Media. The partnership allows BHS Media to use Discovery’s content and branding to create and launch a brand new free-to-air lifestyle channel, Home & Health Farsi. With a proven track record of entertaining audiences across […]
MX1, the global media services company newly formed from the merger of SES Platform Services and RR Media, has signed up Premier League Productions (PLP) after agreeing a deal with IMG, PLP’s production partner. This new contract covers MX1’s distribution of Premier League match broadcasts to TV service providers and audiences worldwide as part of […]