SVoD services have reshaped the way we enjoy television. But while our unquenchable thirst for content is changing our behaviour around content consumption, it is not driving us to cut the cord with our pay-TV provider, as many had feared. Instead, we are adding SVoD to the smorgasbord of video content we already enjoy, reports […]
Some 43.7 million people now receive TV by satellite, cable or IPTV in France, representing 75 per cent of the country’s population. According to figures released by Mediamétrie in its bi-yearly pay-TV audience study, DTH reception has declined over the last four years to 15.2 million people, while cable is on the rise with 5.6 […]
Comcast has confirmed plans to stream Netflix programming directly on the Comcast X1 platform. Comcast will become the fourth cable provider in the US that Netflix has struck a similar deal with, but Comcast is the considerably the largest. In a joint statement, the companies said “Comcast and Netflix have reached an agreement to incorporate […]
Italian DTT network operator Persidera has been awarded a contract to provide multiplex capacity for the Holy See (Vatican City State). The contract was awarded by Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development to the only bidder, after a national tender procedure. It foresees the provision, to the Holy See, of 4 Mbps of transmission capacity on […]
Ketchup TV has become the latest streamed channel to join the Freeview line-up, marking the first time a kids on-demand service has been available on the platform. Operated by VOD365. the company that’s behind Planet Knowledge, Ketchup TV offers a library of popular children’s programmes – including Thomas The Tank Engine, Pingu and Teletubbies – available […]
StarTimes, one of the fastest-growing operators of digital TV networks in Africa, and Eutelsat Communications have concluded new multi-year agreements that set the stage for accelerated roll-out of digital broadcasting services across Africa. StarTimes has renewed capacity contracts on two Eutelsat satellites as well as agreements for uplinking services provided by a partner teleport operated […]
thePlatform, the white-label video publishing company and part of Comcast Wholesale, has announced that its online video platform mpx is the technology behind hayu. a next-generation SVoD reality service from NBCUniversal International, hayu features top-quality reality programmes in a streaming service that is fully integrated with social media. hayu provides fans of the reality genre […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has been appointed by Inview Nigeria, a subsidiary of Inview Technology, to secure the Nigerian free-to-air digital TV platform, known as “Free TV” and support the operator’s transition to digital. In addition to being technical and operational advisors for the […]
Executives at security and multiscreen user experience solutions provider NAGRA and its total service protection sister company Conax have declared themselves well positioned to meet the future demands of content security and revenue protection. Briefing media on activities at the companies since the pair combined in March 2014, Tor Helge Kristiansen, Conax’s EVP Principal Architect, […]
Yospace, a specialist in Dynamic Ad Insertion technology, has announced support for MPEG-DASH. The development compliments Yospace’s award-winning DAI solution for HLS, enabling broadcasters to monetise their live and on demand content in a DRM-protected environment across all major online platforms and devices. Yospace’s system allows advertisements to be replaced in live simulcast with ones […]