Media Excel, a provider of live and file based encoding and n-Screen adaptive bitrate transcoding, and Verimatrix, have formed a partnership that enables digital TV service operators to securely deploy high quality video over any IP network to multiple screens – TVs, PCs, mobile devices and beyond. A combination of the Verimatrix VCAS for Internet […]
Mexican television broadcaster, Grupo Televisa has confirmed that it is in talks with the mobile network operator, Grupo Iusacell over a possible joint-venture. Televisa said that it intends to enter in the mobile phone market, either through a direct investment or a reselling arrangement, because it expects growth in the industry. The move is a […]
Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, and skyDSL Global, a European pioneer of satellite Internet services, have announced the extension of their longstanding partnership with an initial five-year contract amounting to €3 million enabling skyDSL to market the next-generation Tooway service provided by KA-SAT, Eutelsat’sl new High Throughput Satellite. Using the skyDSL2+ brand, skyDSL […]
Intelsat has formed an alliance with BT that expands the reach of its IntelsatONE terrestrial network to new locations in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Intelsat and BT media fibre alliance interconnects Intelsat’s MPLS-based IntelsatONE fiber network, which consists of fibre and points of presence (PoPs) located in major cities and teleports with BT’s MPLS-based […]
Sky Deutschland and Tele Columbus have agreed to expand their existing cooperation and make the Sky packages available in an attractive Triple Play offering. With this, the Tele Columbus customers have easy access to Sky programming: the joint offer comprises a 6 MBit Internet-and telephone flat rate, Tele Columbus basic digital TV package and the […]
Luxembourg-based TV giant RTL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s Reliance Broadcast. The plan is to form a Joint Venture to launch entertainment channels in India. Reliance already has a similar deal in place with US-based CBS Studios which resulted in three planned channels, one of which (BIG-CBS Prime) is already on air. […]
Global marketing service group Omnicom has struck what it claims are industry-first partnerships with AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft, to gain direct access to the Internet companies’ consumer data. The deals, which follow a similar agreement with Google last year, will give Omnicom’s agencies the ability to target advertising to particular locations, ages and demographics across […]
Adult studio Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel, the European specialist in adult entertainment, have sealed a VOD distribution partnership allowing Digital Playground to deliver its content to more than 18 European countries and 50 TV networks and platforms. With this alliance, Digital Playground and Marc Dorcel will provide, for the first time in Europe, instant […]
Lionsgate, the film entertainment studio, Studiocanal and Miramax have entered into a worldwide home entertainment distribution deal. Under the long-term deal, Lionsgate and Studiocanal will distribute more than 550 titles from the Miramax film library via DVD, Blu-ray, EST and Internet VOD, in addition to cable VOD internationally. Lionsgate will partner with leading international distributor […]
Sky has finalised its digital marketing roster with confirmation of newly appointed agencies in both creative and paid search. The appointments follow a comprehensive review of agency support across all digital disciplines. The roster for the creative account is made up of three incumbents – Digital and Direct, WCRS & Co and Brothers & Sisters […]