Bitmovin, a specialist in online video technology, has released its annual Video Developer Report, revealing a snapshot of the key trends and issues in video technology. The study is based on the views of 456 video developers at broadcasters, publishers, OTT streaming services, online video platforms and social media platforms in 67 countries. “The online […]
Following the completion of Kinnevik AB’s distribution of its entire shareholding in MTG to its shareholders in August, MTG will now continue its work towards the previously announced split and distribution of all the shares in Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group; comprising MTG Nordic Entertainment, MTG Studios and Splay Networks) to MTG’s shareholders, and the […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has launched NexGuard QuickMark, a subscriber-level watermarking solution to fight piracy of premium live sports on open devices. While premium live sports are a key growth driver for legitimate pay-TV service providers, they are also a fast-growing target for pirates who are starting to use open client […]
The broadcasters of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland have achieved a complete victory in a year-long trial against Spanish hotel group NH for the illegal use of their broadcasting signals in hotel rooms. The court of appeals in Alicante recently ruled on appeal that the use of the TV channels in hotel rooms without their consent is […]
Les Moonves, the head of US entertainment giant CBS, has resigned with immediate effect following allegations of sexual misconduct. CBS had been investigating Moonves since allegations appeared in the New Yorker in July – and fresh accusations from six more women surfaced this past weekend. Moonves, 68, denied the acusations, and called the latest allegations […]
A long-running patent dispute between TiVo and cable giant Comcast has seen Comcast again emerge victorious at a US Patent Trial and its subsequent appeal. The Patent Board says TiVo’s Patent 9,172,987 is invalid. The case was brought by Comcast against Rovi (see below for patent description) in May 2016. The patent relates to a […]
Despite Turkey’s recent economic decline, it still boasts an OTT subscription video subscriber base of 3.9 million subscribers (excluding multiscreen services) – the largest in Central and Eastern Europe – reports IHS Markit. Netflix and Amazon comprised just 5 per cent of the Turkish subscription-video market in 2017, falling behind numerous Turkish players, as local […]
Arqiva, the UK communications infrastructure and media services providers, has published its results for the financial year ended June 30th 2018. These results reflect a year of significant growth in revenue, profit and cash generation which underscore Arqiva’s vital role in enabling the UK’s success in the digital economy. Revenue in the year was up […]
One commentator, on the September 6th news that owners Maxar Technologies is looking at “strategic alternatives” as far as its satellite building Space Systems/Loral’s Palo Alto facility is concerned, said “merge it, sell it or scrap it”. Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) is not wholly exiting the satellite business, but there are major question marks over its […]
The increasingly bitter dispute between sports rights broadcaster beIN and the pirate organisation beoutQ has seen the Wall Street Journal report that payments in Saudi Arabia for access to the pirated services from beoutQ allegedly go to a business controlled by Raed Khusheim. Khusheim is CEO at Selevision. Selevision is a UAE-based DTH and VoD […]