Online video infrastructure software Bitmovin has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Highland Europe, to help expand its global customer base of TV streaming providers, Internet companies and social media companies. The funding will allow Bitmovin to scale its product R&D, field engineering and sales teams worldwide. Bitmovin solves complex video problems […]
The first next-generation TV signal in the Phoenix Model Market is ‘on the air’, with KFPH-CD Channel 35, owned by Univision Communications Inc., now transmitting UniMás network programming using the new ATSC 3.0 standard. “Today’s announcement is just the first Phoenix station to transition to ATSC 3.0, with additional partner stations to be added soon. […]
In a significant convergence of wireless and broadcast technologies, pay-TV connectivity specialist DISH has successfully trialled the transmission and reception of the new broadcast ATSC 3.0 standard as part of the Spectrum Consortium’s ‘Next Gen’ deployment project in Dallas, Texas. Using its 700 MHz E Block spectrum (former broadcast TV channel 56), DISH deployed on […]
A meeting of Spain’s cabinet has given its approval to the Abertis operation controlling a 89.68 per cent of Hispasat. The green light comes at a time when Abertis is seeking to sell its shares in the satellite company. In 2017 Abertis paid €302 million to Eutelsat for the stakes, an operation subject to the […]
Broadcast technology industry body IABM has introduced its new industry model dubbed the BaM Content Chain: from Creator to Consumer. The move is designed to reflect a growing awareness on the part of broadcast manufacturers that content production and distribution is changing thanks to the impact of the internet and cloud-based delivery of content. Unveiling […]
April 5th saw SES hold its AGM in Luxembourg and issue its Annual Report for 2017. Outgoing CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh admitted in his farewell letter to shareholders that not all of his objectives last year had been met. “Let me be very clear that our execution in 2017 didn’t meet all our objectives. The […]
A coalition of more consumer advocacy groups is to file a complaint with federal officials claiming that YouTube has been violating a children’s privacy law. They contend that YouTube, part of Google, has been collecting and profiting from the personal information of young children on its main site, although the company says the platform is […]
BBC Studios has completed content deals with leading platforms in Russia at MIP. OTT platform Okko will add over 800 hours from the BBC Studios catalogue across drama and factual genres, the ivi OTT service will add 100 hours of premium drama and OTT/VOD provider Megogo gets over 300 hours of drama and Top Gear […]
UKTV has appointed Ronan Hand director of programme funding. The company says the position has been created to help the broadcaster realise its ambitions for rights ownership and original commissions. Hand will be responsible for expanding UKTV’s international sales footprint and amplifying the role of advertiser funded programming within UKTV’s programme mix. Simon Michaelides, UKTV’s […]
According to Tristan Veale, Market Analyst at Futuresource Consulting, the rate of consumer uptake and service roll-out of UHD services will benefit from industry resolution of a range of technology issues. In a blog post, Veale noted that the UHD sector has continued its steady evolution over the last year, from a consumer perspective becoming […]