Jeremy Darroch, CEO of Sky, has called on Europe’s policy makers to ensure a level regulatory playing field, suggesting that licensed broadcasters such as Sky are disadvantaged having to compete against global online platforms. Delivering a speech on TV, Technology and Policy at an audiovisual policy conference in Tallinn, Estonia, Darroch noted that much of […]
Following a joint investigation in Australia by global content protection body the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and regional cable and satellite trade association CASBAA’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) into a large supplier of IPTV set-top boxes, pre-loaded to play pirated movies, television shows, sports programming, and other content has had these operations closed […]
Subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist Paywizard and Ostmodern, the broadcast content and VoD company, have revealed that ITV Box Office, the live events pay-per-view (PPV) arm of UK commercial broadcaster ITV, has selected the pair’s plug and play solution Venue to drive long term loyalty from PPV customers, and support the company’s […]
SVoD service Pantaflix has agreed a deal with Disney that will make the studio’s films available to streaming customers in Germany and Austria. The agreement will cover Disney films from Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, including the availability of Star Wars: The Last Jedi on-demand at the same time as the DVD launch. The deal […]
Turner Japan will launch three new channels in January 2018 on dTV Channel, the streaming service from NTT Docomo. It will be the first time that the Boomerang brand is available in Japan, and marks the introduction of two brand new services: Mondo Mah-jong TV and Tabi Tele. They join Turner’s portfolio of channels already […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and monetisation of content, has collaborated with Rambus, a lspecialist in digital security, services, semiconductor, and IP products, to strengthen its VO Shield Root of Trust (RoT) solution for dynamic, best-in-class security. The CryptoMedia Content Protection Core from Rambus complements VO Shield by enabling a hardware RoT to […]
Edgeware, the pioneer of TV-specific content delivery networks, has announced that its TV delivery systems now support the online delivery of Dolby Atmos surround sound for playout on home entertainment systems. Based on the concept of audio objects, Dolby Atmos allows audio elements to be mixed as a single object that can be independently placed […]
Startup leaders across the 27 AR/VR sectors in Digi-Capital’s Augmented/Virtual Reality Report and Deals Database raised $1 billion (€0.84bn) in the fourth quarter before the end of November. This is only the second time the billion dollar figure has been reached in a single quarter. Three quarters of a billion dollars went into big deals […]
In a move that typifies how software company AWS Elemental is benefitting from being part of the broader Amazon Web Services operation and utilising the benefits of the Cloud, the company has revealed five AWS Elemental Media Services, an integrated suite of services that make it easy for video providers of all kinds to create […]
Together with Orange Polska, global sports provider Eleven Sports has become one of the first sports platforms in Poland to offer 4K resolution to fans with the launch of Eleven Sports 1 in 4K. The new channel will offer full 4K coverage of top sporting events including Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1 football […]