YouTube and Major League Baseball have agree a multi-faceted partnership to drive fan excitement for the 2017 World Series, as well as showcase another way for baseball fans to watch the national pastime with a new cable-free, live TV service – YouTube TV. As part of the partnership, YouTube TV will serve as the presenting […]
Formula One and ESPN have agreed a multi-year linear and digital partnership to broadcast every race live in the US from the start of the 2018 season. NBC Sports Group has held the F1 rights since 2013, but said it “chose not to enter into a new agreement in which the rights holder itself competes […]
The pilot run of the Infringing Website List (IWL) Scheme established by the Hong Kong Creative Industries Association (HKCIA) has resulted in the removal of advertisements on infringing websites by 50 brands in Hong Kong and reduced traffic of a number of infringing websites by 14 per cent on average. Launched in December 2016, the […]
Samsung Electronics, in partnership with Microsoft, has unveiled its Samsung HMD Odyssey. Unlike typical head-mounted displays, users do not need to install any extra motion sensors – they can simply connect the headset to their PC and get started “The Samsung HMD Odyssey is a high performing headset, which like all of our products, delivers […]
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has announced that MTV UK News has teamed up with Amazon to launch a new Flash Briefing skill for Echo Show. MTV fans with Alexa enabled devices will have access to an audio MTV News UK Flash Briefing, featuring a bulletin of the day’s biggest pop culture stories. A video […]
Australian software company Linius Technologies has been appointed by Roadshow Films, a division of leading Australian content producer Village Roadshow to provide the company’s anti-piracy technology solution, centred on its patented Video Virtualization Engine (VVE) with IBM Corporation coordinating the design and integration of the Linius VVE anti-piracy solution with existing Roadshow Films infrastructure. Linius […]
Limelight Networks, a global player in digital content delivery, has announced that the company’s Net Promoter Score (NPS), which is a benchmark for customer satisfaction, has increased by 84 points since 2013, up 14 points since last year, and has increased in each of the last 7 consecutive surveys. The NPS is an index ranging […]
The Italian government has issued a decree imposing increased local content quotas on national TV channels. Italian TV channels must now increase their output of Italian movies and TV series aired during primetime hours (6pm to 11pm), and also make compulsory content investments, subject to severe sanctions. In practice, this means that each national TV […]
AR/VR has become a two speed market, with mobile AR set to have over twice the installed base at launch in 2017 than the entire AR/VR headset market by 2021. Apple ARKit, Google ARCore and Facebook Camera Effects platforms could have 900 million installed base by the end of 2018, with their launch changing the […]
Sony has unveiled an updated version of its PlayStation VR headset, offering HDR support, integrated headphones, and a slightly new design. Models of the PS VR bearing the ‘CUH-ZVR2’ number will have the updated features and design, with Sony making the packaging different so that shoppers can tell the difference. This biggest change is the […]