Deutsche Telekom is to present Thirty Seconds to Mars – the band comprised of Oscar winning actor and musician Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic – live to a global audience in a 360° concert experience on September 2nd. The band will perform an exclusive show during the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) at the Telekom […]
Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media) has confirmed that five websites distributing pirated multimedia content have been blocked based on the Moscow City Court’s ruling. The decision follows applications of copyright holders, Sony Music Entertainment and Examen Publisher. Roskomnadzor received 76 rulings of the Moscow City […]
Amazon Web Services has announced that Portugal-based telecommunications provider NOWO has selected video processing solutions from AWS Elemental to power a unified headend delivering digital cable and OTT video services. NOWO launched its subscription-based OTT video service to customers in the Portuguese market this year with AWS Elemental Live, AWS Elemental Server and AWS Elemental […]
Vibrant TV has been added as a charter television network for the US VIDGO streaming service whose nationwide launch is anticipated this autumn. The VIDGO app is designed to work on any connected device, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, smart TVs or any television equipped to support alternative streaming platforms. Vibrant TV joins VIDGO at a […]
Discovery Communications has struck a streaming deal in Germany and Austria with Amazon that brings Amazon Prime members access to Eurosport’s premium live HD sports content, including exclusive Bundesliga live on Friday nights across Germany. Eurosport goes live on Amazon Channels on August 16th 2017. In what the broadcaster describes as “a fantastic deal for […]
Yet another episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones has leaked early – this time via a blunder from the broadcaster itself. HBO España and HBO Nordic accidentally dropped Game of Thrones season 7 episode 6 four days early. The episode was available on-demand to subscribers in Spanish and Nordic territories for just over an hour […]
Content supply chain specialist Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has issued a Statement clarifying how, on August 4th, 2017, a link to view Episode 4 of Season 7 of Game of Thrones bearing a Star India watermark appeared online three days before its airdate, describing it as the outcome of an illegal breach of obligations by […]
According to Patrick Grove, co-founder and chairman of VoD platform iFlix, the service’s main competitor is not traditional television, but piracy. Speaking on CNBC’s Managing Asia, Grove said
A social-media-sourced barometer report from virtualised media production solutions specialist Nevion has highlighted the impact that IP technology is continuing to have on the future of the broadcast industry. The barometer, The future of broadcast — paving the way to virtualized production, confirms that IP is
Geo-location piracy prevention specialist GeoGuard and behavioural location intelligence company Skyhook are collaborating to provide the content industry with what they describe as the first solution that ensures viewers are verifiably watching films and TV at home. The solution combines precise location data from Skyhook with geo-piracy defences from GeoGuard. The collaboration is a continuation […]