Video streaming and monetisation platform provider Ooyala has developed a Twitter Video Card solution, in close collaboration with Twitter, that enables Ooyala customers a turnkey method of embedding videos directly into their Twitter streams for instant playback. Previously, users were only able to include a link to a video in Twitter. This approach inserts a […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its new Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, for which Infonetics interviewed pay-TV operators about their plans for multi-screen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers with multiple devices. “Multi-screen services are quickly becoming a critical service for pay […]
The pay-TV content protection market is thriving, driven by the ongoing digitisation of cable in emerging markets and by continued investment in advanced applications and ‘TV Everywhere’ offerings in major markets. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the market earned revenues of $1.63 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $2.6 billion in […]
ESPN will again provide live and exclusive televised coverage of South America’s premier club cup competition, the Copa Libertadores – meaning UK fans can see football stars such as Ronaldinho, Luis Fabiano and Alexandre Pato. ESPN also provided coverage of the tournament last season. ESPN will air a total of 32 games throughout this year’s […]
Newly launched utd. by content has announced its further global expansion through a recent deal with WB Cape Media, a company spearheading the secure distribution of digital media throughout Africa. The two companies have already worked together on tent-pole films for Warner Bros and other Hollywood majors across cinemas in South Africa. This deal paves […]
Kim Dotcom, the founder of closed-down file-sharing site Megaupload, has launched a new website – Mega – which promises ‘military-grade’ encryption and which Dotcom insists will operate legally and is not setting out to affront the Hollywood studios or the US government. Dotcom, who revealed plans for the new service at the beginning of November […]
Film and TV series subscription service LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, has kicked-started 2013 with the announcement of a new content deal with UK commercial PSB Channel 4, giving its members streaming access to quality British entertainment from the broadcaster’s 4 on Demand (4oD) archive service. The deal bolsters LOVEFiLM’s TV offering and will enable members […]
Despite Iran, and its broadcasting organisations having been proscribed internationally, Press TV is complaining that its latest banning (by satellite operator Hispasat) is “another hostile move against free speech” according to the Tehran-based broadcaster. Press TV’s Spanish-language channel is called Hispan TV and it joins the other Press TV output in being banned by the […]
ESPN is launching the next phase of its marketing campaign, We Speak Your Sport, which aims to elevate ESPN’s credentials of serving fans. Featuring ESPN football presenters such as Ray Stubbs, Chris Waddle and Kevin Keegan plus rugby presenters Ben Kay and Mark Durden-Smith, the campaign aims to communicate ESPN’s passion for sport and reinforce […]
AT&T U-verse and The Walt Disney Company have announced a long-term distribution agreement to deliver Disney’s line-up of sports, news and entertainment content to AT&T U-verse TV customers across TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and connected TVs. As part of the new multi-year deal, AT&T U-verse will introduce several new services, including the full […]