TRT World, Turkey’s first English broadcasting channel, is now available on Huawei Video which is a pre-installed streaming service included in digital devices of Huawei. TRT World’s linear content, at first instance, will be available to all Huawei digital device users in Turkey through Huawei Video platform. As the latest launch in the growing portfolio […]
The Activision-owned Call of Duty (COD) video game franchise has broken all records. Moreover, it looks like its revenue stream will go even higher. Activision says COD has set a new record with over $3 billion of net bookings over the last 12 months – that’s around an 80 per cent net booking increase in […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced that KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telecommunications service provider, will implement the first virtualized headend in Asia Pacific for its Olleh TV IPTV service. This is the first win for Synamedia with KT’s IPTV business. KT selected Synamedia’s Converged Headend to deliver a virtualised full stack solution […]
As Covid-19 continues to transform the way consumers are interacting with media, new research from digital studio TheSoul Publishing reveals an outsized preference for positive content amid the pandemic. The survey of more than 2,000 men and women ages 16-55+ in the US sought to understand how the pandemic has altered viewing habits and preferences […]
A new study, Decentralized vs. Distributed Organization: Blockchain, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Digital Platform, from UCL Associate Professor JP Vergne, explores the growth of centralised digital platforms. A handful of platforms dominate the global economy in the 21st century mainly by using machine learning as their core technology to transform enormous amounts of […]
OutSystems, a global player in application development platforms, has entered into a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The collaboration will enable OutSystems to deliver deeper integrations with AWS services in the OutSystems Cloud, allowing customers around the world to quickly put to work enhanced DevOps, data and analytics, artificial intelligence/machine […]
Irdeto, a global player in digital platform security, has announced that Serbia’s Telekom Srbija has implemented Irdeto Control, the company’s multi-DRM system, to secure their OTT platform serving its TV and broadband customers. With this security in place, Telekom Srbija is able to secure the rights to their premium content. Irdeto Control is a multi-DRM, […]
Radio France has been announced as the Official Radio Partner in France for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024. The agreement between Discovery, Home of the Olympics in Europe, and Radio France sees the French public service broadcaster assume non-exclusive radio rights, covering all aspects of its home Olympic Games […]
The final of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! was watched by a peak of 10.7 million viewers on ITV on December 4th as Giovanna Fletcher was crowned Queen of the Castle. An average audience of 9.7 million [45 per cent of TV viewers] watched the show, presented live from Gwrych Castle in Wales, […]
Cloud platform specialist Amazon Web Services has struck a multi-year collaboration with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) to reimagine its core media supply chain and enterprise-wide media distribution platform. MGM owns one of the world’s largest libraries of premium film and television content and is focused on the production, acquisition, licensing, and global distribution of its […]