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YouTube to stream NBA 2K eSports

The NBA 2K League, a professional eSports league for players of the basketball video game, has announced that YouTube will stream live broadcasts of all its games this season. The coverage includes the league’s 230+ regular-season, playoff and finals games. Games take place at the league’s studio in the New York City borough of Queens. […]

April 11, 2019

PewDiePie, DLive live streaming partnership

DLive, a disruptive live streaming platform that leverages blockchain technology to reward both creators and viewers, is now the exclusive live streaming platform for famed content creator, PewDiePie. As the world’s largest independent content creator with over 100 million fans across the globe, the partnership between PewDiePie (real name Felix Kjellberg) and DLive is one […]

April 10, 2019By Colin Mann

Prince Harry teaming with Winfrey for Apple+ series

Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey are working together on a mental health documentary series for Apple’s soon-to-launch streaming service. The multi-part series will focus on both mental illness and mental wellness, inspiring viewers to have an honest conversation about the challenges they face, and how to equip themselves with the tools to thrive, rather than to simply survive. […]

April 10, 2019By Nik Roseveare

Pluto TV adds 2 new channels

Free streaming service Pluto TV, a Viacom Company, has launched two new channels for UK users, both dedicated to fictional drama. Pluto TV Drama will show the most recent and popular productions as well as international gems from New Zealand, Australia and other parts of the world, whilst Pluto TV Retro Drama is dedicated to […]

April 10, 2019

Fox Sports, Facebook boost Copa Libertadores coverage

Fox Sports has agreed a partnership with Facebook that will see both platforms increase the amount of live football matches they will show from South America’s Copa Libertadores tournament. With the new agreement, Facebook and Fox Sports will exchange Copa Libertadores games and share rights, boosting the number of games from 28 to 46, all available […]

April 10, 2019

Canal+ chooses Cisco CDN; TVbeat data

Cisco has announced that Canal+ has strategically chosen to base its new Content Delivery Network (CDN) on the Cisco NCS 5516 Series platform, using Cisco IOS XR software. Technology disruption within the media market is rapid, with network requirements and expectations changing quickly. End-users are expecting to obtain more and more content with zero delay. […]

April 10, 2019

Netflix content deal with Ortega

Netflix has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Kenny Ortega – a producer, director, and choreographer best known for the High School Musical franchise. Ortega has directed and choreographed a number of international hits including the Descendants trilogy, Newsies, and Hocus Pocus, and choreographed a plethora of classic movies including Dirty Dancing, Ferris Bueller’s […]

April 10, 2019By Nik Roseveare

MediaKind expands alliance with Inspur Digital Media

MediaKind, a global player in media technology, is expanding its long-term alliance with Inspur Digital Media to help current TV Service providers shift towards cloud-based delivery. By harnessing Inspur Digital Media’s cloud-based virtualised servers and software running on Inspur Digital Media Openstack cloud, MediaKind will provide an economical and scalable end-to-end solution to TV service […]

April 10, 2019

Analysis: Big Data means more SVoD originals cancel

We may be living through a golden era for content, but it is also the age of big data audience analysis, empowering broadcasters with more information than ever before to make their renewal and cancellation decisions. Ampere’s analysis of renewals and cancellations between September 2018 and March 2019 reveals that the streamers have been the […]

April 9, 2019

MediaKind partnership with Google Cloud

MediaKind, a global media technology player, has announced at NAB that it has partnered with Google Cloud to enable MediaKind’s entire portfolio of solutions to operate on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Effective immediately, MediaKind customers can leverage and benefit from Google Cloud’s ecosystem of solutions and assets such as TensorFlow and BigTable, global networking, best-in-class […]

April 9, 2019