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Insight: New stadium tech to transform fan experience

With UK top flight club Tottenham Hotspur set to play for the first time at its new £1 billion stadium this evening, taking on Crystal Palace in the Premier League, communications and media software and services specialist Amdocs has revealed findings which suggest that 5G will transform the sports experience for fans in stadiums. According […]

April 3, 2019By Colin Mann

Akamai expands partnership with Microsoft Azure

Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has integrated its content delivery network (CDN) capabilities with Microsoft Azure Media Services and Blob Storage. The collaboration aims to make it easier and more cost effective for media organisations to combine cloud-based video processing with edge delivery, from content preparation to playback. Going forward, […]

April 3, 2019

Analyst: Voice command use grows

Consumer survey findings from IHS Markit reveal that 22 per cent of Internet users across four markets – the US, UK, Australia and India – use the available voice-command features to operate their TV and video devices, such as smart TVs and set-top boxes. The report – Voice Commands on Video Devices: Content Discovery and […]

April 2, 2019

Animoca Brands, F1 partner for blockchain game

Gamification, blockchain, and artificial intelligence technologies specialist Animoca Brands has secured a global licensing agreement with Formula 1 to develop and publish F1 Delta Time, a blockchain game based on motorsport’s premier category. As part of the licensing agreement, Animoca Brands will assist in driving fan engagement by developing and publishing the blockchain game F1 […]

April 2, 2019By Colin Mann

Bitmovin launches partner programme

Bitmovin, a specialist in online video technology, has announced a global partner programme that will debut at NAB. The programme will empower technology and commercial partners to rapidly deploy innovative, scalable and highly customised video delivery solutions to any customer. The new partner programme offers a combination of hands-on technical training, sales, co-marketing activities and […]

April 2, 2019

Local version of CNN for Czech Republic

CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) and the Prima Group announced a partnership that will see the launch of CNN Prima News, a new news platform in the Czech Republic. It will broadcast news continually, as well as other programmes throughout the day, seven days a week, and inform audiences about major events at home and around […]

April 2, 2019

Mediawan, Alchimie extend partnership

Alchimie, the content aggregation and dynamic distribution company, has announced a new agreement with French media and entertainment conglomerate, Mediawan, extending its current partnership to include a replay / catch up service for nine themed Mediawan linear channels to subscribers on Alchimie’s Watch-It OTT platform. The catch-up service allows content on AB3, ABXPLORE, RTL9, Action […]

April 2, 2019

V-Nova launches PERSEUS platform

V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has announced the launch of its cloud-based SaaS transcoding and delivery platform for enhanced PERSEUS Plus h.264 and native h.264 encoding. The platform enables service providers and third party streaming platforms to rapidly launch PERSEUS Plus enhanced services offering higher quality video at up to 50 per cent […]

April 2, 2019

Discovery, BBC agree UKTV future

Discovery and BBC Studios have concluded a series of agreements, reigniting their historic relationship with a significant multi-million pound global content partnership spanning a library of premium factual series to power a new global streaming service, and a bespoke development deal for BBC Studios’ iconic genres of natural history, animals, adventure, science, travel, space, history […]

April 1, 2019By Colin Mann

Arcade Cloud debuts in the UK

Arcade Cloud, the multi-platform entertainment brand for gamers, continues to expand its linear reach with its launch on TVPlayer, the UK IPTV provider. Available outside the paywall of TVPlayer’s basic tier, gamers can access Arcade Cloud wherever TVPlayer is available, including their branded internet-based platforms and mobile applications. Owned by Blue Ant Media, Arcade Cloud […]

April 1, 2019