A growing consortium of Hollywood and International entertainment companies have formed the Blockchain Global Entertainment Alliance (BGEA) with the goal to promote blockchain technology adoption for the entertainment industry and develop common standards and best practices in the entertainment blockchain movement. The BGEA is a non-profit alliance designed to educate all forms of entertainment companies […]
Discovery and the Ladies European Tour have announced a new partnership that will see GOLFTV showcase the foremost players and events in European women’s golf. The agreement features multiplatform live rights to all Ladies European Tour events, as well as the next two Solheim Cups in 25 countries in Europe – including Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden. […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish media rights to 50 tennis tournaments from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). NENT Group’s coverage of an extensive range of WTA Premier and International category events begins with this month’s WTA tournaments in Shenzhen, Brisbane and Auckland, and concludes with the season-ending […]
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, has announced that Beeline, one of the largest telecom operators in Russia, has selected Broadpeak to power its Beeline TV service. Using high-capacity CDN solutions from Broadpeak, Beeline can deliver high-quality live, VOD, catch-up and start-over […]
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is to investigate Qatar’s allegations of intellectual property breaches against Saudi Arabia, dismissing the latter’s objection over what it said were national security concerns. The WTO has agreed “to establish a panel to rule on Saudi Arabia’s alleged failure to provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights”. Qatar claims that […]
A group of 18 key industry players across the audio-visual and sport sectors have welcomed the recognition of the European Institutions of the importance of territorial exclusivity in the EU’s Online Broadcasting Directive but remain concerned about the introduction of the Country of Origin principle. In a joint statement, the signatories say: “We take note […]
An annual survey on US consumer video viewing habits from advisory firm Altman Vilandrie & Company indicates that more than 60 per cent of US viewers now subscribe to paid video services, with a majority subscribing to at least one video service and a pay-TV provider. Furthermore, 63 per cent of all viewers selected live […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar has cancelled the transmissions of its eSports TV channel, Movistar eSports. All its content will now instead be made available through other channels, including #Vamos, and through VoD. The channel was launched two years ago aiming to satisfy an expanding market and turn eSports into key content. Netflix integration on the […]
RTL Group has announced the combination of Divimove and UFA X, effective January 1st 2019, into one integrated organisation for the production, aggregation and monetisation of short-form video content in Europe. Going forward, UFA X with its offices in Berlin and Cologne will enhance Divimove’s capabilities in digital storytelling and format development. The combination follows […]
Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, has set a new record for peak traffic on its global content delivery network (CDN). On December 11th, the volume of data being delivered across the Akamai network exceeded 72 Tbps, surpassing the 70 Tbps threshold for the first time in the company’s 20-year […]