Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services, has announced that its MultiRights OTT solution has been deployed to secure the new Your TV Now service from Minerva Networks. Completely hosted via the Verimatrix Secure Cloud, MultiRights OTT offers subscribers of Your TV Now a transparent consumption experience by harmonising […]
Nearly 60 per cent of Netflix members on a global basis enjoy kids and family content every month, so the company has unveiled what it describes as a “robust” slate of animated event programming – both feature films and original series – designed to give kids and families around the world more of what they […]
Orange Spain is strengthening its TV offer with the addition of three optional packages, Infantil Max, Millennium and Lifestyle, from €3 a month. Infantil Max includes kids channels Canal Panda, Lilly Kids and Cartoon Network for €3 a month. Millennial is targeted at a young adult audience with eSports, adult animation and alternative content with […]
Snap has agreed a deal with independent factual production company Barcroft Media to bring eight of its digital series to its mobile sharing app Snapchat. Five new TV series — Ridiculous Rides, Snapped in the Wild, Beast Buddies, Born Different and Shake My Beauty — are already available already to Snapchat users across the globe. […]
CreativeFuture, a grass-roots coalition which unites those who value American creativity and innovation in the fight against content theft, has sent a letter to all candidates running for Federal office in the forthcoming midterm elections. Over 400 prominent members from the creative communities have signed the letter – joining over 100,000 others who signed the […]
The number of 360 video and VR studios is growing at an explosive rate. Every day a new VR studio is started somewhere in the world. Virtual Reality Marketing now lists 1784 studios in 72 countries. “It seems like we are reading about the death of VR on a weekly basis. But from our perspective […]
BBC Studios in Africa has revealed that its anticipated landmark series, David Attenborough’s Dynasties, will be coming exclusively to BBC Earth from November 18th. To celebrate, BBC Studios in Africa will be premiering the first episode across two of its channels on DStv – BBC Brit (channel 120) and BBC Lifestyle (channel 174). This will […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has directed the BBC to conduct a ‘public interest test’ (PIT) to assess properly the value and potential impact on other broadcasters of a number of changes to the BBC iPlayer the Corporation wishes to make, having provided its plans to Ofcom for consideration. In order to protect fair and effective […]
UK pay-TV broadcasters Sky and Virgin TV have secured rights to air this year’s MTV EMAs 2018 in ultra-HD. The MTV EMAs 2018 celebrates musical artists from around the world and will broadcast live from Bilbao, Spain, across MTV’s 60 international TV channels and digital platforms. Sky will take the MTV EMAs UHD feed for […]
Oath and Roku have announced the launch of Yahoo on The Roku Channel, providing live and linear news content from Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, MAKERS and Yahoo Sports. This ad-supported array of programming will be part of The Roku Channel’s live news offering, which provides live and linear news to Roku users, available in […]