Digital media measurement software and analytics specialist DoubleVerify (DV) has identified a new bot network specifically targeting Connected TV (CTV) devices. DV uncovered the botnet after the company saw a 40 per cent spike in traffic from CTV devices, marking the first direct, scaled botnet attack that DV has flagged in the CTV environment. The […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has launched OTT platform U-Beat, the first Spanish-speaking eSports OTT service, similar to Amazon’s Twitch. Users can register for the OTT service free of charge (for now) via Facebook or by email. It aims to have 5 million users with 5 years. The channel is dedicated to eSports, video games and live international […]
On November 18th, Nokia, AT&T and Jaunt will show fans of American Football what they claim is the future of mobile content and immersive experiences with a 5G demonstration and ‘tailgate’ [informal social gathering] before the Atlanta Falcons faceoff against the Dallas Cowboys. Using 5G connectivity and Jaunt’s volumetric capture technology, fans can show their […]
Children getting their first smartphone will be able to receive help staying safe online with a new Own It app to be launched by the BBC. The BBC said the wellbeing app is part of its commitment to supporting young people in today’s changing media environment. It will provide a helping hand to youngsters taking […]
Film producer Entertainment One has teamed up with pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign to present an exclusive trailer for the forthcoming drama, Stan & Ollie, about legendary double act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Co-stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, who play homage to two […]
Fox Sports and Major League Baseball have reached a new multi-year, multiplatform rights agreement expanding the network’s US television, digital and Spanish-language rights and cementing Fox Sports as the home to baseball’s marquee events for the next decade. Fox Sports and Fox Deportes maintain the television rights to MLB’s jewel events, including serving as the […]
David Wheeldon, Group Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Sky, has suggested that that UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) should be working with platforms to make their content available in all ways that viewers want and can discover it, rather than keeping it in proprietary walled garden apps then demanding those apps are prominent […]
The pirate television service known as ‘BTV’ must cease the illegal retransmission of channels, stop selling its BTV set-top box, and pay damages of $6.6 million (€5.84m), according to a recent ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The BTV set-top box, which illegally delivers a variety of TV […]
Following earlier disagreements over content distribution, French commercial broadcaster TF1 have agreed a fresh, global distribution arrangement that allows the Canal + Group to include all TF1 Group channels in its offerings, as well as associated non-linear services. It reinforces the partnership between the two groups by highlighting a proposal for enriched services on all screens […]
The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) – set up to combat the threat of organised crime across the seven police forces in the Eastern Region of the United Kingdom – has secured the repayment of more than £13,000 (€14,926) from a convicted trader, after he had evaded payment for over two years. William Marston, […]