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QYOU’s Heads Up Daily debuts on Sony’s AXN Spin

QYOU Media, a curator of premium ‘best-of-web’ video for multiscreen distribution, has announces that its eSports format Heads Up Daily (HUD) will make its European debut on AXN Spin, a pay-TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. HUD is now available in Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia  – and will […]

September 12, 2018

Penthera named Akamai Media Technology Partner

Penthera, a global player in mobile video streaming software, has been qualified by Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, as a Media Technology Partner. Penthera’s Download2Go and other solutions that optimise the mobile video experience have long helped leading TV networks and content hubs increase customer engagement. As part of […]

September 12, 2018

IHS: Cord shavers are content-hungry

According to the latest IHS Markit Connected Devices & Media Consumption survey, one-third of pay-TV households in the US have downsized their pay-TV packages, and that while pay-TV operators lost more than 7 million subscribers in the past five years, online video subscriptions have increased by more than 100 million over the same period. Nevertheless, […]

September 11, 2018

La Liga and Google crack down on pirate streams

La Liga and Google have joined forces to fight against pay-TV football piracy in Spain – which currently causes over €300 million in lost revenues per year. La Liga is directing Google to take down all known websites that offer illegal access to the football streams. The search giant is blocking and removing the pirate […]

September 11, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sky invests $2m in SDVI

Sky has invested $2 million (€1.73m) in SDVI, a provider of content supply chain management solutions for the media and entertainment industry. The investment is part of Sky’s ongoing strategy to invest in innovative companies that can bring new ideas, insight and services into Sky’s business. SDVI provides a cloud-based service that helps media companies […]

September 11, 2018

Study: Hulu, Amazon beat Netflix in ‘original series quality’

When it comes to producing the best original shows, Netflix is slipping and Hulu is making a run for the top, despite the former spending more than five times as much this year on content according to an analysis by Streaming Observer. Why is that? Hulu’s

September 11, 2018

Canal+ wins MotoGP rights race  

Canal+ is set to put its new alliance with the FIM MotoGP World Championship – the pinnacle of motorcycle racing – into gear having acquired all broadcasting rights for MotoGP for multiple seasons, with all three categories being broadcast on the Canal+ channels and services. Two Grands Prix will also be co-broadcast live each season […]

September 11, 2018By Colin Mann

Bitmovin survey: Usage of DRM increasing rapidly

Bitmovin, a specialist in online video technology, has released its annual Video Developer Report, revealing a snapshot of the key trends and issues in video technology. The study is based on the views of 456 video developers at broadcasters, publishers, OTT streaming services, online video platforms and social media platforms in 67 countries. “The online […]

September 11, 2018

QuickMark watermarking to combat sports piracy

Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has launched NexGuard QuickMark, a subscriber-level watermarking solution to fight piracy of premium live sports on open devices. While premium live sports are a key growth driver for legitimate pay-TV service providers, they are also a fast-growing target for pirates who are starting to use open client […]

September 11, 2018By Colin Mann

WWE Mixed Match Challenge returns to Facebook

Facebook and WWE have announced that the in-ring series, Mixed Match Challenge, will return for season 2, streaming live exclusively on Facebook Watch on Tuesday nights from September 18th. The series will be available in the US and, for the first time, now stream live on Facebook Watch in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, […]

September 11, 2018