AWE (Augmented World Expo), the XR (AR/VR/MR) event series , has announced a partnership with augmented and virtual reality analytics firm Digi-Capital, the global adviser and provider of XR industry intelligence. The partnership will provide AWE attendees access to select Digi-Capital analytics and reports to drive XR innovation initiatives, spur corporate and VC investment, and […]
Content protection and advanced data solutions specialist Viaccess-Orca (VO) has released a series of reports that detail facts on global illegal streaming during the FIFA football World Cup in Russia and how effective the company’s anti-piracy services were in detecting and stopping those streams. The analysis, assembled by VO, is based on an extensive anti-piracy […]
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA and Portuguese premium sports network SPORT TV, are joining forces in the fight against streaming piracy of live sports content. SPORT TV, which owns the exclusive rights to Portugal’s football league, leverages NAGRA Anti-Piracy Services to protect the premium sports network from illegal live streaming of soccer […]
Sports fans helped BBC iPlayer get off to a flying start this summer. The second half of the FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon helped BBC iPlayer grow 19 per cent year-on-year in July, with requests reaching 281 million for the month. Given the amount of sport available to watch, July was inevitably a big month […]
Virgin TV has bolstered its Asian TV offering by adding a new channel, and upgrading four others to HD, as well as giving customers the opportunity to add the service for half price for 12 months. The Asian Mela TV package is home to 11 channels of family friendly Asian shows, movies, comedy, reality TV […]
Two licensees from Skelmersdale in the northwest of England have been found guilty of ten offices of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Sara Jones and Karl Jones of the Old Toby Inn in Skelmersdale have been ordered to pay £10,908 (€12,156) after […]
US pay-TV channel Lollykids TV is to provide a 24/7 TV channel on Flixon TV where children can perform. Lollykids TV is an all-new music channel fully dedicated to the needs of kids & teens from 6-16 years old, bringing together the musical talent of the youngest musicians, singers, and dancers Lolly Kids TV is […]
Irdeto has been selected by Eutelsat as a security partner for its new Eutelsat CIRRUS hybrid platform. The new service provides a turnkey solution for Eutelsat customers, allowing them to offer DTH services combined with OTT services across multiple screens. Irdeto Cloaked CA will enable the secure delivery of DTH content on the platform. With […]
Harmonic has announced that M6 Group, operator of multiple TV channels in France, will upgrade its ingest, playout and storage infrastructure to a media-over-IP solution from Harmonic. Offering support for the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards for delivery over IP networks and SMPTE 2022-7 for seamless protection switching, Harmonic’s playout and storage solutions will […]
Sports have been key to the development of the pay-TV industry over the last two decades and more. The sheer size of the revenues rights holders generate from pay-TV is one factor slowing down the online migration of sports content, according to a report by IHS Markit. Rights holders are wary of moving from a […]