Comcast and ESPN have announced the launch of ESPN3, ACC Network Extra and SEC Network + on Xfinity X1, giving sports fans in the US the ability to stream over the Internet, directly on their television, expansive coverage of college football with over 150 live games, and more than 5,000 live events annually, including international […]
The European Commission (EC) is looking to set a 30 per cent “local quota” on video streaming operators such as Netflix and Amazon Studios for their European output. Reportedly the EC will vote on the proposal in December. Equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP, quoting a Variety story, say that the new rules will not […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that Vodafone has selected and deployed the NAGRA Security Services Platform (SSP). The company is using the platform to secure its multi-network TV service, Vodafone TV (VTV), across several countries including Italy, Greece, Spain and New Zealand, with […]
Discovery Networks International has launched a general entertainment channel on South African pay-TV system DStv. The channel is targeted at female viewers, with lifestyle and factual storytelling featuring in the line-up. Discovery’s Real Time will be available on DStv ‘EasyView’ package, as well as in the broadcaster’s Family, Access, Compact and Compact+ and Premium bundles. […]
The company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds is unveiled as Synamedia, preceding the transaction closure expected in first half of Cisco’s FY19. ‘Syna’ means ‘together’ in Greek, reflecting Synamedia’s ambition to bring together broadcast and OTT media services and […]
Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee, has deemed eSports as being too violent to be part of the Olympics. Bach said the “so-called killer games” which promote violence or discrimination cannot be accepted into the Olympic Games. “If you have egames where it’s about killing somebody, this cannot be brought into line […]
Total TV production sector revenues in the UK hit a new high of £2.7 billion (€3bn) in 2017, a rise of nearly a third over the past decade, according to Pact’s annual census. The independent TV sector has shown steady growth at 1.9 per cent per year since 2012, equivalent to roughly £50 million per […]
During the 75th Venice International Film Festival, some 165 screenwriters and directors across Europe have come together in the “Venice Declaration” to call on the European Parliament to adopt legislation that puts authors at the heart of copyright and of the European cultural and creative industries, including online. On September 12th, the members of the […]
CenturyLink has been named an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Service Provider (MSP) Partner. CenturyLink’s Cloud Application Manager, a hybrid cloud management platform, helps customers achieve increased visibility, consistency and control over their cloud deployments from network to application. “We’re elated to receive this significant AWS distinction and confident it will help us continue serving […]
Spanish TV company Mediapro and its OTT service BbeIN Connect will air matches from Italy’s top-flight football league. Both have reached an agreement with the IMG agency, which manages Serie A International rights, to broadcast the matches. Mediapro will air one Serie A match per week through its DTT channel Gol and the beIN OTT […]