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A+E Networks first You.i TV React Native customer

A+E Networks, the global media content company, has chosen You.i TV as the enabling technology to extend its HISTORY TVE app – a streaming service that offers hundreds of hours of series, documentaries and specials – to TV-connected devices. You.i TV’s video experience platform, You.i Engine One, will power a new HISTORY TVE app, based […]

May 2, 2018

F1 Live Show for Twitter

The digital expansion of motor sport’s premier category is continuing apace, with another important addition: an F1 Live Show exclusively on Twitter. As of the Spanish Grand Prix and for a further nine rounds of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, followers of the official @f1 account on Twitter will be able to access […]

May 1, 2018By Colin Mann

NBC, Google VR content partnership

NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce VR content that gives audiences a unique way to experience some of their favourite networks and shows. These VR projects include original content from Saturday Night Live, Bravo Media’s Vanderpump Rules and SYFY WIRE, with more NBCUniversal networks, channels and shows to follow in the coming months, […]

May 1, 2018

US identifies IP infringing countries

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2018 Special 301 Report, identifying trading partners that do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) rights or otherwise deny market access to US innovators and

May 1, 2018By Colin Mann

‘Loot boxes’ drive digital games market

A study from Juniper Research forecasts that the total digital games market will reach $160 billion by 2022, up from $117 billion this year. The market is set to be boosted by

May 1, 2018

BT Sport to air Fury comeback fight

BT Sport has extended its partnership with Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions, continuing as the broadcaster of Frank Warren’s world class stable of fighters which include Billy Joe Saunders and Carl Frampton.  BT Sport will also exclusively broadcast Tyson Fury’s heavyweight comeback fight in June. BT Sport will offer a compelling line up of Fight […]

May 1, 2018

Irdeto: Cheating ruins multiplayer online gaming

More than half (60 per cent) of gamers have had their multiplayer gaming experience negatively impacted by other players cheating on multiple occasions, according to new research by Irdeto. The Irdeto Global Gaming Survey of 9,436 consumers also

May 1, 2018

EU SVoD quotas: How dare they?

The news that Europe (collectively its Parliament, Council and European Commission) is contemplating ruling that OTT platforms such as Amazon and Netflix must face tough new ‘made in Europe’ 30 per cent quotas, is infuriating. As we reported last week, and according to Vice-President for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip, the new rules “reflect […]

April 30, 2018

Sky launches horse racing channel

Following the launch of new, dedicated sports channels in 2017, UK broadcaster Sky Sports will now add a channel dedicated to horse racing. ‘Sky Sports Racing’ will replace ‘At The Races’ and will be available to every Sky TV customer in the UK and Ireland at no extra cost. It will be available in HD […]

April 30, 2018

All Champions League games on Polsat

Polsat TV will launch two new, regular, 24-hour premium sports channels – Polsat Sport Premium 1 and Polsat Sport Premium 2, available in the new Super HD quality and without any advertisements, and four additional premium television services, which will show UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches in the next three years. All sixteen […]

April 30, 2018