Business news channel CNBC went live today, April 16th, from its new Middle East HQ facility in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. During the inaugural show, CNBC’s Middle East Anchor, Hadley Gamble was joined exclusively by Peter Baumgartner, CEO of Etihad Airways in his first interview of 2018; Luka Mucic, CFO of […]
Akamai Technologies, the cloud delivery platform, has announced significant enhancements that are designed to improve website, app, and network security without compromising the performance of digital applications. With these additions, Akamai says its cloud delivery platform is architected to serve as a crucial foundation for digital business, with security and agile deployment capabilities supporting digital […]
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that the production team from the popular fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones will be honoured with the BAFTA Special Award at this year’s British Academy Television Craft Awards. The ceremony will take place on April 22nd at The Brewery, London and will be live streamed on YouTube and Twitter. The […]
Comcast and Netflix have agreed an expansion of their partnership that will provide Comcast the ability to include a Netflix subscription in new and existing Xfinity packages. In November 2016, Comcast launched Netflix on the X1 platform, offering customers a fully-integrated entertainment experience featuring voice control and seamless access to the Netflix service. Netflix has […]
Premier motor sport category Formula 1 will launch F1 TV in May 2018, ahead of the Formula 1 2018 Gran Premio De España. Until that time, Formula 1 will continue to run a closed beta version of the service to a small subset of fans for viewing and testing during the upcoming Formula 1 2018 […]
Australian cricket fans will have access to more cricket coverage than ever following what is described as a “landmark” partnership with FOX SPORTS and Seven West Media, announced by the sport’s governing body Cricket Australia (CA). The deal sees long-time broadcaster Channel 9 lose the coverage rights. The new six-year broadcast and digital partnership, which […]
Digital content distribution and content protection specialist NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company, has unveiled myCinema, a service designed to transform the cinema experience, and plans to introduce the initiative at CinemaCon 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 23rd-26th, 2018. “myCinema will drive the digital transformation of the cinema experience,” declared André Kudelski, Chairman of the […]
Suggesting it offers good fun and safe entertainment, in a trusted environment, Discovery is launching Discovery Kids, a digital subscription service, offering on demand Kids content through Amazon’s Prime Video Channels in the UK. Discovery Kids is targeted at families with children aged four-to-eight, and is designed as a safe and fun place for parents […]
In the past, India’s broadcasters could depend on rules issued by the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) which, in the event of a dispute between programmers and the main DTH broadcast platforms, could permit transmissions to continue without disconnection as an interim measure while negotiations continued. The protections have been applied in the […]
Off-net transactional TalkTalk TV users are become Rakuten TV customers – gaining access to all the content available on the SVoD service. TalkTalk customers’ service is to remain unchanged, with continued access to TVoD, EST, linear channels and SVoD via TalkTalk TV on their set-top boxes and connected devices The company says that Rakuten TV […]