The latest forecast published by technology research firm CCS Insight shows the worldwide market for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) head-worn devices growing by an average of 50 per cent annually over the next five years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will be sold, with a value of $9.9 billion. […]
BBC Studios has completed content deals with leading platforms in Russia at MIP. OTT platform Okko will add over 800 hours from the BBC Studios catalogue across drama and factual genres, the ivi OTT service will add 100 hours of premium drama and OTT/VOD provider Megogo gets over 300 hours of drama and Top Gear […]
Digital piracy has experienced a decrease in Spain for second consecutive year in terms of absolute figures, although the percentage of individuals accessing pirate content remains the same. In 2017, there were 4.005 billion digital illegal accesses to content with a market value of €21.899 billion. The profit loss suffered by the sector increased 4.1 per […]
Star India has won India International and Domestic media rights for the period from April 15th, 2018 until March 31st, 2023 following an online auction process that lasted three days. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI had invited bids for Global Television Rights plus Rest of the World Digital Rights Package Indian […]
The EBU, in close collaboration with network equipment vendors ATEME and NEVION, has updated its royalty-free and interoperable stream protection standard (BISS) with a conditional access extension, BISS-CA, which enables real-time entitlement management for content streams over any network. The BISS-CA mode (EBU Tech3292s1) is based on state-of-the-art symmetric AES and asymmetric RSA cryptography and […]
Content and revenue protection specialist Friend MTS has launched an ASiD Watermarking Partner Programme to accelerate the adoption of its widely-used video watermarking service for premium sports and entertainment providers. The first technology partners to join the programme are OTT video player solution providers VisualOn, NexPlayer and Bitmovin. “With the growing menace of streaming piracy, […]
BuyDRM, a specialist in Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Content Security Services, has announced that the UK’s BBC has deployed the KeyOS MultiKey DRM service as part of its BBC iPlayer App. As part of BuyDRM’s ‘Widevine Everywhere’ programme, this new offering powers the BBC iPlayer app which allows users to download or view offline […]
Cinedigm and JungoTV have announced a partnership to launch COMBAT GO, a 24/7 mixed martial arts (MMA) free streaming channel on Twitch which will bring together top global MMA Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), Muay Thai, and traditional Asian martial arts promotions. The channel is launching on April 18th and will feature HD Quality English language-based programming. […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its NexGuard watermarking solution for pay-TV has been selected by Korean satellite broadcaster KT Skyylife. This partnership allows KT Skylife – a NAGRA customer since 2010 – to meet forensic watermarking requirements mandated by MovieLabs’ Enhanced Content […]
Ooyala has unveiled the Ooyala Flex Media Platform, an open and extensible video production and delivery platform that simplifies and streamlines the process of managing, curating, orchestrating, publishing, analysing, and monetising video content. This content supply chain optimization platform, which leverages Ooyala’s experience serving customers with cloud-based solutions, minimises the cost and complexity of content […]