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Verimatrix standalone forensic watermarking

Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced two additions to its forensic watermarking offerings with the availability of the Standalone VideoMark solution for IP and broadcast networks and the extended server-side watermarking capabilities of StreamMark to support adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. Through the […]

April 19, 2017

Amazon, Telecom Italia, Discovery to bid for Serie A?

The upcoming auction for the Italian TV rights to Serie A football for the seasons 2018-2021 is likely to see the arrival of new bidders on top of local pay-TV operators and current rights holders Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium. According to Reuters, Lega Serie A and Infront are trying to create more competition by […]

April 18, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

IBCAP, NAGRA ramp up anti-piracy fight

The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP), an alliance of leading international broadcasters committed to combatting unauthorised streaming and distribution of international television content in the United States, and content protection and multiscreen television solutions NAGRA, have entered into an expanded agreement to bring a new generation of anti-piracy technology and services to broadcasters and […]

April 12, 2017By Colin Mann

Doubling-up and bundling TV’s new drivers

According to market analysis specialist Ampere Analysis, a lot of jargon used to describe what’s happening in the constantly evolving television services market. The latest research from the firm, of 53,000 Internet users across Europe and North America, shows that, far from deserting their pay-TV operators through cord-cutting, viewers are building their own TV bundles […]

April 10, 2017By Colin Mann

Food Network serves up Italian roll-out

Lifestyle content developer Scripps Networks Interactive is launching Food Network in Italy. The leading global culinary lifestyle channel will launch on May 8th on free-to-air LCN 33. Food Network is the first dedicated multi-platform food entertainment channel to launch in Italy. “The launch of Food Network in Italy, a key growth market for Scripps Networks […]

April 6, 2017Colin Mann @MIPTV

FilmOn X calls for ‘en banc’ rehearing

Ryan Baker, of Baker Marquart, the law firm acting for OTT streaming service FilmOn X, has filed a petition for rehearing en banc (a session in which a case is heard before all the judges of a court [before the entire bench] rather than by a panel of judges selected from them) in respect of […]

April 6, 2017By Colin Mann

Groups call for better cross-border content access

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have urged EU decision makers to give citizens the keys to enjoy more TV and radio programmes from across Europe, which they suggest can be done through new copyright licensing rules which meet the needs of the Digital Single Market. At an event April […]

April 5, 2017By Colin Mann

Sky Italia launches kids mobile TV on demand

Sky Italia has launched Sky Kids, the first mobile TV on demand dedicated for children aged from two to 13 years. Thanks to the new app, children can initially watch their favourite TV programmes from the Sky Italia platform on their tablets (later also on smartphones) even without an Internet connection. According to the pay-TV […]

April 5, 2017From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Vivendi’s UMG strikes deal with Spotify

The New York Post is reporting that that Spotify and Vivendi-backed UMG have found an agreement over music streaming distribution. According to the article, UMG has agreed to get a lower share of Spotify’s revenues – which currently stands at 55 per centof Spotify’s revenues for recorded – with two conditions: Spotify hits a certain paid-subscriber […]

April 4, 2017By Chris Forrester

Insight TV expands with M7

INSIGHT TV used MIPTV to announce a major carriage and distribution deal with Luxembourg-based M7 Group. The agreement will see INSIGHT TV supply both its UHD and HD channels to M7 for broadcast on CanalDigitaal (Netherlands), two Belgian cable networks, Skylink in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and HD Austria, beginning April 4th. “This announcement […]

April 4, 2017By Chris Forrester