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Osprey, Streamovations multilingual solution

Osprey Video has formed a partnership with Belgium-based multilingual streaming company Streamovations. The partnership allows the two companies’ customers to stream events in multiple languages through a single turnkey system based on Streamovations’ software that’s certified to work with Osprey Video’s hardware. “Many organisations need to share live video on the web in multiple languages […]

January 25, 2017

Warner Bros content for Starz Play Arabia

Starz Play Arabia has signed a multi-year agreement with Warner Bros International Television Distribution that will enable the streaming service to offer more premium content from the Hollywood studio. Starz Play will now have access to hit superhero TV shows such as The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl, as well as the mysterious crime drama Blindspot. […]

January 24, 2017

Australia: Beach, office are big for sports streaming

Research from Optus has found that 39 per cent of Australians live stream sports on the go, confirming Australia’s undeniable passion for sport and unwavering commitment to catching all the sporting action. The streaming experience is richer than ever, allowing fans to relive the moment, listen to commentary and catch all the live action, and […]

January 24, 2017

Trump inauguration sets live streaming record

The US press and Government may be arguing over the ‘alternative facts’ of how many people showed up to the inauguration, but according to content delivery specialist Akamai Technologies, video streaming coverage of the 2017 Presidential Inauguration is the largest single live news event that the company has delivered. Live video streaming of the Inauguration […]

January 23, 2017

BBC Worldwide content deal with Amazon India

BBC Worldwide has agreed a deal with Amazon that will give Amazon Prime members in India access to more than 600 hours of factual and pre-school content from the BBC.  Amazon Prime launched in India in July 2016, and launched its Prime Video streaming service in December 2016. “In the last year or so, we […]

January 23, 2017

ESPN Player covers X Games Aspen

ESPN Player will deliver live and on demand coverage of the 2017 X Games Aspen across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as the action sports competition returns to Aspen Snowmass. The event features top athletes competing in 18 different disciplines over four days in Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen, Colorado for the 16th time. The 21st […]

January 23, 2017

Service providers favouring OTT video

Service providers are decreasing marketing on their cable, satellite, and IPTV products that offer managed quality of service in favour of new products that use OTT technologies to compete with Amazon and Netflix, according to ABI Research. With OTT competition significantly increasing in mature pay-TV markets, ABI Research in its Service Provider OTT Services & […]

January 20, 2017

DPP identifies key trends from CES 2017

The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published its survey report on the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and revealed a technology industry trying to harness voice control and artificial intelligence to make consumers love its products. The report provides unique insight into the famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how […]

January 20, 2017

Good news afoot for Canal Plus

A comprehensive 23-page report on Vivendi from equity analysts at Deutsche Bank  –Root Canal – presents some potential good news for French pay-TV operator Canal Plus Group. In particular, the bank says that Vivendi – and Canal Plus’s new management – is now positioned to “radically restructure” its relationships with France’s telcos, and especially their […]

January 20, 2017

No streaming services on Nintendo Switch

Despite a somewhat omnipresence on modern connected devices, gaming giant Nintendo has revealed that none of the leading video streaming apps will be available on its new Switch console. Nintendo, responding to questioning from video games website Kotaku, stated that the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC’s iPlayer, will not be coming […]

January 20, 2017By Nik Roseveare