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BBC’s Rivera takes Eurosport digital role   

In line with its strategy to bring premium content to more viewers on more screens than ever before, Discovery Communications has appointed Ralph Rivera – formerly Director, BBC Digital – to the newly created position of Managing Director, Eurosport Digital. He will begin the role on September 26, based in London, and will report to […]

September 6, 2016

UKTV Britain’s fastest-growing broadcaster

Darren Childs, CEO of multi-channel programmer UKTV, has declared the service to be Britain’s fastest-growing broadcaster. Speaking at UKTV Live, its annual showcase event, at the BFI in London, Childs noted that the company had grown impacts by 40 per cent since 2010, and was home to two of the largest non-PSBs. “UKTV is now […]

September 6, 2016By Colin Mann

NeuLion continues European OTT expansion

Live and on-demand digital video content product and service provider NeuLion has confirmed that the NeuLion Digital Platform, currently powering Sky Sports, Eleven Sports Networks and others in Europe, and that will be used to power the English Football League starting in 2017, will be demonstrated at IBC 2016 . With the recent acquisition of Saffron […]

September 6, 2016

Netgem rocks down Music Avenue

End-to-end video entertainment provider and #TelcoTV solution specialist Netgem has launched the Music Avenue, a multi-room music aggregation and playout service for music lovers. Forming part of Netgem’s strategy to move from connected TV services into connected entertainment, the Music Avenue is an integral component of Netgem’s range of content services, representing the first step […]

September 6, 2016

Mirada showcases Iris product deployed in Mexico and presents new UI at IBC

  Mirada, a leading provider of products and services for Digital TV Operators and Broadcasters, will be showcasing its flagship ‘Iris’ software solution recently deployed in Mexico by izzi Telecom, a subsidiary of the Televisa Group, along with the unveiling of its latest innovations and product offerings at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam. From 8 – […]

September 6, 2016

UK, Italy implement ETSI HbbTV 2.0.1

The newly published ETSI specification TS 102 796 V1.4.1 on hybrid broadcast broadband TV (HbbTV) will allow the United Kingdom and Italy to implement the latest technologies in their receivers. With the large installed base of receivers in the UK and Italy, there will be a transitional period where broadcasters will provide apps and services […]

September 5, 2016

NetFront for EKT

EKT, specialist in the design and manufacture of Set Top Box & smart TV solutions and ACCESS Co, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the digital TV, automotive, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) markets, announced the start of a long term cooperation whereby EKT will deploy ACCESS’ Chromium-based NetFront Browser BE as […]

September 5, 2016

Every operator will need to think twice about Smart TVs (starting now)

EKT (Eagle Kingdom Technologies), a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of Set Top Box solutions and DOCSIS modems is launching a range of Operator SmartTVs that will completely change the TV landscape. It has long been a wish of some operators to bring consumers their complete content offering on the big screen without […]

September 5, 2016

Sky invests in Molotov

Sky has invested €4 million in French OTT platform Molotov, which distributes free and pay-TV channels and content to consumers via a freemium model. This investment is part of a larger Molotov financing round and is the latest in a series of Sky investments in innovative start-up companies. Molotov was founded in 2014 by JeanDavid […]

September 2, 2016

OTT adoption up 12% among US households

Findings from Parks Associates’ OTT Video Market Tracker service indicate that Netflix, WWE Network, and Hulu have the highest Net Promoter Scores among major OTT video services in the US. The international research firm notes that adoption of OTT video subscriptions has increased by 12 per cent since Q3 2014, with the number of available […]

September 2, 2016