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Bloomberg, Twitter partner for live streaming

Bloomberg Media – the consumer-facing media organisation of multi-platform media company Bloomberg – and Twitter are partnering to live stream select Bloomberg Television programmes, including Bloomberg West, What’d You Miss?, With All Due Respect and the network’s markets coverage. The live streaming partnership marks an expansion of Bloomberg’s digital video strategy, extending the network’s reach […]

July 13, 2016

Canada: Pay-TV subs decline, revenues steady

Figures released by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission covering statistical and financial information on cable, IPTV and satellite companies for the year ending on August 31st 2015 reveal a slight decline in revenues of C$11.8 million (€8.2m/0.1 per cent) to C$8.9 billion, while expenses increased by 1.3 per cent to C$7.2 billion. As a […]

July 13, 2016

NBC announces ‘record’ Olympics digital coverage

A record 4,500 streaming hours, including live streaming of all competition; TV simulstream coverage of nine television networks; and first-time streaming to connected TVs highlight NBC Olympics’ digital offering for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this August. In addition, Olympic fans will be able to access two apps, two digital-only […]

July 13, 2016

Burst launches OTT and user-generated TV

Burst, the US mobile video technology company that enables broadcasters, media companies, rights holders and brands to instantly deliver mobile video to broadcast, OTT and digital, has announced Burst for OTT (BOTT) and Burst User-Generated TV (BUGTV). BOTT is comprised of a set of APIs that broadcasters and publishers of any size can use to […]

July 13, 2016

ADB launches graphyne2 platform

ADB, a provider of solutions and services for media convergence, announced that visitors to IBC 2016 will have the opportunity to see the public debut of its next-generation, end-to-end personal TV software platform, graphyne2. The launch extends ADB’s portfolio of Connected Solutions with a next-generation TV software platform that drives fast and risk free deployment […]

July 13, 2016

Verizon tops US Netflix ISP Speed Index

Netflix has released June data from its ISP Speed Index – the streaming giant’s monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. In Brazil,

July 12, 2016

France: Catch-up Pluzz exits connected TVs

Catch-up TV service France TV Pluzz, operated by French PSB Group France Télévisions, will no longer be available on connected TV sets after July. The service will remain on a dedicated website as well as on mobile devices, tablets and smartphones. This is part of the group’s strategy to reorganise its digital TV services ahead […]

July 12, 2016From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

FOX launches live primetime streaming in beta

FOX has become first US broadcast network to live-stream primetime programming to all 210 television markets nationwide, reaching more than 98 per cent of pay-TV subscribers, representing 96 million homes. From July 11, viewers can access to a simulcast of the network’s primetime entertainment programming via FOX.com and FOX NOW for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle […]

July 12, 2016

Sky Deutschland selects INSIDE Secure

INSIDE Secure, a specialist in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, has announced that its advanced secured player technology has been selected by Sky Deutschland, the pay-TV market leader in Germany and Austria, for the new Sky Online streaming service for the fourth generation of Apple TV. “INSIDE Secure secured player is the […]

July 12, 2016