An intriguing tale about alternative history, a twisted story of friendship put to the ultimate test, a docu-series based on America’s most award-winning magazine, a kids series based on magic and another about being stinky and dirty—all coming exclusively to online video streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video. Amazon has greenlit five new Amazon Original […]
BBC Worldwide, the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, has selected ZOO Digital to provide a new subtitling and captioning solution for its global operations. The technology-powered service provider will deliver a cloud-based media workflow management system and associated subtitle and caption production services to BBC Worldwide in a deal beginning this month. Utilising […]
Revenues generated by the growing number of UK app downloads have climbed by almost a third in the past year as the boom in smartphones has led to a huge demand for entertainment and news on the move. According to research by App Annie for the FT, the number of downloads in the UK grew […]
Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan is set to star in a new movie made exclusively for Netflix. War thriller Jadotville will see Dornan portray real-life UN Commander Patrick Quinlan, who in 1961 led an Irish battalion of 150 besieged by thousands of Congolese troops. The film is the latest of Netflix’s exclusive movie […]
mirada, the audiovisual interaction specialist, has confirmed the commercial launch of the company’s multiscreen product Iris for Cablevisión in Mexico. This is the first of the cable network deployments agreed as part of the announcement dated May 19th 2014, which enables Cablevisión to launch its renewed pay-TV service based on mirada’s Iris end-to-end solution. The […]
Tilgin, a provider of solutions for multi-play and next-generation broadband access, today announces TR-069 interoperability with Amino’s IPTV latest range of products. This latest integration confirms the two companies’ longstanding relationship in co-operating on this key enabler for remote device management. The key functions of Tilgin’s TR-069 platform are to perform initial device provisioning, upgrade […]
In advance of its planned launch in Australia and New Zealand, online movie and TV subscription service Netflix has secured a further operator carriage deal with the news that Australian IPTV platform Fetch TV is to make the service available on the Fetch TV Second Generation set-top box. From the integrated Netflix app, Fetch TV […]
Press reports say Orange plans to launch an HDMI dongle in France, following trials in the Romanian market. According to Les Echos, Orange will use the device to push its TV content to subscribers of its Sosh low-cost mobile and Open quad-play offerings. The dongle will primarily function as a mini set-top box, enabling users […]
Anevia announces a new addition to the range of modules available for its Flamingo IPTV headend. Designed to fit the Flamingo XL/XS chassis, the XLDVBCM-A00 is a high-density module incorporating a 10 channel modulator. “This latest addition to the range of Flamingo-compatible modules further extends the great versatility of the system which is suitable for […]
For nearly 30 minutes on February 11th the third season of Netflix’s House of Cards appeared online two weeks before its scheduled release. As soon as people began to share the news on Twitter, Netflix yanked the highly anticipated episodes from its service. During the window, Season 3 was available, just like Seasons 1 and […]