Nielsen is expanding its US Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) pilot, adding a leading Smart TV platform and national cable network. Global semiconductor company MediaTek, currently powering more than 50 per cent of Smart TVs, will bring advanced DAI to its Smart TV platform for the first time. A+E Networks is joining CBS, as revealed in […]
Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first Freeview and 4K media streamer – the NetBox 4K -, to bring TV streaming experience to a new level for UK consumers. Promising to offer […]
Singapore’s High Court has ordered the city-state’s Internet Service Providers to block access to popular illegal applications that are frequently sold pre-loaded on Android TV boxes. Such TV boxes are also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs). These apps, which flagrantly infringe copyright by acting as gateways to websites streaming pirated content, are preloaded on […]
Singapore’s Singtel TV is set to bring the next three seasons of the Premier League to Singapore fans. Running from August 2019 to May 2022, the latest rights deal will make Singtel TV the official broadcaster of the Premier League in Singapore for 12 consecutive years. “We are pleased to continue offering fans front row […]
Brits are ditching their DVD players and desktop PCs and increasingly turning to newer technology – with smart TVs and smart watches on the rise – according to findings from comms regulator Ofcom. Shoppers in the UK are predicted to spend billions of pounds again this year on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and much […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of software solutions and services for set-top-box and multiscreen digital entertainment, has been chosen by Blockbuster, the Nordic video services platform owned by Denmark’s TDC Group, to engineer, deliver and integrate a new app to support connected TVs. Blockbuster subscribers in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland who own connected […]
Italy is seeking new measures to combat piracy, a phenomenon that has assumed enormous dimensions and is hindering the growth of the pay-TV sector. The intention is to implement measures introduced in the UK such as blocking the illegal servers during football matches, as Italy has so far only acted against websites and apps, reports […]
US Internet users are more likely to watch online video on a smart TV or smartphone than their European counterparts. They are less likely to view online video via computer, according to Ampere Analysis. There is little difference for viewing via a tablet: – Computer (61 per cent in the US vs 65 per cent […]
Digital media measurement software and analytics specialist DoubleVerify (DV) has identified a new bot network specifically targeting Connected TV (CTV) devices. DV uncovered the botnet after the company saw a 40 per cent spike in traffic from CTV devices, marking the first direct, scaled botnet attack that DV has flagged in the CTV environment. The […]
The pirate television service known as ‘BTV’ must cease the illegal retransmission of channels, stop selling its BTV set-top box, and pay damages of $6.6 million (€5.84m), according to a recent ruling by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The BTV set-top box, which illegally delivers a variety of TV […]