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Olympusat launches programming highlights blog

Olympusat, the TV and media industry leader specialising in Spanish and English language TV networks, announced the launch of its brand new blog designed to be a reliable source of information for viewers, the press, and the TV and media community. Olympusat’s blog presents in a fresh and easy to read format in-depth articles about […]

October 11, 2016

Siemens OTT and TV everywhere solution now completely cloud-based

Siemens Convergence Creators announces the availability of its powerful video management solution “Smart Video Engine” as an all-in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud solution. Siemens Convergence Creators went beyond simply making its components available in the cloud. Now the entire architecture has been refactored and optimized for AWS as Niko Mykkanen, Head of Alliances AWS […]

October 11, 2016

SMG Insight appoints Eddleston

SMG Insight, the sports and sponsorship specialist arm of YouGov, has announced that Sara Eddleston, former Consumer Insight Manager at Sodexo, will join the company as Head of Consumer Insight. Eddleston’s appointment reflects a period of unprecedented growth by SMG Insight, as it continues to expand into new global markets and build its robust client […]

October 6, 2016

HBO and Keshet partner on new drama series

HBO and Keshet International (KI) will co-produce a drama about the tragic events involving the disappearance of three teens that unfolded in Israel two years ago. HBO has given a ten-episode order for the untitled series, which will be filmed on location in Israel next summer.  Created by Hagai Levi (HBO’s “In Treatment”; Golden Globe […]

October 5, 2016

Forscene expands OTT news client base with Calkins Media & Field59

Forscene’s use amongst OTT news providers continues to grow with the recent addition of local Florida television station WTXL ABC 27 to their client list.  The news provider will use Forscene’s professional video editing software for live-feed capture, editing, closed-caption, and web publishing as part of an integrated streaming and video-on-demand solution provided by Field59. […]

October 5, 2016

Virtual Reality more than virtual at MIPCOM

Following an outstanding showcase at MIPTV, VR will be even bigger at MIPCOM 2016 with a series of Virtual Reality Panel Sessions, focusing on creativity, production and financing. The global entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France from 17-20 October. The VR Sessions will take place from October 17-19 in the Palais des […]

October 4, 2016

Groupe AB signs Cesar Milan to host The Messenger

French broadcasting, production and distribution company Groupe AB, teaming with Televisa USA’s Chris Philip, today announced it has signed Cesar Millan to host its first English-language series for the global TV market, “The Messenger.” From AB Productions and renowned wildlife prodco Boréales (producers of the original French version), the new series will be executive produced […]

October 4, 2016

Unified Streaming joins European consortium to develop 5G

A converged cloud-based 5G network and service platform distributed over the mobile edge is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Unified Streaming, as a partner in the Superfluidity project, is helping to develop and define that reality. With an all-star consortium of telecom and IT experts across Europe and Israel onboard, this European Commission […]

September 30, 2016

Hitron debuts handheld spectrum analysis meter at Cable-Tec Expo

Hitron Americas Technologies, the fastest-growing DOCSIS customer premises equipment (CPE) manufacturer in North America, will unveil a game-changing, hand-held meter at Cable-Tec Expo, Sept. 26-29th in Philadelphia. This rugged hardware will deliver a precise level of detailed network information for technicians in the field, promising to be an industry disrupter due to its breakthrough low […]

September 29, 2016

Witbe technologies selected by Médiamétrie

Live and time-shifted (catch up, VoD, SVoD, etc.) TV audience measurement is a major challenge for companies in the advertising market (broadcaster, content provider or advertiser). Médiamétrie – a specilaist in media research and TV, radio and Internet audience measurements in France – uses an innovative watermarking technique to measure the audience of any kind […]

September 29, 2016