Ateme, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announces the Brazilian Terrestrial Television System (Forum SBTVD) Forum has used its TITAN Live solution to select VVC as the sole mandatory video coding system for Brazil’s new TV 3.0 standard, which will be used in the country’s next generation […]
MwareTV , the cloud-based multi-tenant TV platform provider, has announced a partnership with Irdeto, the speciaist in digital platform cybersecurity. The partnership allows Irdeto Control to be seamlessly integrated into MwareTV’s IPTV/OTT distribution platform. The first implementation of Irdeto with MwareTV will be rolled out at shared services provider MultTV in Brazil. MultTV will offer […]
Hughes Network Systems, a specialist in satellite and multi-transport technologies, has announced the successful three-month pilot of a new Community LTE service at five villages in Brazil. Designed to serve people who live outside the reach of cable, fibre and cellular networks, Community LTE creates a mobile hotspot across several kilometres that connects to the […]
Audience measurement services specialist Kantar has launched Video Streaming Report. Starting in Brazil, the tool enables subscribers to obtain a full picture of the viewing landscape. Through a single dashboard, data will be published daily, reporting viewing across all broadcast TV and VoD platforms including Globoplay, Netflix and YouTube. According to Kantar, the new service […]
Disney-owned ESPN has retained the Premier League TV rights in South America after agreeing a new three-year deal, from 2022 to 2025. The value of the deal is reportedly £250 million (€219.4m) across the three years, representing a 35 per cent increase, and covers Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. […]
Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, has acquired 19.04 per cent of the shareholding of its Brazilian subsidiary Hispamar Satélites from Telemar, after obtaining the necessary permits and authorisations from the Brazilian government. Consequently, Hispasat will hold 100 per cent of its subsidiary’s share capital. At present the Hispamar fleet is made up of the Amazonas […]
Academy Award-nominated French animation studio Xilam Animation has reached significant milestones in its global digital content strategy, including debuting on Samsung TV Plus and securing a second YouTube Diamond Play Button. After launching on Samsung TV Plus in Brazil – the free, ad-supported streaming service pre-installed on all 2017-2021 Samsung Smart TVs – Xilam’s unique […]
Kaltura, the video experience cloud, has announced that internet services and technology provider Watch Brazil launched its next-generation streaming TV service, Watch, powered by Kaltura and hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Demonstrating the appeal of the new service, in its first six months of operation, Watch’s user base has grown by over 25 per […]
As the series celebrates the end of its inaugural season, Extreme E has its attention firmly fixed on 2022 as it unveils its Season 2 calendar.The sport for purpose championship takes place in off-road locations as part of its mission to drive awareness of climate change issues, such as global warming, melting ice caps, rising […]
Brazilian media group Globo has decided to stop distribution of its Globo Internacional TV channel on European pay-TV platforms on December 31st. As of January 1st 2022, with the exception of Portugal, viewers will have to subscribe to SVoD platform Globoplay Internacional to continue watching Globo content. Launched in October, Globoplay Internacional is available throughout […]