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European Cricket Network joins Recast

European Cricket fans are now able to watch video content from European Cricket Network (ECN) thanks to its new partnership with Recast, the sports OTT platform. The ECN are the latest organisation to join Recast in a bid to maximise revenue generation through fan viewership whilst ensuring fans have affordable access to the content they […]

July 5, 2021

Weather Channel adds OTT service

Allen Media Group is to launch new subscription streaming service – The Weather Channel Plus. The new $4.99 (€4.21) per-month subscription service will feature more than 50 news and entertainment streaming channels for a launch in the fourth quarter of 2021. The Weather Channel Plus is projecting 30 million subscribers in its first five years. […]

July 1, 2021

QPR signs with Recast

Supporters of Queens Park Rangers (QPR) can now directly fund the club by watching live matches, highlights, interviews and behind the scenes content featuring club players and staff through a partnership with Recast. The West London football team are the latest team to join OTT platform Recast in a bid to provide new opportunities for […]

July 1, 2021By Nik Roseveare

CSG enables Maxis TV 2.0

Customer engagement solutions provider CSG has agreed a new multi-year deal that expands its relationship with Malaysian multiplay telco Maxis. As Maxis’s cloud-based digital monetisation provider, CSG enabled the recent launch of Maxis TV 2.0, and is poised to help drive future growth of Maxis’ portfolio of anytime, anywhere digital lifestyle services through the launch […]

July 1, 2021By Colin Mann

Evoca selects Vewd OpX to power content and user experience

Vewd, a provider of OTT solutions globally, has announced that Evoca TV has selected Vewd OpX to power the content and user experience for the company’s Next Generation television service. Vewd OpX is integrated into Evoca’s Scout receiver and delivers linear, on-demand, apps and more within an intuitive, modern TV experience. Evoca harnesses the power of Next Gen […]

July 1, 2021

MediaKind launches Engage solution

MediaKind announced the launch of MediaKind Engage, a new end-to-end direct-to-consumer (DTC) solution for video contribution, production, streaming, and audience engagement. The solution enables sports entities, broadcasters, and content owners to make a seamless transition to operating workflows in the cloud while also expanding the reach, scale and reliability of their video streaming content to […]

June 30, 2021

ATEME enables AIS to move to next-gen OTT delivery

ATEME, a specialist in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has provided a state-of-the art Just-in-Time packaging and storage solution for AIS, Thailand’s biggest telco and mobile operator. With more than three million subscribers, the AIS OTT platform delivers both VOD content and 200 live channels to audiences across the […]

June 24, 2021

Bitmovin encoding, Google Cloud for VuClip

Bitmovin, a global player in online streaming video technology, has announced that VuClip, has achieved scalable, high-performance video encoding with Bitmovin on Google Cloud. The deployment is part of a new Bitmovin service offering, ‘Bitmovin Cloud Connect,’ that enables OTT content providers such as VuClip to deploy the company’s cloud-agnostic encoding solution on all existing […]

June 22, 2021

Wataniya Educational added by Arabsat

There’s a considerable help now available to school children in North Africa and Tunisia and elsewhere under the Arabsat satellite footprint who can now enjoy following their education classes from home. The youngsters can also review educational curricula and programmes at any time by watching the first Tunisian educational channel, Wataniya Educational. Tunisia’s National Radio […]

June 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

MediaPaedia Broadcast helps launch Extreme+ on OTT. VoD

MediaPaedia Broadcast, the channel operations specialist, who help broadcasters launch, run and monetise their TV channels effectively, today announces that they have launched the Extreme Sports Channel with multiple OTT and VoD operators, branded as ‘Extreme+’. These launches have enabled the channel to reach new audiences in Asia with Rad TV and North America with […]

June 15, 2021