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BFI engages Red Bee for audio description and captioning

The British Film Institute (BFI), the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image, has selected global media services company Red Bee Media as its official access services provider for two major film festivals in 2021. Red Bee delivered audio description and captioning for the 2021 BFI Flare Festival and provided similar support for […]

October 21, 2021

VumaTV launches globally with Red Bee

With support from global media services company Red Bee Media and its partner Nowtilus, VumaTV has launched globally via SVoD and AVoD. The service was created by media entrepreneur and entertainment executive Alberto Marzan and is now available across all major devices and platforms, streaming over 1,200 hours of content in French, Spanish and English, […]

October 20, 2021

C4 problems persist following Red Bee fire

On September 25th, Channel 4’s channels and on-demand services were significantly affected when the fire suppression system was triggered at Red Bee Media, the company that broadcasts its services. The building was evacuated and no one was injured, but as a result, Channel 4 (as well as Channel 5) were temporarily off-air. Since the fire, […]

October 5, 2021

C4 and C5 taken down by Red Bee fire

UK’s Channel 4 and Channel 5 suffered outages on the evening of September 25th following a fire at playout provider Red Bee. Viewers of Channel 4 reported seeing a still screen for about 25 minutes, while Channel 5 was also off air for about 30 minutes. ITV, Paramount and E Music were affected as well. […]

September 27, 2021

Veset delivering 67PallMall.tv

Veset is powering a new channel dedicated to fine wine created by 67 Pall Mall. Founded by Grant Ashton, the Club was created to offer its members a diverse wine experience, showcasing the lesser-known to the most iconic wines. The Club offers over 6,000 wines from 50 countries. Faced with the challenge of pandemic, 67 Pall Mall […]

July 22, 2021

Musica per Roma Foundation to livestream on AuditoriumPlus through Red Bee’s OTT platform

Musica per Roma Foundation is now livestreaming many of its concerts on AuditoriumPlus.com, a new streaming service delivered through Red Bee Media’s OTT platform. Starting this summer, the concerts are made available to Italian audiences as pay-per-view events, livestreamed from the Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Italy. Musica per Roma Foundation will continue to […]

July 13, 2021

24i appoints Phillips as COO

24i, the end-to-end video streaming expert, has appointed Debbie Phillips to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Phillips brings to the position a wealth of valuable experience in managing large teams within the streaming media industry, having spent more than ten years at Ericsson/Red Bee Media Services heading up Global Operations, as well as a […]

June 24, 2021

Red Bee and FabriQ deliver The Streamers concert series

Red Bee Media and FabriQ Media Group have now delivered three livestreamed concerts with the Dutch band The Streamers, to a global audience of 5.6 million people, across 88 countries in total. The third and final installment of the concert series reached over 1.9 million viewers on Saturday, May 29th. All livestreams were delivered through […]

June 15, 2021

Red Bee connects Síminn to Channel Store

Red Bee Media has connected Síminn to its Channel Store and is now delivering channel aggregation services to the Icelandic telecommunications company. Síminn is using the Channel Store service to create television bundles, with live and on-demand content, and deliver these to its IPTV subscribers. “With Red Bee, we get easy access to a huge […]

June 9, 2021

Fightzone launches streaming service with Red Bee

Fightzone, the new global streaming service dedicated to British and international boxing, has gone live on Red Bee’s OTT platform. Fans will be able to access over 50 live events per year streaming directly to their preferred device. Red Bee enables Fightzone to provide multiple simultaneous livestreams at broadcast quality, through pay-per-view and subscription-based options. […]

April 30, 2021