Nevion, a Sony Group Company and provider of virtualised media production solutions, has announced that company founder Thomas Heinzer has been appointed as the CEO of Nevion, effective immediately. The appointment follows the departure of Geir Bryn-Jensen to pursue new projects. Nevion’s existing management team remains unchanged. Heinzer founded signal routing and transport systems provider […]
Sony has announced that the 65” BRAVIA XR X95J 4K HDR Full Array LED TVs will soon join the 75” and 85” models in selected Sony retailers. The X95J series is Sony’s current flagship BRAVIA XR 4K HDR Full Array TV and a winner of the CES 2021 Innovation Award, making full use of the […]
Haivision, a provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions, and the SRT Alliance, a collaborative community of over 500 product, service, and solution providers supporting the SRT Open Source project, today announced the highlights of the SRT InterOp Summer 2021 Plugfest, including a new record in the number of successfully completed device-to-device tests. […]
YuppTV, the OTT platform for South Asian content, has launched SonyLIV in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Middle East and Europe. SonyLIV offers an assortment of VoD content including SonyLIV premium Originals, TV shows and movies in multiple languages, including Hindi, Marathi, and Bengali along with Hindi dubbed South Indian content. Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV, […]
Residents in the US’s Central Valley are to benefit from enhanced broadcast video as six Sacramento television stations band together to launch NEXTGEN TV, using the digital television standard ATSC 3.0. “We’re proud to partner with our fellow broadcasters to prepare the Sacramento market for the next generation of TV viewing. With NEXTGEN TV, viewers […]
Starz President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch has announced the promotion of Superna Kalle to President, International Networks, reflecting the premium pay platform’s continued international growth. Kalle previously served as Executive Vice President for International Digital Networks at Starz where she joined in 2018 to lead the international expansion of StarzPlay, now available in 58 countries […]
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has confirmed it will launch its Viaplay streaming service in Poland on August 3rd. Viaplay will offer Polish viewers a combination of premium live sports, Viaplay Originals, international movies and TV series, and kids content, and will be priced at PLN 34 (€7.55) per month. Following its roll-out in Poland, […]
India’s High Court says the government’s changes to TV ‘a la carte’ channel tariffs are fair, although it has ruled against some of the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) proposals. The TRAI proposals were mooted in January last year but faced numerous objections. The Bombay High Court ruled that the TRAI, in its new levy, could […]
Channel 4 and Sky have renewed and expanded their long-term commercial partnership. The broadcasters say that their new multi-year agreement will “extend the strategic relationship, giving both parties more opportunities to collaborate, support commercial growth, and innovate as broadcasting evolves in the future”. The partnership will make even more Channel 4 content available to Sky […]
The first-ever MeteoHeroes video game is on its way. The popular environmentally themed animated kids’ show MeteoHeroes, co-produced by Mondo TV and the leading Italian weather forecasting centre, Meteo Operations Italia (MOPI), has inspired a launch on multiple platforms planned for 2022. The game has been developed in association with some of the biggest and […]