Curiosity, the factual entertainment and media company, has announced the launch of Curiosity Stream’s Summer Doc-Busters celebration, a summer-long event showcasing a curated collection of documentaries that promises all the spectacle of traditional summer movie blockbusters. From tales of aliens to the apocalypse, zombies to dinosaurs, and cowboys to crime lords, get the science behind […]
Hollyoaks has become the first UK soap to be available in YouTube territories worldwide. The move allows fans around the globe to follow the drama by streaming full sequential episodes for free. It follows the launch of full episodes on YouTube in the UK last year, as part of Channel 4’s move to a stream-first […]
Bridge Technologies has announced the release of its newly developed ‘StreamOverview’ functionality, introduced to the VB330 as a part of the version 6.3 upgrade. Reinforcing the role of the VB330 as an all-encompassing monitoring probe which allows for both in-the-moment decision making as well as deeper-dive troubleshooting, StreamOverview represents a new way of obtaining at-a-glance […]
BuyDRM, a content security services and solutions provider, has announced that Soundcloud, one of the largest streaming music services in the world is using BuyDRM’s KeyOS MultiKey Managed Service Offering (MSO) to prevent the unauthorised streaming of content and combat piracy. Soundcloud will run the KeyOS MSO in their own network allowing them to have […]
Witbe, a player in test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, has announced its new ABR Stream Analysis technology. Officially debuting at the 2024 NAB Show, Witbe’s latest offering enhances the powerful monitoring capabilities of the company’s award-winning Witbox+ by analyzing the requests between a video app being tested and the network it’s […]
Kidstream is the newest service to join Curiosity’s Smart Bundle. With a commitment to programming that’s safe, educational, and ad-free, Kidstream provides families with thousands of hours of celebrated shows to stream. “Kidstream brings the biggest children’s shows together in one place, but that’s only part of the reason we love it,” said John Higgins, […]
Expanding its ad-tech stack, a core component of the streaming specialist’s frontend framework App Platform, Simplestream has added to its rich feature set with the launch of its own SCTE-35 Marker Inserter. This provides a solution to further increase monetisation across live streams. The new tool, developed following discussion with clients and market analysis, significantly […]
Brightcove, the streaming technology company, is welcoming MotoAmerica, the North American motorcycle road race series, to its roster of media customers. As the official streaming provider for MotoAmerica, Brightcove will power the live and VoDcapabilities of the MotoAmerica Live+ streaming service, which will exclusively broadcast the upcoming 82nd running of the Daytona 200 on March […]
As the UN climate summit, COP28, kicks off this month where political and business leaders gather to review the progress made on limiting global warming– WaterBear believes crucial voices continue to be side-lined: the voices on the frontline of climate change. To shed light on this, WaterBear, the free eco-streamer, and international organisation Oxfam have […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has published its latest report: Audiovisual services spending in original European content – a 2012-2022 analysis, providing an analysis of investments made by broadcasting groups and streamers in original European content. The report reveals that spending on original content has increased faster than […]