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Year2017
Imagine: cloud migration and customer consolidation is big challenge for vendors
Broadcast technology vendors are facing a series significant challenges related to the move to software…
SES to develop platform services ‘closer to consumer’ for VOD and UHD
Wilfried Urner, who leads SES’s Media Platforms arm, told attendees at SES’s media event in…
Access teams up with DTVKit
Access and DTVKit have teamed up to offer open standards-based solutions to the connected entertainment…
TVT/DMC announce management changes
Media services company TVT/DMC has announced the new joint management team following TVT’s acquisition of…
VO teams up with Hi-Global for Adaptive Box
TV technology provider Viaccess-Orca has teamed up with middleware specialist Hi-Global Technology to launch the Adaptive…
Irdeto completes Cartesian review for Cloaked CA
Content security specialist Irdeto’s Cloaked CA solution has completed a review by Cartesian against the…
Cable Bahamas taps joint Zodiac-ActiveVideo tech for installed boxes
Zodiac Interactive and ActiveVideo have partnered on a joint solution that will enable pay TV…
BBC chairman ‘concerned’ over broadcast quotas
BBC chairman David Clementi has said he is “concerned” about quotas relating to its broadcast…
NBCU plans Nordic expansion for Hayu
NCBUniversal International is set to expand its reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, into the Nordics,…
Confirmed: Sky deal referred to regulator for six-month review
The UK government has confirmed that 21st Century Fox’s planned £18.5 billion (€20.5 billion) takeover…
Turner teams up with Canal+ to launch Warner TV
Turner Broadcast has teamed up with Canal+ Group to launch a new channel that will…
Viacom ups Italian ambitions with FTA push
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired an Italian digital free-to-air (FTA) frequency in order…
France Télévisions faces call to make more savings
France Télévisions and France’s other public broadcaster organisations could be forced to find significant cost…
Nat Geo appoints Netflix and AOL execs
National Geographic Partners (NGP) has hired digital execs from Netflix and AOL. Kyle Christensen and David…
EBU and NBA extend agreement through to 2022
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the National Basketball Associations (NBA) have extended their agreement…
Amazon adds PBS, Stingray to UK channel line-up
Amazon has added PBS America On Demand and Stingray Classica to its Amazon Channels line-up…
Netflix and ABC conspire to create thriller
Netflix and Australian public broadcaster the ABC are working together again, this time on a…
Ericsson’s Steve Plunkett: IBC 2017 preview
Ericsson’s CTO of broadcast and media services, Steve Plunkett, tells us what to look out…
VR Industry Forum to present industry guidelines
The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) is due to present the first draft of its…
Arris debuts Android TV-powered 4K HDR set-top boxes
Arris is due to unveil a new line of Android TV-powered Ultra High Definition (UHD)…
Teleste to demonstrate monitoring-as-a-service
Teleste is to use IBC to demonstrate a new service concept for operators with a…
Forthnet taps Zenterio for legacy boxes
Greek pay TV operator Forthnet, has revealed that it has deployed Zenterio OS on set-top…
Apple unveils Apple TV 4K, readies TV app for Euro launch
Apple has unveiled a new 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR)-compatible Apple TV device, and…
Bradley minded to refer Sky deal over broadcasting standards
Karen Bradley has said she is “minded” to refer the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox…
Netflix CFO defends US$6bn content spend
Netflix financial chief David Wells has claimed Netflix’s multi-billion dollar content spend is the key…
Iflix hires Sky M&A chief as CFO
Emerging markets subscription video-on-demand service Iflix has named Sky M&A executive Anil Jhingan as its…
Netflix to produce first Polish original
Netflix has announced its first original series in Poland, a key market for the global…
The Africa Channel launching SVOD offering
US-based The Africa Channel is launching a subscription video-on-demand service targeted at the African diaspora…
CEO brushes off Comcast concerns
NBCUniversal (NBCU) parent Comcast is in rude health despite a recent stock price drop, according…
Altice USA aims to double in size in five years
Cable and telecom provider Altice Group’s US division aims to double in size over the…