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Sesame Street VoD service goes live
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, has launched Sesame Go, a new…
FIC continues Nat Geo People rollout
Fox International Channels said will launch its new Nat Geo People channel in a total…
ADB partners with ContentWise for multiscreen recommendations
Software provider ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcast) has signed a global partnership deal with content discovery…
SES signs broadband deal with Germany’s Orbitcom
SES Broadband Services has signed a deal with German internet service provider Orbitcom, with the…
i24news launches on Swisscom TV
Israel-based international news channel i24news has launched in Switzerland on the Swisscom TV platform. The…
NAB’s Smith and Haim Saban raise alarm on spectrum and call for new broadcast standard
US broadcasters must take on the threat to their spectrum, which is coveted by wireless…
Global IPTV subscribers reach 92.7 million
Global IPTV subscriber numbers reached 92.7 million at the end of 2013, a year-on-year increase…
Globecast unveils OTT service delivery packages
Media services provider Globecast is using NAB to introduce a new OTT offering encompassing live,…
Pay TV market subscriber numbers grow by 6.3%
The overall number of digital subscribers for the leading 100 pay-TV services in the world…
Lithuania’s TEO ups two execs in company restructure
Lithuanian telco TEO has upped two of its senior execs as part of a planned…
Vice and FremantleMedia launch online food network
Vice Media and FremantleMedia yesterday launched in beta their new online food channel, called Munchies. …
Imagine Communications buys Digital Rapids
Software and networking solutions firm Imagine Communications has acquired Digital Rapids, in a deal it…
Envivio debuts cloud-based processing, launches G5 encoder
Compression specialist Envivio has used the NAB Show to unveil new cloud-based video processing solutions,…
Adobe and thePlatform partner on online TV services
Adobe and white-label video publishing company thePlatform have formed a strategic relationship to offer online…
Cisco and Sony collaborate on 4K live streaming
Cisco and Sony claim they are first firms to publicly demonstrate live delivery of full-frame…
YouTube updates Xbox One app
YouTube has updated its app for Microsoft’s Xbox One games console, making it easier for…
Arqiva partners with Eutelsat to expand UK DTH capacity
UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has signed a long-term satellite capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications…
Vivendi agrees €17 billion SFR sale to Altice/Numericable
Vivendi has agreed to sell French telco SFR to Altice/Numericable, which has fended off competition…
Yahoo! to take on Netflix with fresh online content push
Yahoo! is reportedly planning to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon by acquiring…
Discovery sees room for traditional pay TV growth in Europe
Discovery will continue to focus on traditional pay TV rather than new digital initiatives in…
Sky exec to head BT’s TV unit
Delia Bushell has been appointed managing director of BT TV, the UK telco’s growing pay…
Harmonic signals shift to software-based world with VOS announcement
Harmonic has signalled a shift in long-term strategy towards software-based compression and workflow at the…
Ericsson chooses Elemental for first EVE integration
Video compression specialist Elemental used its press event at the NAB Show on Saturday to…
Some 44% of consumers watch movies and TV shows daily via the web
Some 44% of consumers now watch full-length movies and TV shows over the internet on…
CNBC launches on UPC in Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern European satellite TV provider UPC has launched business and financial news channel…
Broadcast equipment and services market reaches US$63 billion
The global market for professional broadcast equipment and services reached US$63 billion (€45.9 billion) in…
Channel 4 and Xbox partner on new drama series
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is partnering with Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios to launch a new…
Kudelski Group completes Conax deal
Swiss digital security firm The Kudelski Group has completed its acquisition of Oslo, Norway-based rival…
SatLink launches DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird
SatLink Communications has launched a new DVB-S2 platform on Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite. The platform…
MTG, Sony sign content deal
Modern Times Group and Sony Pictures Television have signed a multi-year content deal. The agreement…