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Inside Secure closes acquisition of Verimatrix
Inside Secure has completed its acquisition of rival security solutions provider Verimatrix, paying US$138.1 million…
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BBC iPlayer stats led by Luther in January
Detective drama Luther was the best-performing programme on the BBC iPlayer in January, in a…
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Virgin TV launches Asian TV app package
UK pay TV provider Virgin TV has launched an app package that gives viewers access…
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Insight TV appoints Americas VP to lead expansion efforts
Insight TV has appointed Mark Romano as vice-president of Americas, tasked with leading the UHD…
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Liberty Global sells UPC Switzerland to Sunrise
Liberty Global has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Swiss operation, UPC Switzerland, to local operator…
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Ginx Esports TV launches on Iflix
Ginx Esports TV has agreed a multi-territory Asian distribution deal with emerging markets SVOD service,…
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TV4 agrees new ad-insertion deal with Yospace
TV4 has extended its deal with server-side ad-insertion company Yospace, enabling the Swedish broadcaster to…
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Motorsport.tv rolls out freemium OTT model
Motorsports and automotive-focused over-the-top service, Motorsport.tv, has embraced the freemium model after launching a free…
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BBC and ITV to bring BritBox to the UK
The BBC and ITV expect to launch their joint SVOD service BritBox in the UK…
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Discovery reports 54% revenue increase post-Scripps acquisition
Discovery reported a 54% revenue rise for its first full-year accounts since its acquisition of…
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Cisco: 5G must be wed to WiFi 6 to ensure success
Marrying 5G to the deployment of sixth-generation WiFi will be crucial to the success of…
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Rakuten chief: cloud tech will enable company to disrupt mobile at low cost
E-commerce giant Rakuten is moving ahead with plans to launch its own mobile telecom network…
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Facebook introduces Showcase premium video ad scheme
Facebook is introducing a new video ad programme in the US, designed to help ad…
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ITV: political uncertainty impacting ad demand
ITV reported revenue gains but a decrease in earnings for full year 2018, and warned…
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Futuresource: Mexican SVOD subscriptions to grow 11% by 2022
The number of SVOD subscriptions in Mexico is expected to grow 11% from 9.4 million…
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GSMA: 5G to account for 15% of mobile connections by 2025
As the number of 5G network launches and devices increases this year, 5G is on…
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Euskaltel taps ZTE for fibre rollout in Spain
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel has struck an agreement with Chinese technology company ZTE to…
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Walter Presents launches on Comcast’s Xfinity X1
Walter Presents, the Channel 4 subscription video on-demand service dedicated to foreign-language drama series, is…
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Openwave: mobile video traffic up 50-60% year-on-year
Over the past five years, video on mobile networks has grown by an average of…
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SES-12 satellite goes live over the Middle East and Asia-Pacific
SES’s latest satellite, SES-12, has gone into operation and is ready to serve video, fixed…
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Eros Now partners with Vindicia in digital subscriptions pact
Indian over-the-top service Eros Now has selected Vindicia’s CashBox digital subscription platform, in a move…
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BBC agrees encoder deal with Bitmovin
The BBC is partnering with Bitmovin in a deal that allows it to make live…
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Ginx Esports TV partners with Zixi for IP distribution
Ginx Esports TV has adopted the Zixi Platform for broadcast-quality delivery over IP of its…
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Ofcom publishes draft no-deal Brexit broadcast licences
Ofcom has published draft broadcast licence templates that could be used in the event of…
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STV launches subscription service STV Player+
Scottish broadcaster STV has launched an ad-free subscription video-on-demand service, STV Player+, that will be…
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Roku adds 7.8 million active accounts in 2018
Roku added 7.8 million active accounts in 2018 to reach 27.1 million at the year-end,…
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Netflix bags second South African series
Netflix has signed a deal for its second South African series, teen-led drama Blood & Water,…
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Vivendi outlines plans to ‘restore value for Telecom Italia’
Vivendi has published a paper outlining its proposals to “restore value for Telecom Italia,” which…
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ITV secures La Liga football
British broadcaster ITV has struck a deal with Spanish football league La Liga, to show…
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LMT taps Harmonic for live OTT encoding
Latvian mobile operator LMT has deployed Harmonic’s EyeQ content-aware encoding solution for its live OTT…