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RDK Management unveils new app programme
RDK Management, the outfit that manages the Comcast-driven RDK open source initiative, has unveiled a…
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Non-GEO satellites could disrupt whole market, says NSR
Non-geostationary satellites will dominate the supply of satellite capacity over the next decade but will…
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Synamedia sets out strategic vision
Synamedia set out its vision and investment focus as a newly independent company at IBC,…
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David Abraham’s Wonderhood studios to focus first on factual
Wonderhood Studios, the new ‘hybrid creative company’ set up by former Channel 4 CEO David…
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Super RTL taps Ooyala for OTT delivery
Super RTL, the German kids channel co-owned by Disney and RTL, has partnered Ooyala to…
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TV App Agency and Humax partner on Android TV Operator Tier solution
TV App Agency and set-top box maker Humax have partnered to deliver an Android TV…
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Facebook signs up for Zig Zag magic show
Facebook Watch has commissioned Zig Zag Productions for a short-form series featuring British street magician…
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Vindicia report: premium OTT growth will be fueled by local players
Premium OTT is set to grow strongly in western Europe and other global regions over…
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YouGov: 48% of UK consumers worry about US media dominance
Half of UK media consumers are worried that US companies moving to the nation will…
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Vodafone Deutschland outlines Gigabit plans
Vodafone Deutschland has outlined plans for further network investments, with the creation of the first…
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Freesat adds UKTV Play to on-demand offering
Freesat, the UK’s free-to-view satellite TV platform, has added catch-up service UKTV Play to its…
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Talia launches uplink platform on Arabsat at 26° East
Talia, a communication platform provider serving the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas, has…
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European Parliament approves controversial copyright reform
The European Parliament has approved controversial copyright reform proposals that will see web companies forced…
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Com Hem taps TiVo for personalised content discovery
Swedish operator Com Hem Group has selected TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform to deliver tailored…
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BBC R&D claims solution to ‘World Cup iPlayer lag’
The BBC’s research and development arm claims to have solved latency issues when streaming content…
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Huawei launches OTT service in Spain and Italy
Huawei has launched its planned OTT TV service in Spain and Italy, focusing on users…
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Synamedia names chief product officer
Synamedia, the new business created from Permira’s acquisition of Cisco’s service provider video software solutions…
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YouTube Premium unveils German originals
YouTube Premium has commissioned its first German originals. The trio of formats form part of…
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Ofcom names new CTO
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has named Mansoor Hanif as chief technology officer. The…
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TDG: eSports to become a US$1.6bn business by 2022
The global eSports industry generated revenues of US$905 million last year with that figure set…
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BBC R&D to showcase advances in dynamic content substitution
The BBC’s research and development arm is due to showcase its latest work in personalising…
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Virgin TV partners with Zone.TV on kids VOD channel
Virgin Media has partnered with Zone.TV to launch a personalised video-on-demand (VOD) channel for children…
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Former MTV and Conde Nast exec joins CannabisMD as CEO
Former MTV, Conde Nast and Sundance TV executive Michael Klein has been appointed CEO of…
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NOS and Tata Elxsi launch ‘digital centre of excellence’
Portuguese operator NOS is partnering with India’s Tata Elxsi to launch a ‘digital centre of…
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RTL appoints former MTV president as CEO of StyleHaul
RTL has appointed former MTV president Sean Atkins as the new CEO of its fashion,…
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IDC: Amazon leads streaming device market in Q2
Sales of digital media adapters like Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast grew by 26.8%…
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CCS Insight: 5G connections to reach 1bn in 2023
The number of 5G connections worldwide will surpass 1 billion in the first half of…
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Virgin Media launches UHD entertainment channel
Virgin Media is launching what it claims is the UK’s first dedicated 4K ultra high…
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SVOD use in Western European tipped to reach 69% of homes by 2023
Some 69.3% of Western European TV households will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2023,…
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Liberty Global launches Gigabit speeds in Poland
Liberty Global has launched a Gigabit-speed broadband service in Warsaw for UPC Poland customers, marking…