CANAL+ Buys M7
CANAL+ Group has announced the acquisition of M7, one of the largest independent pay-TV companies in Europe operating in Benelux and Central Europe. M7 is owned by Astorg, a leading European private equity firm. This acquisition is subject to the European Commission’s approval. M7 is an aggregator and ...
TiVo Announces Plan to Separate IP Licensing and Product Businesses into Two Independent Companies
TiVo today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. Earlier, the Company also announced a plan to split its Product and IP Licensing businesses into two separate independent companies. “We had a solid quarter with a strong focus on company execution,” said Raghu Rau, Interim President ...
Top 10 TV Service Providers in the US lose 1.28 million subscribers in Q1 2019
The top 10 service providers in the United States collectively lost over one-and-a-quarter million television subscribers in the first quarter of 2019, as reported by the informitv Multiscreen Index. AT&T moved to the top of the table, with 22.36 million premium television subscribers in the United States, as ...
Ooyala Flex Media Platform Chosen By BFI to Transcode & Access its Digital Archive Of Moving Image Assets
Ooyala Flex Media Platform Will Integrate with Existing BFI Systems to Distribute British Film Heritage in Ambitious Multi-Year Project
Armstrong Selects TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to Deliver Game Changing TV Experiences to its Subscribers
TiVo Corporation, a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that Armstrong has chosen TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to bring cutting-edge entertainment solutions to its subscribers. With more than 50 years of experience in the cable television industry, Armstrong has been a leader in innovation, providing ...
BBC Submits Plans to Reinvent BBC iPlayer to Ofcom
Proposals to improve BBC iPlayer for audiences by making programmes available for longer and offering more box sets and archive titles have been submitted to Ofcom. The BBC is proposing that programmes should be available on BBC iPlayer for at least 12 months after they are first shown; ...
Tata Sky Launches Personalized Content Recommendations on its Mobile and Desktop App using ThinkAnalytics
Tata Sky, India's leading content distribution platform, has introduced a new feature that enables personalized content recommendation on Tata Sky Mobile App (iOS/Android) and Watch.tatasky.com. Tata Sky is using personalized content discovery and recommendations from ThinkAnalytics™. Tata Sky chose the ThinkAnalytics solution to enable an experience where users ...
DAZN Unveils Global Live Sports Content Distribution Service
DAZN Group, the digital leader in global sports media, has launched a global, live sports content distribution service for rights holders, broadcasters and media partners called DAZN CONNECT. With over 30,000 live sport events across multiple leagues and competitions, DAZN CONNECT offers access to one of the largest ...
Astro partners with Synamedia for new video services
Airtel also renews long-term partnership with Synamedia to drive digital TV innovation
RCN chooses TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform to give subscribers a superior user experience
RCN will deploy IPTV suite of products on Android TV, streaming devices and mobile
How Will Disney+ Stack up Against its Rivals?
Disney has announced an impressive slate of headline titles for its new Disney+ direct-to-consumer service, launching in the US in November 2019. Titles such as the Marvel and Star Wars franchises, classic Disney and Pixar animations and a host of family-friendly Fox titles – including 30 seasons of ...
Witbe Implements Nielsen Watermark Detection
Witbe, a leader in Quality of Experience Monitoring, has announced the launch of a new product dedicated to audience measurement monitoring for the North American market, thanks to its recent implementation of Nielsen watermark tag detection. With this new feature, Witbe customers that use Nielsen watermarking technology will ...
STATS and Perform Combine to Expand Global Reach and Accelerate Innovation in Sports
Vista Equity Partners’ Investment Enables the Creation of a Global Sports Technology Platform
Disney+ Set to Launch in US in November
Service to cost $6.99 pm and offer new originals and content from Disney, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel Studios, and National Geographic, as well as “The Simpsons” and 20th Century Fox Titles “The Sound of Music,” “The Princess Bride,” and “Malcolm in the Middle”
Oxagile Partners with Cleeng to Help OVPs Supercharge Customer Retention
Cleeng, a leading subscriber management platform for OTT providers, and Oxagile, a video-based software solutions developer, are thrilled to announce a new partnership. The cooperation is centred around building comprehensive OTT solutions that allow online video providers to successfully grow and monetize their audiences. Oxagile’s technical experts will ...
PureFlix.com Engages 24i Media to Reach More Screens
24i Media’s SmartOTT solution to help drive highly -personalized OTT app experiences for PureFlix.com on multiple devices
Redbox Taps TiVo to Increase Personalisation and Content Discovery
TiVo will help Redbox deliver customised content experiences to consumers across Redbox Kiosks, On Demand and Mobile
Mediamorph Expands Platform for the Entertainment Industry with New Solution to Power-Up D2C Offerings
Mediamorph, the leading Content Value Management (CVM) cloud platform powering the largest entertainment companies in the world, announced today at the NAB Show immediate availability of a new solution for Direct-to-Consumer offerings. Leveraging the power of the CVM platform, Mediamorph will help drive increased revenues while minimizing risk ...
Synamedia Saves Operators up to 50% of OTT Costs with Streaming Aware Machine-Learning Capabilities
Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, today announced new automation capabilities for its Virtual Digital Content Manager (DCM) with Smart Rate Control that will save operators up to 50% of bandwidth and storage costs. Using machine-learning (ML) and Stream Video Quality™, Synamedia’s patented light weight and ...
ITV To Launch New Addressable Advertising Platform
ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today announces that it has signed an exclusive UK and Ireland licensing agreement with Amobee, a global digital advertising technology company, for end-to-end programmatic buying and selling of premium video inventory on the ITV Hub. This will enable ITV to launch a ...














