DFL tests first football broadcast in 9:16 format
German football association DFL tested producing a Bundesliga match in 9:16 instead of the usual 16:9 picture format for the first time. … [Read More...]
Newsline
Parks Associates: Top 10 US subscription OTT Video Services for 2019
Parks Associates, ahead of the upcoming Future of Video conference in LA next week, released its updated list of the top 10 US subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services. … [Read More...]
Vevo comes to Samsung TV Plus
All-premium music video platform Vevo has confirmed that its catalogue of music videos will now be available on Samsung TV Plus. … [Read More...]
300 hours of Channel 5 content added to Sky box-sets
A new content partnership between Sky and Viacom-owned Channel 5 will bring a range of entertainment and factual box-sets to Sky Box Sets and the NOW TV Entertainment Pass. … [Read More...]
Germans ready to pay up to €23/month for video streaming
In the highly competitive streaming market, there seems to be a financial limit for German customers. … [Read More...]
Love Nature launches on Sky Ticket
Love Nature, the TV service offering documentaries and series about nature and wildlife, is now available on streaming platform Sky Ticket in Germany. … [Read More...]
Netgem.tv to reach 12 UK fibre ISPs
netgem.tv says it now has a reach of over a quarter of a million UK homes. … [Read More...]
Ampere: Amazon’s Premier League coverage boosts fan reach by a third
Amazon’s coverage of the Premier League has extended its reach to nearly three quarters of domestic fans, according to Ampere Analysis. … [Read More...]
3SS, Media Distillery, XroadMedia team up for personalised TV
German Android TV solutions provider 3SS, Dutch AI technology group Media Distillery and Austrian personalised TV solutions developer XroadMedia have created an end-to-end video platform enabling Android TV providers to offer personalised linear on-demand channels. … [Read More...]
BBC Studios inks Yandex deal
BBC Studios and Yandex have agreed to a major output deal for scripted content in Russia and the CIS. … [Read More...]
Czech cable market consolidates
The Cyprus-registered company Kaprain Industrial Holding has acquired a 100% stake in Czech operator CentroNet from Eco-Investment for CZK226,666,000 (€8.87 million). … [Read More...]
Central & East Europe
Media Group Ukraine outlines 2020 strategy
The proprietary sports channels Futbol 1 and Futbol 2 will be broadcast on a la carte basis from next year by their owner Media Group Ukraine (MGU). … [Read More...]
TV3 launches OTT service in Baltics
TV3 Group has launched what it describes as the largest and most advanced OTT platform in the Baltics. … [Read More...]
IPTV HD first in Lithuania
Lithuania’s Radio and Television Centre (Telecentras) has introduced IPTV-delivered HD services to home TV screens. … [Read More...]
Channels
DAZN secures Copa Del Rey deal
DAZN has secured a deal to stream Spain’s premier domestic cup competition, the Copa Del Rey, in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. … [Read More...]
France Télévisions launches digital children’s offer
Okoo, the new children’s on demand platform from French public broadcaster France Télévisions goes live on Monday. … [Read More...]
NRJ Belgique goes visual with BCE’s StudioTalk
NRJ Belgique has started to video broadcast its radio shows. … [Read More...]
Editors’ Choice
Positive Results for EBU at WRC-19
The EBU says the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) has closed with positive results for its members. … [Read More...]
DT provides Telekom Romania update
Deutsche Telekom board member Srini Gopalan has met with Romania’s Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, minister of infrastructure and communications Lucian Nicolae Bode and other members of the government. … [Read More...]
Plex launches ad-supported Video on Demand platform
Streaming media service Plex has announced that thousands of movies and TV shows are now available for free via its new ad-supported video on demand feature. … [Read More...]
IBC 2019 – Roundup
IBC 2019 Roundup Interviews – SERAPHIC
Julian Clover finds out about SERAPHIC’s latest product development from Xinwen Xue, VP Product Management, while CEO Ye Wang talks about Talk about the influence of AI, 5G and IoT on TV and, OTT operation.
IBC 2019 Roundup Interviews – Plume
Julian Clover speaks to Plume founder Adam Hotchkiss about the importance of security in the smart home and how any threat can be counteracted.
IBC 2019 Roundup Interviews – Netgem
Sylvain Thevenot, managing director, Netgem and Alex Benjamin, Sales Director, Elisa BingeTV tell Julian Clover how Netgem technology can help run a future-proof and cost-effective TV service.