Media Delivery
Akamai, Conviva form streaming video experience partnership
Aims to improve streaming video quality for end users
Media Delivery
Media Delivery
BBC to broadcast live Premier League matches for the first time
Sky Sports to broadcast 25 matches via its FTA channel Pick
IP Migration
LTN Global launches IP-based alternative to satellite distribution
LTN Wave combines the company's transport, monitoring and control solutions
Live Production
The Switch heads to the Cloud with new production-as-a-service solution
MiMiC aims to give broadcasters, streaming services, rights holders and enterprises access to remote production capabilities for live events
Media Delivery
Premier League drops opposition to 3pm match broadcasts
League believed to have bowed to pressure from the government
Business
DAZN seeking investment to secure its future
Owner Len Blavatnik said to be considering an outright sale to keep the streamer afloat
Media Delivery
Sky’s HDR upgrade expected to happen this week
Broadcaster is expected to make content available to certain customers from Wednesday
Media Delivery
DAZN extends Bundesliga streaming agreement in Germany and Switzerland
Deal covers nine live matches from the top-tier Bundesliga and four relegation matches between Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2
Live Production
LiveU, Dejero, TVU Networks to deliver footage of America’s return to space
On 27th May Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will lift off on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft
Media Delivery
Apple TV Plus ‘reaches 10 million subscribers’
Streamer reportedly looking for older content to boost its catalogue
Media Delivery
BBC launches new platform enabling viewers to watch together remotely
BBC Together has been developed by the broadcaster's R&D team and is available on BBC Taster
Media Delivery
OTT revenues predicted to double over next five years
New figures from Digital TV Research
Media Delivery
Rohde & Schwarz upgrades DVB-T2 transmitter, Zixi integrates with Vimond, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from Rohde & Schwarz, Zixi, Vimond, Riedel, Edgeware and Norigin Media
Media Delivery
BBC iPlayer reports biggest ever day
BVoD platform has seen record numbers of requests throughout 2020
Media Delivery
Netflix starts to lift streaming quality restrictions
Viewers in Europe report being able to access content in 4K HDR again
Media Management
Accedo launches next-gen Cloud platform, Germany’s M7 expands UHD offering, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest product and tech news from Accedo, M7 and Red Bee
Media Delivery
Could the return of football on TV help encourage people to stay home?
Plans for all 200 Premier League and Championship matches to be shown on TV
Media Delivery
Broadcast quality is most important when delivering streaming service
Poll findings part of our Live Streaming 2020 - Shifting Consumer Habits webinar
Media Delivery
Will the Premier League resume on YouTube?
Reports suggest Premier League in talks with BT Sport and Sky about showing matches on their YouTube channels
Media Delivery
German Football League considering legal action against Discovery
Discovery believed to have a "special termination" clause in its media rights deal
Eleven Sports CEO: It’s time to modernise the sports rights model
Luis Vicente said current model should be "repositioned and modernised"
JW Player launches enhanced live streaming solution
Events can start live streaming from the encoder in under 30 seconds
TiVo’s 4K streaming device to launch “in the next few weeks”
Device originally announced during CES 2020 in January
Japan PM: Olympics “impossible” unless pandemic contained
Shinzo Abe said the Games must be held in a "complete form"
Media Delivery
Synamedia partners with Google Cloud to boost OTT offer
Partnership enables companies to maximise OTT service uptime
Formula One aims to be back on track in July
British Grand Prix expected to take place behind closed doors
Quibi heads to TV (sort of)
Users will be able to cast from their smartphones to TV screen from next month
Culture Secretary: Premier League could go free-to-air when season restarts
Oliver Dowden said he has had "productive talks" with governing bodies from across British sport on restarting following the coronavirus shutdown
YouTube gets new optimisation for Samsung’s flip phone
Enables smartphone viewers to watch hands free
Can Netflix sustain record subscriber numbers post-coronavirus?
Streamer announced record new subscriber numbers in Q1 2020
Media Delivery
Life after coronavirus: The media tech industry will thrive and survive!
Telestream's CEO Dan Castles looks at what the next 12 months holds for the media tech industry
Europe sees huge jump in streaming since lockdown began
Just Watch reports spikes of over 200 per cent in traffic as viewers search for content to watch
Netflix predicted to win the streaming wars during coronavirus lockdown
Predicted to add 10 million subscribers worldwide during Q1 2020
New study finds three-quarters of world’s UHD services are predominantly linear
Ultra HD Forum's new Tracker looks at 150 commercial consumer-facing UHD TV services worldwide
Technology
Samsung achieves record 5G speeds across multiple devices
Will enable mobile operators to deliver 8K streaming via 5G
Globecast to distribute ProSiebenSat.1 Welt across multiple platforms internationally
Deals covers United States, Central and South America, Australia and New Zealand
Media Delivery
French TV giants join forces on #Alamaison linear channel
Linear channel will be available to 37 million French TV viewers
BritBox lands on LG, Nat Geo on NOW TV and more
TVBEurope rounds up the new channel arrivals on streaming platforms and devices
Media Delivery
How do broadcasters engage with viewers at a time of national importance?
By Ian Sharpe, CEO, Promethean