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Telefonica, Haivision use 5G for live contribution at Spain Sail Grand Prix

In a proof of concept, the Telefónica 5G Customer Innovation team chose to test drone-based video contribution over 5G.

What’s the future of terrestrial transmission?

Rohde & Schwarz's Mohammed Aziz Taga argues linear broadcasting still has a strong future, but it makes sense for broadcasters to seek revenues from...

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Operators need low-latency, but ultra-low? Meh!

Ben Schwarz, independent consultant, expert, and author, argues that the majority of use cases don't need ultra-low latency, except maybe during the World Cup's...

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UKTV Play adds another million registered users

The growth in UKTV Play’s direct-to-consumer views (27 per cent) was aided by over 3000 hours of new content being added to the service...

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ViewLift monitors Quality of Experience with Bitmovin

The two companies have entered a multi-year partnership that will enable ViewLift customers to access Bitmovin's capabilities in order to maximise the viewing experience

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Report: FAST viewing in Europe grows 50 per cent YoY

The cost of living, the quality of content and the entry of more prominent content brands into the FAST landscape are helping to drive these...

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UK police launch illegal streaming crackdown

Working with FACT and other agencies on Operation Raider, West Mercia Police have identified over 1,000 people who have been streaming content illegally

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Bazalgette: DTT should remain a priority to UK broadcasters

In a letter to the FT, the former ITV chair warned that at a time of national crisis, the internet may not necessarily stand...

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Why OTT market consolidation will spark a wave of success!

Johan Bolin, chief business officer, media and broadcast, at Agile Content, takes a look at the competition for eyeballs between pay-TV and OTT, and...

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House of the Dragon named 2022’s most pirated show

HBO returns to the top of the list for the first time since 2019, when Game of Thrones topped the chart

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What’s in store for the media tech industry in 2023: Streaming and 5G

We asked experts across the media tech industry to share their thoughts, with topics including the rise of sports streaming, FAST, low-latency, and the...

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Amazon ‘considering separate app for sport’

Company is said to view the launch of a standalone app as a way to generate revenue from its sports deals

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ITV’s new streaming service has the X factor during first week

ITV reported a 138 per cent increase in streams on ITVX during its first week compared to ITV Hub in 2021

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ITV leverages Accedo’s application frameworks for ITVX

Working alongside ITV's in-house teams, Accedo has developed the video service for a number of platforms

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Bringing flexibility to the complex video value chain

Peggy Dau meets SVP of sales and marketing at Setplex Marc Mulgrum to find out how it is helping content owners, ISPs and OTT/IPTV...

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Netflix celebrates a decade of Open Connect

Netflix said its improved video compression technology means that it now delivers content at half the bitrate of five years ago

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Ofcom proposes changes to digital television technical codes

Proposed changes follow last year's fires at Red Bee Media's playout centre and at the Bilsdale transmitter

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It’s all about the CDN, stupid

Qwilt has published a new report looking at the challenges of live streaming an event for an audience of 10 million viewers

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Paramount Plus expands into DACH region

Streamer is now available in 45 markets globally

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Analyst: Still plenty of growth left in SVoD

Analysts at Digital TV Research suggest SVoD services will see an increase of 428 million subscribers between 2022 and 2028

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BBC R&D provides update on eliminating streaming latency

Streaming coverage of the World Cup in Qatar has once again highlighted issues around latency between streamed coverage and TV broadcast... something BBC R&D...

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Ericsson to invest ‘millions of pounds’ into 6G network research in the UK

The 10 year programme will include research into artificial intelligence, network resilience and security, cognitive networks and energy efficiency

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Gone in 13.4 seconds

A new survey by Bitmovin reveals poor video quality and buffering issues could cost video streamers as much as £45 million per month

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Accedo launches metaverse solution for sports broadcasters

The modular solution allows rights holders and broadcasters to choose only the add-ons they require, such as multicamera, live stats, or co-watching using XR...

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Arqiva, MainStreaming forge technology and services partnership

Two companies are working together on a range of new capabilities and service offerings to meet the challenges of the fast-changing streaming world

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Netflix prepares for first live, global streaming event

Chris Rock comedy gig is set to stream in early 2023

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Disney Plus to launch ad-supported tier next month

Disney CEO Bob Chapek told investors the company has "proven technology" to deliver a great experience for users from day one

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ITVX to launch in time for World Cup Final

Broadcaster is promising viewers will see a "new and improved product experience"

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InterDigital to investigate 6G’s technological advancement capabilities

Company has been awarded funding from the European Union to support five Horizon Europe 6G Flagship research projects

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Video advertising workflow platform Peach supports Netflix’s new ad tier

Peach provides a connected advertising workflow, enabling users to deliver their ads to Netflix straight from the edit suite

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Combined HBO Max/Discovery Plus streamer to launch in the spring

The two services jointly added 2.8 million customers in during Q3 20222, said the company, which means the number of paid subscribers to WBD's...

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OneFootball scores with Connected TV app

Football fans will be able to watch games from around the world via the app, which is immediately available on Apple tvOS and Amazon...

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Paramount Plus to debut on Virgin Media in 2023

The app will be fully integrated into Virgin Media’s set-top boxes, allowing customers to access more than 8,000 hours of content

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EBU establishes Web3.0 and metaverse working group

EBU is inviting members to join the group, and has appointed Alberto Ciprian from RAI R&D to serve as its chair

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BBC R&D partners with Tim Berners Lee’s company to look at social TV

The project includes a Watch Party experience, called BBC Together + Data Pod, where viewers can log in and watch some of the BBC's...

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Warner Bros Discovery Sports to take audiences into the metaverse

Infinite Reality has been appointed Discovery Sports Events exclusive metaverse partner

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PBS America deploys Simplestream technology for Freeview Play launch

The broadcaster leveraged Simplestream's proprietary Media Manager and App Platform products

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Scientists set new data transmission record of 1.8 petabits per second

The researchers transmitted 1.8 Pbit/s, which was carried by the light from one optical source. That corresponds to twice the current global internet traffic

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