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Content piracy thrives in Russia
Viewing pirated content is extremely common among Russian consumers, largely due to the cost and availability of legal content, according to new research from...
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NeuLion serves up tennis for Apple TV
NeuLion has announced an expanded partnership with the Tennis Channel to create and deliver a new Apple TV experience.
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BBC to give audiences content Taster
The BBC has launched BBC Taster, which it describes as ‘a space to develop its latest ideas for digital content and emerging technology.’
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The power of personalised viewing
Consumption of online video is significantly enhanced by a personalised user experience, IRIS.TV has reported.
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Irdeto looks to broadcast and content future
Irdeto has launched its Eye on 2020 report, a series of predictions over the next five years covering trends that will impact the broadcast...
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Production companies bid to buy BBC Three
Avalon and Hat Trick have made proposals to buy BBC Three, following the announcement from the corporation that the channel would be moved online....
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Ridley Scott’s Exodus get Da Vinci treatment
Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve was used at Deluxe Creative Services' Company 3 by colourist Stephen Nakamura to grade 20th Century Fox’s Exodus: Gods and Kings,...
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Facebook buys QuickFire
In a bid to compete with the YouTube, the dominant force in the internet video market, Facebook has bought video transcoding service QuickFire Networks.
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Netflix begins block on users who bypass regional rules
Netflix is reportedly aiming to tackle users who have been using VPNs (virtual private networks) to watch TV shows which are not licensed for...
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M-GO partners with Beamr to deliver UHD content at home
M-GO, a premium transactional video on-demand (TVoD) service and joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation, is now using Beamr Video to provide a...
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Netzkino launches on Amazon Fire TV
German free-of-charge VoD service Netzkino is now available on Amazon Fire TV, which can be connected to an HDTV to allow the user to...
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ACCESS demos extended Twine platform
ACCESS' Twine platform has been extended to offer global search and remote access functionality
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Virgin Media expands with Globecast
Globecast has partnered with Virgin Media to supply seven channels for the platform’s expanded international TV content.
Business
BBC could lose Wimbledon TV coverage
The BBC could give up its right to exclusively broadcast the Wimbledon championship and instead share coverage of the event with BT
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Mobile and tablet viewing to reach 50 per cent in 2015
Ooyala has issued its Q3 2014 Global Video Index Report into the way people consume TV and video across different devices throughout the day
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Zenterio and Metrological begin strategic partnership
Zenterio, developer of an independent software platform for interactive TV, and Metrological, a TV application store provider, have signed a partnership agreement.
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Keo Films launches K2 Productions
KEO Films has created K2 Productions, an indie within an indie that focuses on creating cross-platform content for television and online.
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IP for contribution broadcast: ubiquity and beyond
As an industry, professional broadcasting accepted IP in the contribution realm with more than a little dose of skepticism. For all of IP’s benefits...
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VisionTV brings cultural diversity to Freeview
Vision247 will stream more than 20 free-to-air channels to connected Freeview HD set top boxes and TVs in the UK.
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Sky Italia ‘turbo charges’ upload capabilities with Akamai and Aspera
Sky Italia has implemented Akamai and Aspera solutions, with the aim of improving and simplifying its workflow.
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Agcom publishes new regulations for on-demand services
Further to a public consultation, the Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni, Agcom) published a new resolution modifying the investments obligations...
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Canal Digital Go powered by Xstream
Canal Digital customers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland can watch TV show and movies on their iPad with the recently-launched Canal Digital GO...
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AMC Networks embraces Avid Everywhere
AMCNI-Central Europe has adopted Avid Everywhere by implementing a full content creation to distribution workflow powered by the Avid MediaCentral Platform
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Trustonic brings secure content delivery to Alcatel devices
Trustonic, provider of Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) for smart connected devices, is collaborating with Alcatel OneTouch to bring hardware-class authentication to its devices, starting...
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The Voice returns to dock10
Wall to Wall’s The Voice has returned to dock10’s facility in MediaCityUK, Salford.
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BBC Worldwide and Red Planet in first look deal
The commercial arm of the BBC will provide investment, co-production expertise and global market support in return for the first-look on Red Planet’s new...
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Civolution and Bleiberg partner for second screen film
Civolution has joined forces with Bleiberg Entertainment to produce i-LIVED, the first American feature film to be supported by a synchronised second-screen application for...
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EE launches home TV service
EE TV is designed to put mobile at the heart of the TV experience
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ro*co films unveils distribution portal
ro*co films has launched Simple Cinema, a new international documentary distribution portal which will allow the general public to exhibit films direct through the...
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Sport TV acquires Formula E coverage
Portuguese sports network Sport TV will televise live coverage of every round of the 2013/2015 FIA Formula E Championship.
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EVS boosts sports spectator experience with FanCast
EVS has announced FanCast, a live video and multimedia solution designed to enhance the fan experience inside stadiums and arenas.
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Arsenal FC selects RR Media as content delivery partner
In a landmark move, RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast industry, has been chosen as a delivery partner...
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BSkyB’s Sophie Turner Laing to head merged Endemol and Shine
Sophie Turner Laing, former BSkyB managing director of content, is to become chief executive of the merged Endemol and Shine global TV production business.
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Levira moves into Premier League with Alexela Basketball
Levira and the Estonian Basketball Association concluded an agreement for Levira to start broadcasting all the Alexela Basketball Premier League matches in Estonia in...
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re:fine launches re:io cloud platform
re:fine has announced the launch today of re:io, a private online cloud-based content-processing platform for production companies, post houses and distributors.
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Racing UK re-launches live and VoD service
International subscribers to horseracing broadcaster, Racing UK, can now view content via a multi-platform, live streaming and seven-day catch-up service, courtesy of Simplestream.
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A Year in the Life of TV and Twitter
Kantar Media provides an in-depth look at the relationship between what we say and read about on Twitter and what we watch in the...
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Second screen losing ground in emerging markets
The second screen is increasingly losing favour in emerging markets, according to the results of an OTT TV survey unveiled by OTT, IPTV and...
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Piksel introduces ‘hyper-personalisation’ to TV market
Piksel unveiled its Piksel Mosaic, an application that promises to offer offerig an integrated content experience, which is time, location and device aware. The...
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Deluxe acquires mediapeers
Deluxe has acquired mediapeers, a B2B cloud software provider that enables content owners to market and sell their movie and television assets to the...
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RawCut Archive acquires CCTV Archive
RawCut Archive claims to have become the world’s largest real crime footage source after acquiring surveillance clips business, The CCTV Archive.
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Ericsson announces new solutions in new markets
Ericsson has announced a number of solutions designed to deliver new television experiences for consumers
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