Business
How to lose youths and alienate people
The media needs to keep up with the millennial generation or ‘risk alienating' them, according to Vice founder and CEO Shane Smith. Delivering the...
NewsNews
TVBEverywhere
High overlap between Netflix and Amazon subscribers
The number of consumers taking up multiple SVoD subscriptions is on the rise, with a particularly high overlap between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video,...
News
Business
BuzzFeed reshuffles to expand digital video output
BuzzFeed is restructuring its divisions as it looks to expand its digital video output. The company will divide into separate news and entertainment divisions,...
News
Business
BBC salary reveals ‘not in the interests’ of licence fee payers
Revealing the salaries of its highest-paid stars would not be in the interest of licence fee payers, according to BBC content and sport director...
News
TVBEverywhere
Bundesliga to kick off in VR
Fox Sports is to kick off the 2016/2017 Bundesliga season in live virtual reality (VR). In collaboration with NextVR, the broadcaster will deliver Bayern...
News
Business
TVBAwards 2016: Nominate for Sustainability
The deadline for TVBAwards 2016 nominations is almost upon us. There are now just nine days to put names forward for the third annual...
News
Business
Three Sony channels arriving on Virgin
Sony Pictures Television Networks is to launch three channels on Virgin Media’s TV service. Pop, MovieMix and Movies4Men will join the Virgin Media line-up...
News
IBC
IP Interoperability Zone at IBC2016
Supported by the AES, AMWA, EBU, SMPTE and VSF, the IBC IP Interoperability Zone will feature real-world demonstrations of interoperation between a large number...
News
Features
VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: IP-based live production
At the second annual TVBEurope 2020 conference, NEP Worldwide provides a detailed insight into its successful launch of the first fully IP-based multi-camera broadcast...
News
TVBEverywhere
British Pathé completes online rollout
British Pathé has launched an online subscription channel. The new offering, British Pathé TV, will deliver a range of documentaries, interviews, and classic movies...
News
TVBEverywhere
IOC launches Olympic Channel
The IOC has rolled out a new digital platform to deliver Olympic content on-demand. The Olympic Channel, available across all devices, will offer a...
News
IBC
IBC2016 Preview edition now available
The IBC 2016 Preview is now available as a digital edition. Ahead of what promises to be another week of innovative, rich and varied...
News
Opinion
DTG remains at the Summit
Had Alice Cooper sat through the DTG Summit on ‘re-engineering for tomorrow’s TV consumer’, he would surely have spotted the potential for re-versioning his...
News
Data Centre
TV sets remain “first port of call” as commercial TV rises
TV channels in the UK enjoyed a strong beginning to 2016, according to the latest Thinkbox report. UK figures for the first half of...
News
Business
Sky Sports Mix set for launch
Sky Sports is launching its new Mix channel this week. The channel, which will arrive on 24 August, will deliver sporting content to basic...
News
IBC
NEC to deliver ‘stable operation’ at IBC2016
NEC will showcase its latest digital TV transmitter series at IBC2016. The series, designed to reduce customer’s cost of ownership and offer ‘stable operation’,...
News
Interviews
British Pathé goes OTT
Holly Ashford talks to British Pathé managing director Roger Felber, and OwnZones CEO Dan Gorman, about a new VoD service from one of the...
News
Business
TVBAwards 2016 nomination deadline extended
The nomination deadline for the TVBAwards 2016 has been extended to 2 September. Nominations, which must be submitted by 5.30pm on the closing date,...
News
TVBEverywhere
Sky Deutschland launching UHD box
Sky Deutschland is set to launch a new 4K UHD set-top box in autumn this year. The Sky+ Pro box will be released alongside...
News
Business
IABM and AIB announce strategic partnership
The IABM has entered a strategic partnership with the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). The agreement brings together both ends of the industry, and...
News
Business
Two weeks to nominate for IBC2016 Best of Show Awards
The deadline for entries is 31 August and the awards are open to any company exhibiting a product at IBC2016 that is new since...
News
Opinion
Transforming video delivery
In the early days of digital television some 20 years ago, the only way to encode and multiplex it involved dedicated hardware because standard...
News
Business
Swain to leave BBC
Former BBC factual commissioner Emma Swain is leaving the corporation after 20 years. The departure follows a year-long break from Swain’s previous role as...
News
Business
TVBAwards: Nominate for Production and Post
The deadline is fast approaching to submit nominations for the TVBAwards 2016. Nominations for the TVBAwards, taking place on 20 October at the Grand...
News
Business
BBC reaching 111 million in Africa
The BBC now reaches 111 million people per week throughout Africa, according to the corporation’s latest statistics. According to the BBC, African audiences make...
News
Data Centre
4K OTT services used by 189 million people by 2021
The impending rise of 4K adoption rates will see 4K OTT users climb from the current 2.3 million to 189 million by 2021, according...
News
TVBEverywhere
Sky plans Spanish Now TV launch
Sky is planning launch a version of its Now TV online service in Spain, according to the Sunday Telegraph. According to the report, Sky...
News
Business
Premier League refreshes audio identity
MassiveMusic has partnered with creative agency DixonBaxi to create a new audio identity for the 2016/17 season of the Premier League. The Premier League...
News
Business
One week to nominate for TVBAwards in Live Production
The challenging area of live production is a refined art, and successful productions rely on many component parts working in orchestration to deliver the...
News
TVBEverywhere
Virgin unveils V6 box
Virgin Media has revealed new details about its upcoming set-top box. The Liberty Global EOS box, which will be marketed as the Virgin TV...
News
Business
ESPN Player launches Select
ESPN has added ESPN Select to its OTT offering, ESPN Player. The new channel will join its NCAA College sport flagship channel to provide...
News
TVBEverywhere
Non-licence payers to lose 4,000 hours of BBC content
Households not holding a TV licence will lose out on 4,000 hour of BBC iPlayer content when payment for the service becomes mandatory on...
News
Production & Post
Freesat launches live audience measurement
Freesat has launched a live audience measurement service for free-to-air television. Running on TVbeat’s audience attribution platform, the service will deliver viewing
News
Business
Sky, Channel 4 invest in TV rights platform TRX
Major UK broadcasters Sky and Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund have invested in The RightsXchange (TRX). TRX, owned by Dial Square 86, is a...
News
Business
TVBAwards: Nominate now for TVBEverywhere
The clock continues to tick on the nomination deadline for the TVBAwards 2016, and there are now less than two weeks to put names...
News
Production & Post
Furious, IRIS partner for online video monetisation
IRIS.TV and Furious have partnered to build a monetisation platform for online video publishers. The solution will be designed to help publishers increase both...
News
Business
The QYou heads to Knippr
The QYou has secured a deal with Knippr to deliver its video content to the Dutch OTT service. The move marks further expansion into...
News
Analysis
VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: Is UHD everything?
Andy Beale, chief engineer for BT Sport, delivers an enlightening presentation: 'Does UHD provide the complete picture?' at the second annual TVBEurope 2020 conference....
Features
Business
Disney invests $1 billion in BAMTech
Walt Disney has acquired a 33 per cent stake in technology services and video streaming company BAMTech. Disney will pay $1 billion in two...
News
Business
Ofcom closes Premier League rights investigation
Ofcom has closed its investigation into how the Premier League sells live UK rights for its football matches. The investigation, carried out under the...
News
Data Centre
TV licence desertion could cost BBC £1.4 billion
Research by broadband and TV comparison site Broadband Genie has found more than nine million Brits could drop their TV licence in favour of...
News
Business
TVBAwards: Nominate for Infrastructure and Management
The deadline is fast approaching to submit nominations for the TVBAwards 2016. Nominations for the TVBAwards, which will take place on 20 October at...
News