Business
Sports pass launches on NOW TV for Premier League kick-off
Sky’s chief marketing and digital officer, Stephen van Rooyen has announced a number of developments to online streaming service NOW TV, including the launch...
Sky
Business
Conviva aims to disrupt and empower
Conviva, an OTT video optimisation specialist, is on a mission to “empower” its customers through data driven intelligence, according to the company’s CEO and...
News
Features
BT Sport launches UK’s first UHD channel
Some of football’s most recognisable faces turned out at BT Sport’s facility at the Olympic Park in London yesterday, as the broadcaster made a...
News
Business
BARB releases new Viewing Report
BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has released its second Viewing Report, which provides a review of the way people are watching television and how...
News
Business
Sky creates platform for easy access to TV images
Sky is launching the Sky Editorial Asset Centre, a new digital asset management platform designed to enable easier sharing of its stock of still...
Business
Sky brings more Arts to Europe
This summer, Sky will launch an initiative to bring the best of the arts to its 21 million customers across Italy, Germany, Austria, Ireland...
News
Business
BBC, Sky and DVB honoured at DTG Awards
The DTG has given out awards to honour industry excellence at its 20th anniversary celebrations held after the DTG Summit 2015: Driving Global CollaborVation.
Business
Production & Post
Globecast delivers key moments of UK Election
Globecast played its part in the coverage of the UK General Election, helping broadcasters around the world get all the key moments live on...
News
Production & Post
Sky Sports chooses Thomson Video Networks for Formula One
The ViBE CP6000 contribution platform from Thomson Video Networks has been chosen by Sky Sports for its exclusive UK coverage of the 2015 Formula...
News
Business
Sky to close 3D and Arts TV channels
Next month will see Sky’s 3D channel move to its on-demand service, as well as the closure of one of its arts channels, leaving...
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Sky News partners with LiveU for UK General Election coverage
Sky News has chosen LiveU as a key technology partner for the UK general election, to be held on 7 May. The deal has...
News
Production & Post
F5 helps Sky TV customers watch TV on their terms
Sky has extended its use of F5 Network’s technology for online and on-demand services.
News
Business
NOW TV launches TV ad syncing campaign using Google search
NOW TV, the online TV streaming service from Sky, has announced the launch of its search engine advertising (PPC) campaign in conjunction with wywy,...
Production & Post
Greenstone helps power albert for TV industry sustainability
albert and albert+, the sustainability assessment tools for the film and television industry, are enabling production companies across the UK and internationally to reduce...
News
Business
Big Data transformation and analysis will unlock the future of TV
The role of Big Data in the TV world is causing ripple effects around the industry, concludes GfK in its latest report, ‘Big Questions,...
Business
Business
EE TV customers get Now TV
Online TV streaming service Now TV is now available for EE TV customers to access via their smart box.
News
Business
Miliband proposes TV election debates law
In an interview with The Observer, Ed Miliband promised that a Labour government would make TV debates between party leaders compulsory.
Business
RTS announces winners of Television Journalism Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS), the forum for television and related media, has announced the winners of the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2013-2014.
News
Business
Cost of Premier League rights seasons could top £5 billion
With the outcome of Friday’s Premier League rights auction unknown, there’s no doubt that Sky is facing the greatest competitive challenge in the tournament’s...
News
Business
Open Championship deal is a win for Sky, but will audience gain?
Sky has won the exclusive rights to broadcast the Open Championship from 2017, after signing a five-year deal.
News
Business
Sky to enter the mobile sector
Sky has announced an agreement with Telefónica UK to offer mobile voice and data services to its customers for the first time.
Business
Sky, Atlantic and Attenborough awarded Hollywood accolade
Hollywood’s International 3D Society presented Sky, Atlantic Productions and David Attenborough with the coveted Charles Wheatstone Award for distinguished achievement in 3D storytelling.
News
Production & Post
Liverpool FC invests in Space
Liverpool Football Club has invested in a new 32TB central video storage unit from GB Labs to power its LFCTV high definition channel.
News
Business
Packed programme promised for BVE 2015
The free seminar programme at BVE 2015 once again features industry leaders who aim to inspire and inform about all aspects of content creation...
News
Business
Elemental secures $14.5m in Telstra-led financing
Elemental Technologies has secured $14.5m in series D financing led by Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications and information services company.
Business
F1’s major shareholder acquires Sky’s gaming-betting division
CVC Capital Partners agrees a deal with Sky to acquire its betting and gaming business for £800 million
Opinion
The Netflix effect
This may come as news to many Americans, but Netflix has yet to take over the world. It obviously enjoys a huge competitive advantage...
TVBEverywhere
Amazon Fire TV gets UK launch
The Amazon Fire TV became available for purchase for the first time in the UK yesterday, less than five months after it was launched...
Business
Join us at the TVBAwards tomorrow
After months in the planning the TVBEurope team will be joining broadcast industry colleagues tomorrow and heading to the Hilton in Wembley for an...
News
TVBEverywhere
SubTV expands online with EBS
EBS has provided TV data and EPG services to Subtv, the Student Union’s broadcast service
News
Production & Post
Sky selects Canon for 4K post system
Sky will be adding Canon's DP-V3010 professional reference displays to its Mistika post production systems.
News
Business
Sky Deutschland secures Formula E live TV rights
Sky Deutschland has secured the exclusive live broadcasting rights for the FIA Formula E Championship.
TVBEverywhere
Techex, Sky and The FA deliver World Cup for England
In a joint project on behalf of The FA, Sky deployed a Techex system to provide both off-air live TV and HD event feeds...
News
Business
BSkyB acquires Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia
BSkyB will buy Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia from 21st Century Fox for £4.9 billion. BSkyB has entered into agreements with 21st Century Fox...
Business
German pay-TV revenue tops €2 billion
The Association of Commercial Broadcasters and Audiovisual Services (VPRT) has revealed the results of its ‘Pay-TV in Germany 2014’ survey.
Business
Production & Post
BskyB extends Agama quality assurance with OTT service
BSkyB has extended its DTV Monitoring Solution deployment from Agama, to cover its over-the-top (OTT) service playout.
News
Production & Post
Loveworld upgrades with PlayBox
Loveworld Television has added a new PlayBox Technology transmission playout and graphics management system to its London studios. The installation forms the central element...
Business
BAFTA sustainability body boosts numbers
Shed Media, NBCUniversal International Television Production and UKTV will join the BAFTA Albert Consortium
Production & Post
Clipster makes play for Perfect UHD
The Clipster mastering station from Rohde & Schwarz DVS is being used as part of an Ultra HD trial at Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation...
Business
4K is Alive at BAFTA Awards
Last night’s annual BAFTA awards highlighted 4K production with the Atlantic Productions/Sky win for David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive.
Business
AMC acquires Prime series for Sundance
AMC Networks has acquired Prime Entertainment’s series Hollywood’s Best Film Directors for Sundance HD channels in more than 115 territories.
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Arqiva launches 24-hour coverage of Community HD
Community HD will benefit from 24-hour coverage on Freeview, using Arqiva technology.