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Ofcom disagrees with BBC over iPlayer changes
BBC should conduct a ‘public interest test’ to properly assess value and potential impact on other broadcasters
Video on Demand
Business
“Window is closing” to launch a British Netflix warns ITV’s McCall
ITV CEO says UK broadcasters have little time left to act to turn the tide of the big US streamers
Production & Post
Paramount Network tasks Red Bee Media with key services
Red Bee will provide media management, transmission, VoD and access services
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BBC, ITV, Channel 4 ‘in early talks to launch British streaming service’
NBC Universal also said to considering joining venture
Content
France Télévisions, RAI, ZDF partner on Alliance
New VoD platform aims to take on the likes of Netflix
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Rakuten TV launches cinema arm
Rakuten Cinema will simultaneously release films theatrically and on VoD
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Simplestream, Little Dot Studios partner on VoD service
Developed with Simplestream's VoD-in-a-box platform
Features
Video on Demand – it’s not just about video
Platforms need to look past the video itself and add extra information for the viewer.
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Channel 4 says ads on YouTube, Facebook have less impact than TV VoD
Channel 4 has released details of its own research into the cost and impact of advertising on social video compared to TV VoD. The...
Business
On-demand broadcasters legally required to include subtitles
The government passed the amendment as part of the Digital Economy Bill
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Cinépolis goes OTT with Elemental
Cinépolis has selected an integrated solution from Elemental and Amazon Web Services for its transactional video on-demand (TVOD) service
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Ooyala predicts state of the media industry
Mobile, big data, and content creation are coming together to create a new digital video landscape
Business
Eurosport remains home of World Snooker
Eurosport, World Snooker and IMG have announced a ten-year extension of the TV and digital rights to show 18 tournaments of the World Snooker...
News Release
AfricaXP selects Babeleye for pan-African TV services
AfricaXP has selected Babeleye, the multilingual video content metadata platform, to manage rich EPG metadata of its linear channels distributed to two of ...
Features
Video killed the radio star, will Netflix kill the broadcaster?
Rumour has it the BBC is in early-stage talks with rivals, including ITV, about launching a Netflix-style subscription streaming service. The move comes at...
Business
Vimond launches Connect for social media and VoD
Vimond Media Solutions has launched Vimond Connect, to allow digital media service providers to facilitate a social media experience for video on-demand (VoD) viewers
Opinion
Content discovery: The importance of going global
Just how important is ’being global’? Of course, generating scale economies and gathering international insights is important, but in media, does having a global...
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CABSAT 2016 to focus on ‘transformed’ MENA market
CABSAT 2016 is set to focus on the “transformed” Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market when it takes place at the Dubai World...
Production & Post
Ooyala powers SVoD service Feeln
Feeln, a subscription video streaming service from Hallmark Cards, has partnered with Ooyala and is now streaming a diverse content library including original series,...
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Jazz and Blues TV to go online with Piksel
Jazz and Blues TV has partnered with Piksel to launch the first digital music TV channel dedicated to jazz and blues
Production & Post
BBC Worldwide picks Vindicia payment tech for VoD Store
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has chosen Vindicia’s CashBox solution to manage ecommerce on BBC Store
Production & Post
Vision247 develops anti-piracy VoD platform
Vision247 has created a bespoke video on-demand screening platform that enables content distributors to share and stream media assets with partners and clients around...
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Discover Digital launches OTT VoD platform with Broadpeak
Discover Digital, a South African digital entertainment company, has selected Broadpeak's video delivery solution to power its OTT transactional VoD and subscription VoD platform
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ITV Hub to go live next week
A promotional ad for ITV’s new online service has hit YouTube. The ITV Hub will become the new digital destination for all its TV...
Features
A new model for news delivery
CNN delivers news and information through its basic cable and satellite television channels, numerous affiliates and its website. News never stops and the amount
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Ericsson and Airtel unveil NuVu SVoD service in Nigeria
Ericsson and telecoms provider Airtel Nigeria have announced a subscription video on-demand content service, NuVu, giving subscribers in Nigeria access to around 3,000 local...
Business
Netflix to reach 115 million subscribers
The number of subscription video on-demand (SVoD) homes is forecast to reach 306 million across 200 countries by 2020, according to a new report...
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WatchAfrica and net-m launch tailored VoD service
WatchAfrica has partnered with payment solutions company net-m to launch an IPTV and VoD service to provide African content that is exclusively available for...
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70 per cent of mobile data traffic will be from video by 2021
Almost a quarter of Europeans watch streamed on-demand content on a daily basis, 50 per cent watch such content weekly, and a third of...
Business
Ziggo launches free sports channel
Dutch cable operator Ziggo will launch a new sports channel this month, featuring major events, a weekly talkshow and sports-related films and documentaries
Business
BFI launches film subscription service
UK film organisation BFI has unveiled its new subscription service, BFI Player+ offering a library of British films and world cinema offerings, for a...
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Exclusive content to boost adoption of multiplay bundles in UK
Number of households taking four services from a single provider to double in 2016
Business
Netflix reports third quarter results
The company announced its third-quarter results this week, which showed an increase of 880,000 subscribers in the US, below the 1.15 million subscribers Netflix...
Business
Drama proves most popular for pirates
Drama and adventure movies and TV shows are the most heavily pirated worldwide, according to data from digital platform security specialist Irdeto
Business
Ofcom to take over ATVOD on-demand regulation
The regulation of video on-demand programme services is being brought fully within Ofcom, ending ATVOD’s role as the co-regulator for the editorial content of...
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Vubiquity and TV2U to bring VoD to emerging markets
Content services provider Vubiquity and TV2U Worldwide are to work together to roll out transactional video on demand (TVoD) services to some of the...
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Two thirds of viewers would switch on-demand provider for subtitles
A new report by charity Action on Hearing Loss (formerly RNID) into on-demand subtitling has found that more than two thirds of those who...
Business
Vimeo announces first original programming
Three new series will come to Vimeo On Demand as part of the new Vimeo Originals initiative
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RR Media announces online sports content service
RR Media in partnership with Pi Telecom is providing a new online platform for sports organisations which offers premium and subscription based content to...
News Release
TDC selects Interra Systems’ Baton QC solution
Interra Systems has announced that TDC, Denmark’s principal telecom company, has selected its Baton product as their file-QC solution for video on-demand (VoD) operations
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Welsh politics goes online and on-demand with Vualto
Vualto has built the new video microsite for the National Assembly for Wales, Senedd TV. Plenary meetings and committees are streamed live across PC,...
News Release
Arqiva keeps viewers connected with Media Excel encoders
Communications infrastructure company Arqiva, has selected Media Excel’s HERO encoders, through Garland Partners, to support its IP streaming solution
Production & Post
Starz Play Arabia VoD service powered by thePlatform
Comcast subsidiary thePlatform has been selected by Parsifal Entertainment Group to provide the back-end video management and publishing system for Starz Play Arabia
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Piksel and Spafax partner for new Voyage
Piksel and Spafax together bring a flexible in-flight entertainment solution to the airline industry
Business
BBC Worldwide shows to air on South African VoD
BBC Worldwide will deliver original television content to South African VoD service MTN FrontRow. The new shows include the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning Sherlock series...
Business
Digital TV Research forecasts strong growth for APAC pay-TV
Despite economic growth concerns, pay-TV subscriptions for Asia Pacific’s top 68 operators will increase by 74 per cent from a collective 376 million in...