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Spain: RTVE to invest €4.6 million in OTT
RTVE, the Spanish public broadcaster, has allocated a €4.6 million budget to reshape and personalise its OTT service RTVE Play. The broadcaster says it will rely on original productions to expand the service, improve its free registration wall and search engine, and deploy a new CDP – software that stores customers data – to analyse…
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24m UK homes accessing gigabit broadband
Eight in 10 UK homes (80 per cent) are now able to get gigabit-capable broadband, up from 73 per cent the same time last year, according to new data published by comms regulator Ofcom. The figures from Ofcom’s Connected Nations spring update also show that, as of January 2024, 62 per cent of households can…
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MagentaTV deploys Broadpeak’s Cloud DVR solution
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators, has announced that Deutsche Telekom has revamped its MagentaTV IPTV platform using Broadpeak’s Cloud DVR solution. With Broadpeak’s Cloud DVR solution, MagentaTV can deliver a range of video streaming content, including VoD, live, time-shift, and start-over TV,…
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Spiderwick Chronicles sets Roku viewing record
Roku has announced that millions of streamers watched the Roku Original series The Spiderwick Chronicles during its opening weekend, making it the most-watched on demand title to ever debut on The Roku Channel. The Spiderwick Chronicles amassed the highest reach and most hours streamed of any title in The Roku Channel’s history during its opening…
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Virgin Galactic in stock split
Virgin Galactic, already involved in a legal spat with Boeing over an alleged misappropriation and withholding of certain proprietary IP and trade secrets, has scheduled its June 12th Annual meeting to include a proposal to create a reverse stock split for the company. The intention is for Virgin Galactic to adjust the company’s shares in…
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Forecast: New tech could help travelling VR gaming
Vehicle passengers using VR headsets to pass the time during travel could be set to enjoy games which move at ‘ludicrous speed’ without experiencing motion sickness, researchers say. A team of human-computer interaction specialists from the UK and Canada have developed the first system to manage motion sickness in VR which also allows users to…
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SES’s O3b mPOWER now operational
SES has announced that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation software-enabled satellite system, is now operational and can provide high-performance connectivity services around the globe. With the first six O3b mPOWER satellites operating at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or 8,000km away from the Earth and with extensive ground infrastructure built around the world, SES will be introducing…
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MPEG-5 could unlock UHD
Thierry Fautier, until recently a senior figure at Harmonic and now MD at Your Media Transformation, in a comprehensive paper presented at NAB, said it is about time to change the game on UHD deployment. He especially drew attention to the Brazil TV 3.0 announcement, and its plans to standardise on a UHD VVC together…
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Denmark: HVoD, sport, password crackdown to boost streaming
The Danish streaming market showcases stability during the first quarter of 2024, reports Mediavision. Household penetration of direct-to-consumer services remains at roughly 65 per cent, which equals approximately 1.7 million households. Stacking (number of paid streaming subscriptions per household) in Denmark is stable at just shy of three subscriptions per household. In total, Danish households…
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LG Channels expands line-up in Europe
LG TV owners across European countries can gain access to new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels, including Sony Pictures’ Sony One Channels, and a suite of channels from Lionsgate. With Sony One Channels now available in the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and Lionsgate channels available in the UK,…