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E-Vision inks exclusive five-year deal with Starz Play

E-Vision inks exclusive five-year deal with Starz Play

by Staff Reporter

January 31, 2018

(l to r) Maaz Sheikh, CEO of Starz Play with Humaid Sahoo, CEO of E-Vision.Content aggregator and subsidiary of Etisalat, E-Vision, and OTT platform Starz Play, have ...

The OTT solution for Saudi Broadcasting Corporation

The OTT solution for Saudi Broadcasting Corporation

by Vijaya Cherian

January 29, 2018

Hisham Arafat, Managing Director of CMT Technologies.The fully customised end-to-end OTT solution for nine HD channels and six radio channels at Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), is not ...

Dish sues IPTV operators over Arabic channels

Dish sues IPTV operators over Arabic channels

by Staff Reporter

January 20, 2018

Dish has filed suit against two over-the-top video providers, Spider-TV and Tiger Star, it says are pirating Arabic channels for unauthorised distribution, as per media reports."We feel it is our responsibility to ...

MENA online video revenues to grow annually by 22%

by Staff Reporter

January 17, 2018

Nripendra Singh, Director, Media and Entertainment, EY Africa, India and the Middle EastMost MENA markets are projected to grow online video revenues by 22% 35% annually ...

Asiasat launches OTT service

Asiasat launches OTT service

by Clayton Vallabhan

January 15, 2018

AsiaSat has broadened its satellite and media solutions with the addition of IP-based delivery solutions and OverThe-Top (OTT) service. AsiaSat recognises the demand for next generation distribution of broadcastcontent, and ...

John Kotsaftis is new VP for OTT platform Fox+

by Staff Reporter

January 12, 2018

Image source: Mybroadband.co.zaFox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) has appointed Multichoice exec John Kotsaftis in the newly created role of executive VP of OTT platform Fox+.Based in ...

Tata Sky expands security partnership with Irdeto

by Staff Reporter

January 12, 2018

Doug Lowther, CEO, IrdetoIrdeto has announced that it has expanded its long-term security partnership with Tata Sky, an India-based content distribution platform providing satellite pay TV ...

Starz Play service now available on LG Smart TVs

Starz Play service now available on LG Smart TVs

by Staff Reporter

January 3, 2018

MENA on-demand streaming platform Starz Play has partnered with LG to embed its video streaming application directly onto LG Smart TVs.Following the launch, select LG Smart TV models in the ...

Apple builds team to create original content with Amazon executives

Apple builds team to create original content with Amazon executives

by Staff Reporter

December 24, 2017

Three Amazon Studios executives have left the streaming service for similar positions at Apple, according to media reports.According to reports in Variety, Tara Sorensen, the head of Amazon kids programming, will take on a similar role ...

iflix achieves the 10bn landmark in streaming minutes

iflix achieves the 10bn landmark in streaming minutes

by Staff Reporter

December 18, 2017

iflix has announced that the video streaming platform has had 10 billion minutes streamed across its platform in 2017.The achievement, equivalent to more than 19,000 years of content streamed, marks a ...

ALTV recruits former Abla Fahita TV show producer

ALTV recruits former Abla Fahita TV show producer

by Staff Reporter

December 17, 2017

ALTV.com, the digital TV platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has appointed Wafaa Loghmari as Executive Producer.In her new role, Loghmari, 35, who has previously been working ...

OTT TV revenues to approach $120 billion by 2022

OTT TV revenues to approach $120 billion by 2022

by Staff Writer

December 14, 2017

Still from the Netflix funded series 'Stranger Things'SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) services, provided by the likes of Netflix and Amazon, will drive a surge in OTT revenues to ...

Gustav Grundström appointed VP Live OTT for Net Insight

by Staff Reporter

December 9, 2017

Net Insight, a provider of streaming, media transport and resource scheduling, has announced that Gustav Grundström has been appointed VP Live OTT. Grundström will join Net Insight during the spring ...

Catch content thieves in the act, says Edgeware’s Johan Bolin

Catch content thieves in the act, says Edgeware’s Johan Bolin

by Guest Columnist

December 6, 2017

Johan Bolin is VP Products at EdgewarePiracy is an ever-evolving problem for content creators and owners. Whether because of the cost of programming or the geographic ...

A quarter of European OTT platforms export on-demand content

A quarter of European OTT platforms export on-demand content

by Staff Reporter

November 15, 2017

The European Media Map series highlights TV market in all 28 EU countries and Turkey, which have a population footprint of 600 million.Research from TVT Media, a global ...

Android TV to boost Google’s clout in pay-TV

Android TV to boost Google’s clout in pay-TV

by Staff Reporter

November 12, 2017

As the number of Android TV devices increase, Google's influence in the pay TV market will rise, according to Greg Potter at S&P Global Market Intelligence.Google could gain increased clout ...

Mike Lang on the Hulu strategy

Mike Lang on the Hulu strategy

by Vijaya Cherian

November 11, 2017

Mike Lang, who was instrumental in founding Hulu in a previous role with Fox, and is now with Discovery Networks International, talks to BroadcastPro ME about the strategy behind creating Hulu ...

Ad insertion placement causing revenue loss for OTT

Ad insertion placement causing revenue loss for OTT

by Staff Reporter

November 1, 2017

Over the Top (OTT) streaming services offered up by Subscription and Advertising Video on Demand (SVOD & AVOD) companies risk significant revenue seepage as a result of a poor advertising ...

Showmax Africa inks content sales deal with BBC Worldwide

Showmax Africa inks content sales deal with BBC Worldwide

by Staff Reporter

October 19, 2017

A still from The DurrellsBBC Worldwide has announced at MIPCOM 2017 that it has concluded a content sales agreement with African SVOD service Showmax.The mixed-genre package which ...

A Hulu for MENA?

by Staff Reporter

October 14, 2017

Several discussions have been cropping up in various circles about the need for a collaborative OTT platform like Hulu in the MENA region and how this will be the way ...

MediaGuru upgrades Huawei’s MuchTV

MediaGuru upgrades Huawei’s MuchTV

by Staff Reporter

October 10, 2017

Sanjay Salil, Managing Director of MediaGuruHuawei, Dubai recently deployed a centralised solution to manage its media assets and push content on IPTV and OTT platforms. Huawei's ...

Motorsport.tv partners with Tata for Formula 1 streaming

Motorsport.tv partners with Tata for Formula 1 streaming

by Staff Reporter

October 8, 2017

Motorsport.tv has partnered with Tata Communications to power the international growth of the networks internet television platforms.The channel has reportedly grown its viewership in 2017, with the voices of Formula ...

Sanjay Raina drives Fox’s local strategy

Sanjay Raina drives Fox’s local strategy

by Supriya Srinivas

October 3, 2017

Sanjay Raina, GM MENAP, Fox Networks Group Middle EastWith landmark decisions on content, delivery and economics, Fox Networks Groups three new channels, Fox Crime, Fox Rewayat ...

OTT live streaming boosted by Rohde & Schwarz solution

OTT live streaming boosted by Rohde & Schwarz solution

by Staff Reporter

September 7, 2017

Rohde & Schwarz has reportedly enhanced its R&S AVHE100 encoding and multiplexing solution by adding adaptive bit rate (ABR) encoding as well as packetising for all established formats for OTT ...

Starz of the show

Starz of the show

by Vijaya Cherian

September 5, 2017

(From left) Khaled Benchouche and Saleem Bhatti, Starz Play.In the last two years, the Starz Play team has been working towards shedding its software fat and ...

Dubai Airports partners with Icflix for content streaming

by Vibhuti Arora

August 29, 2017

Dubai Airports and regional content provider Icflix are partnering to provide movies and TV shows free of charge to passengers.The initiative combines DXBs free Wi-Fi experience, WOW-Fi, with Icflixs video-on-demand service, allowing passengers ...

OSN launches new OTT service WAVO

by Staff Reporter

August 16, 2017

OSN has announced its all-new online and mobile app entertainment platform, WAVO which is now available to download from the App Store and Google Play.WAVO builds on the model of ...

IP infrastructure and targeted ad insertion: a lucrative combination

by Guest Columnist

August 15, 2017

Over-the-top (OTT) distribution, which is of course IP-based, is quickly becoming the preferred video delivery method for millions of consumers, and a state-of-the-art OTT distribution operation is now a business ...

Disney to launch Netflix-style streaming service

Disney to launch Netflix-style streaming service

by Staff Reporter

August 11, 2017

Disney is planning to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service in 2019 starting in the U.S. and expanding globally.Disney announced in a statement that it would spend heavily on original programming ...

Harmonic drives monetisation for video service providers at BroadcastAsia

by Staff Reporter

At BroadcastAsia 2017, Harmonic will demonstrate its software-based solutions for powering next-generation video services, including UHD, OTT and IP. Known for delivering pristine video quality on every screen at the ...

At the top of the game – building OTT assets

At the top of the game – building OTT assets

by Vibhuti Arora

The BroadcastPro ME roundtable with Verimatrix was held on the first day of CABSAT 2017.BroadcastPro ME recently hosted a roundtable discussion in association with video security ...

Viu hits 6 million viewers

Viu hits 6 million viewers

by Staff Reporter

OTT video service Viu hit six million monthly active users (MAU) across its markets in March this year, representing a 50% growth from four million as of November 2016. Since ...

Akamais Media Services Live adds liveOrigin capabilities

Akamais Media Services Live adds liveOrigin capabilities

by Staff Reporter

The next generation of Akamai's Media Services Live system for delivering 24/7 live/linear online video capabilities are designed to support over-the-top (OTT) video service providers, broadcasters and telcos that are ...

Friend MTS and Piksel announce partnership

Friend MTS and Piksel announce partnership

by Staff Reporter

Friend MTS and Piksel have announced a new international partnership that integrates Friend MTS ASiD with Piksels Palette.The partnership will see the two companies integrate technology into of cloud-based modular video services, and ...

Newsy partners with Verizon for OTT content

Newsy partners with Verizon for OTT content

by Staff Reporter

Verizon Digital Media Services has inked a new agreement with Newsy that makes select Newsy video content available for Verizon Digital Media Services Uplynk Video Streaming service customers. Publishers seeking content ...

OTT an opportunity in MENA

OTT an opportunity in MENA

by Staff Reporter

Ipsos recently released a report enumerating some of the factors contributing to the growth of OTT services in the MENA region. We bring you some key findings of the report ...

Netflix invites Arabic translators to take online test for subtitling jobs

Netflix invites Arabic translators to take online test for subtitling jobs

by Staff Reporter

Since its launch in more than 190 countries last January, Netflix has substantially increased the scale of its localisation efforts, offering content in a number of languages. The streaming giant presently offers ...

Akamai introduces media acceleration capabilities to optimise OTT viewing

Akamai introduces media acceleration capabilities to optimise OTT viewing

by Staff Reporter

Akamai Technologies has announced availability of Akamai Media Acceleration, which is designed to improve viewing experiences for over-the-top (OTT) video consumers and accelerate video game and other software downloads. Technology is ...

Metrological hosts first annual CABSAT Appathon

Metrological hosts first annual CABSAT Appathon

by Staff Reporter

Metrologocal App Manager.Metrological has announced it is hosting the first ever CABSAT Appathon during the show. CABSAT is the leading professional content entertainment event in the Middle ...

Bobbles.tv brings Indian entertainment packages to Europe

Bobbles.tv brings Indian entertainment packages to Europe

by Staff Reporter

February 22, 2017

Bubbles Media GmbH has announced the launch of a new entertainment package for Indian viewers in Europe on bobbles.tv.Bobbles.tv delivers 16 entertainment channels in Hindi and English including B4U Movies, ...

The right CDN

The right CDN

by Guest Columnist

February 20, 2017

Goran Appelquist, Chief Technology officer at Edgeware.Does a dedicated TV CDN deliver the best value when serving regional TV markets like the Middle East, or is ...

Icflix expands footprint in Pakistan

Icflix expands footprint in Pakistan

by Staff Reporter

February 14, 2017

Icflix is reinforcing its position in Pakistan and further strengthening its partnership with PTCL, the largest information telecommunication technology and entertainment service provider in the country.PTCL customers will be able ...

Delivering a dynamic user experience

Delivering a dynamic user experience

by Guest Columnist

November 10, 2016

Adam Nightingale isVP Sales EMEA at Accedo.A dynamic user experience can increase conversion, engage the user, reduce churn and ultimately increase revenue, says Adam Nightingale TV service ...

Icflix partners with Zain Bahrain

Icflix partners with Zain Bahrain

by Staff Reporter

November 10, 2016

Carlos Tibi, CEO and Founder of Icflix.Icflix has partnered with Zain Bahrain to offer content for a monthly fee of USD 0.27 that will also include ...

YouTube launches Arabic TV hub

YouTube launches Arabic TV hub

by Staff Reporter

September 28, 2016

A scene from Bab Al Hara.YouTube has unveiled a new digital hub for Arabic series. Called Mosalsalat, the digital hub brings together 500 Arabic TV series and categorises ...

TV for all

TV for all

by Vibhuti Arora

September 10, 2016

Heba Al Samt.Awaan, an OTT service from Dubais state broadcaster, offers content from several Arabic-language broadcasters on a common platform. Heba Al Samt, Digital Media Director ...

Akamai to focus on OTT quality at IBC

Akamai to focus on OTT quality at IBC

by Staff Reporter

September 1, 2016

Akamai Technologies plans to demonstrate its portfolio of over-the-top (OTT) video workflow and delivery solutions at IBC 2016. New capabilities on display at Akamai's IBC stand 5.B49 are designed to ...

Examining the ultra HD roll-out at the IBC conference

Examining the ultra HD roll-out at the IBC conference

by Staff Reporter

August 17, 2016

Ultra HD services are starting to roll out from the worlds broadcasters at an accelerating pace. In the UK, Sky launched its potentially ground-breaking satellite 4K service with the start of ...

Reaching a global audience

Reaching a global audience

by Guest Columnist

Samir Zehani.In the current highly competitive and complex media landscape, media service providers can help broadcasters find their audience by providing them with technical, marketing and communication ...

Vimond to launch new video editing and rights management tools

Vimond to launch new video editing and rights management tools

by Staff Reporter

Vimond is launching a new Vimond IO product that combine the capabilities and features of its two previously stand-alone digital video production tools: Vimond IO - a cloud-based, online video ...

Turkcell and Ericsson deliver Istanbul basketball derby on LTE

Turkcell and Ericsson deliver Istanbul basketball derby on LTE

by Staff Reporter

Ericsson and Turkcell have delivered the first immersive live streaming mobile experience over LTE broadcast in Turkey. This took place during a derby between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray Odeabank, two of ...

SMPTE celebrates 100 years, adds YouTube, Netflix to fund donors

SMPTE celebrates 100 years, adds YouTube, Netflix to fund donors

by Staff Reporter

Barbara Lange.As it marks its 100th anniversary, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) also celebrates the addition of YouTube, Fotokem, Netflix, and Bud ...

Boosting quality of experience

Boosting quality of experience

by Guest Columnist

Adam Lewis, CEO of Voddler Group.A key aspect of online video streaming is the Quality of Experience (QoE), which is not governed by a single entity ...

Deluxe to showcase content creation and delivery solutions

Deluxe to showcase content creation and delivery solutions

by Staff Reporter

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. (Deluxe) will showcase solutions that enable the creation and delivery of media in any format, with any workflow, to any destination. These include the software-defined ...

Netflix faces regional hurdles in the battle for global pay-OTT dominance

Netflix faces regional hurdles in the battle for global pay-OTT dominance

by Guest Columnist

Bhavesh Vaghela.Baby boomers remember an earlier TV era where the number of terrestrial channels could be counted on one hand, and not setting the video recorder ...

Erstream integrates NexGuards watermarking solution

Erstream integrates NexGuards watermarking solution

by Staff Reporter

Erstream has announced the integration of NexGuard forensic watermarking into its online video delivery platform.Erstream offers a comprehensive OTT video delivery solution for live and On Demand, which includes multi-bitrate encoding, CDN delivery, edge ...

Vimond launches Arabic-language version of the Vimond platform

Vimond launches Arabic-language version of the Vimond platform

by Staff Reporter

Vimond Media Solutions has launched an Arabic-language version of the Vimond Platform to meet accelerating demand from broadcasters across theMENA region.Vimond is engaged in several regional SVOD and live TV ...

Ericsson establishes unified delivery network with global players

Ericsson establishes unified delivery network with global players

by Staff Reporter

February 23, 2016

As highlighted by Ericsson's latest Mobility Report, networks are suffering from increased strain as OTT and video becomes an ever-more dominating force in network traffic, with an expected growth of ...

Imagine Communications to highlight IP at CABSAT

Imagine Communications to highlight IP at CABSAT

by Staff Reporter

February 17, 2016

Paul Wallis, Director of Sales, Middle East, Imagine Communications.Imagine Communications will showcase market-ready solutions that demonstrate the operational, productivity and commercial benefits of moving to software-defined ...

OSN unveils six new channels

OSN unveils six new channels

by Staff Reporter

January 26, 2016

David Butorac, CEO, OSN.OSN is unveiling six new HD channels offering blockbuster films, award-winning series, general entertainment and Arabic movies. Five new channels will be launched on February ...

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