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Verizon Courts Cord-cutters with Newly-announced 5G Home Service with Free Apple TV or ChromecastSeptember 13, 2018Verizon recently announced the rollout of its 5G wireless home broadband service in the US, 5G Home, with orders opening September 13th, 2018 and launch beginning October 1st in Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. The company is touting typical speeds of approximately 300 Mbps, peaking at 1 Gigabit, with no data caps. The service is priced at $50/month for existing Verizon subscribers, and $70/month for non-subscribers, and comes with three months of YouTube TV free. Subscribers also receive their choice of a free Google Chromecast Ultra or Apple TV 4K.Subscribers Only
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Comcast outbids Disney for Fox, as court clears way for AT&T takeover of Time WarnerJune 14, 2018Comcast has made an offer for the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, outbidding the Walt Disney Company by around 19%. The offer, which would bring the NBC Universal and Fox movie and TV studios, cable networks and other operations including Sky under the same roof, was delivered by Comcast in a letter to the Fox board of directors yesterday. Comcast’s offer is for $35 per share in cash, with a value of $65 billion. In December, Fox shareholders agreed to sell the assets to Walt Disney for $52.4 billion in an all-stock transaction. Comcast is also making an offer to buy Sky, and said it would continue to pursue the acquisition in parallel with the Fox deal. The UK government approved both this offer and the Fox proposal to buy full control of Sky earlier this month. On Tuesday this week, a US federal court judge cleared the way for AT&T to acquire Time Warner, dismissing the government’s view that the takeover would be anti-competitive. The offer, worth $106 billion, was first made in December 2016. Barring a further move to block the deal by the US government, AT&T said it would aim to complete the deal by 20 June.Subscribers Only
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BT outlines new consumer strategyMay 17, 2018BT this week outlined the new strategy for its consumer division, which encompasses the BT, EE and Plusnet brands. At the centre of the strategy is the theme of convergence, with several announcements in this area.
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Verimatrix acquires Mirimon technology and teamJune 27, 2017Content security firm Verimatrix has acquired Genius Digital’s Mirimon engineering team, technology, and associated IP. The Mirimon stack comprises a set of technologies that allow service providers to harvest data from a range of end-user devices, and from operator-managed consumer premises equipment (CPE) in particular. Verimatrix’s Verspective analytics proposition will integrate the technology. The acquisition’s value is unknown. However, given that Genius Digital generated turnover of roughly USD 1.5m in 2015, IHS Markit believes that the deal was modest in size.Subscribers Only
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Zenterio acquires AdscribeJanuary 03, 2017TV operating system provider Zenterio has acquired the remaining 75% of the advertising technology company Adscribe.Subscribers Only
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Accedo merges with DigiflareDecember 14, 2016Multiscreen video app providers Accedo and Digiflare, based in Stockholm and Toronto respectively, will merge to create an app specialist with an enhanced position in the video experience market.Subscribers Only
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Ericsson taps into Android TV with Google partnershipSeptember 19, 2016Ericsson is collaborating with Google to extend the scale of its MediaFirst TV platform. MediaFirst will be integrated into Google’s Android TV ecosystem, and as such, will allow operators to launch Android-TV-based services with ease.Subscribers Only
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Kaltura partners with Microsoft Azure to strengthen its cloud-based OTT solutionSeptember 05, 2016Media and OTT solutions-provider Kaltura has partnered with Microsoft Azure. Kaltura’s OTT TV solution will be integrated with Microsoft Azure’s cloud infrastructure to provide OTT services to customers worldwide.Subscribers Only
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Neulion acquires Saffron DigitalJune 20, 2016OTT solutions provider NeuLion is set to acquire Saffron Digital. While the value of the transaction is not known, it is clear that the deal will allow the two technology-and-services companies to fill gaps in their respective solution portfolios.Subscribers Only
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AT&T and Quickplay - as much about OTT as it is about hedging, diversification, and tech captureMay 25, 2016AT&T is set to acquire OTT solutions and managed-media- services provider Quickplay Media. Although the terms of the deal are unknown, the sale almost certainly surpasses USD 100m in value; private equity group Madison Dearborn Partners purchased a majority stake in Quickplay in Q3 2012 for roughly USD 100m.Subscribers Only
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Rovi acquires TiVoMay 04, 2016The heavens have aligned for two of the media-and-entertainment industry’s technology giants. Analytics, program guide and IP-licensing kingpin Rovi will acquire OTT software, UI pioneer and DVR progenitor TiVo. Valued at roughly USD 1.1 billion, the deal remains subject to closing conditions, is expected to conclude by the end of the third quarter, 2016, and will usher in the disappearance of the Rovi brand entirely.Subscribers Only
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IBM acquires ClearleapDecember 16, 2015IBM has agreed to acquire Clearleap, a US based company who provides over-the-top (OTT) video solutions to the media sector. Clearleap’s OTT stack and SaaS solutions will be integrated into the IBM Cloud platform, and collectively, the combined portfolio will be positioned to help media companies reduce the complexity and expense of delivering digital content. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.Subscribers Only
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Sky unveils its new Sky Q multimedia home gateway set-top boxesNovember 19, 2015Sky unveils its new Sky Q multimedia home gateway set-top boxes UK Satellite pay TV and ISP provider Sky has announced its new Sky Q set-top box family. The new product range, set to launch early 2016, features two flavours of multimedia home gateways (MHG): the standard box “Sky Q” and its premium equivalent “Sky Q Silver”, there is also a companion thin client branded the “Sky Q Mini”...
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Sky aims to re-establish itself as innovation leader with new Sky Q platformNovember 18, 2015UK pay TV market leader Sky today unveiled a new suite of premium products, grouped together under the Sky Q brand, designed to offer the most complete and joined-up TV viewing experience possible. The service will be made available to the operator’s satellite customers in the UK and Ireland in early 2016.Subscribers Only
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Filmin Latino launches in MexicoAugust 07, 2015Spanish OTT service provider Filmin and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) have launched Filmin Latino, an OTT video-on-demand service, in Mexico.Subscribers Only
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Paramount does deal to shorten windows on non-blockbuster moviesJuly 14, 2015Paramount has agreed to shorten the theatrical window on a two films, once each film’s main theatrical life has played out.Subscribers Only
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China’s cable TV operators to focus on multiscreen TVMay 05, 2015The 23rd China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN) took place in Beijing from March 24 to 28. China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT) used the show communicate new strategic directions for the development of China’s TV broadcasting. The government is encouraging cable TV operators to upgrade their networks to support multiscreen TV services to connected devices, now that TV digitization is almost complete. There were 234 million of cable TV users and 184 million digital subscribers at the end of 2014.Subscribers Only
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Can V-Nova squeeze HEVC out of the compression market?April 22, 2015UK-based video encoding start-up V-Nova has unveiled a proprietary compression algorithm called Perseus, which it claims uses a set of technologies that are completely new to the industry, and is a competitor to industry standard MPEG’s next-generation codec HEVC. While little has been disclosed about the technical inner workings and processes behind its compression V-Nova claims that Perseus is more efficient and scales better than HEVC.Subscribers Only
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Free deploys the first Android TV set-top box with UHDApril 22, 2015Free deploys the first Android TV set-top box with UHD French telco Free has launched its UHD offering “Mini 4K” as the new default entry-level TV package, succeeding the HD Freebox Crystal. The package is composed of a set-top box (named Player), running on Android TV with Google Cast functionality and a broadband gateway (named Server) with an integrated Femtocell. The STB can be connected to the gateway wirelessly using 802.11n or wired Ethernet or via FreePlug power-line home networking adapters. The Mini 4K package is available to new subscribers for €29.99 a month on a rolling contract, whilst existing subscribers with a Freebox Revolution can get the Mini 4K STB as a second box for an additional €1.99 per month.Subscribers Only
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Dish adds HBO to Sling TV serviceMarch 26, 2015Dish TV is adding HBO to its over-the-top Sling TV service. The premium pay TV content provider will be available for $15 a month as an add-on package. The deal comes as part of a larger carriage deal between Turner Networks covering satellite and OTT.Subscribers Only
