Global video solutions provider Accedo has acquired Easel TV, a U.K.-based provider of advanced streaming technology and digital media solutions founded by media executives Joe Foster and Bill Scott. Easel TV […]
ViewLift, a sports and entertainment streaming and OTT technology provider, has appointed John Rose and Steve Byrd to its board, which is led by chairman Ted Leonsis, founder of Monumental […]
Drive audience engagement with streaming weather
Broadcasters launching 24/7 streaming channels devoted to weather, or to news with weather updates, are finding their content strategies differ vastly from what they air in their linear newscasts. Here’s what the research and early experience are showing. Pictured: Ethan Dreilinger, client solutions engineer at The Weather Company, spoke with TVNewsCheck Publisher Kathy Haley about what broadcasters are learning from their weather OTT channels, during a fireside chat at TV2025: Monetizing the Future, a TVNewsCheck conference presented at NAB Show New York.
Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, has partnered with Stoneroos (part of NEP The Netherlands) to power multiple OTT and TV streaming services. The partnership will see the Bitmovin […]
Accedo has added out-of-the box integration for Accedo One with Hoopla Digital. Integrated through Hoopla’s BingePass product, it instantly enables over-the-top (OTT) video service providers to connect with the vast network of library card […]
Appear, a global provider of media processing and delivery technology, will introduce advancements in its latest integrated technology partnership at IBC (Sept. 15-18, RAI Amsterdam). The collaboration with Skyline and its DataMiner […]
OTTera, a provider of FAST linear and OTT application solutions, has announced a collaboration with Animaj, a next-generation kids’ media company, and Ubisoft Film & Television, the film and television […]
The agency is being pushed on extending good-faith rules to OTT providers, making ISPs pay into Universal Service Fund. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has recently suggested that Congress may have to step in to give the FCC the regulatory authority that the Cable Acts of 1984 and 1992 gave it over traditional video. since those laws did not apply to, or anticipate, OTT. But she has apparently not ruled it out. “We are carefully reviewing the issue and exploring our options,” said an FCC spokesperson.
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel sent a clear signal to Congress she is not looking to apply multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) regulations to streaming video services, and that she does not think the regulator has the authority to expand into that area in any event. Her remarks came in testimony to the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s FCC oversight hearing in its communications subcommittee.
Access Europe GmbH has launched Access Twine for TV Operators (T4TO) that is designed to: Provide TV and telcos with the simplest route to enhance their customer offerings, combining a […]
A new Convergence Research overview report on U.S. streaming (OTT) and pay TV trends highlights continued but slowing growth in streaming revenue, in an analysis of 50-plus providers (80 services) led by Netflix, Disney (including Hulu), Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon.
Future Today, a provider of ad-supported streaming, is now a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Future Today said its flagship channels — HappyKids, Fawesome and iFood.tv — “consistently rank among the […]
Samba TV, a provider of TV technology for audience data and omniscreen measurement, is partnering with Epsilon, a global advertising and marketing technology company and part of Publicis Groupe, to […]
Premion, a premium Connected TV (CTV)/OTT advertising platform for regional and local advertisers, announced that its CTV inventory exceeds industry benchmarks for co-viewing and capturing viewer attention as measured by […]
Attendance and exhibitors will still fall well below the pre-pandemic high-water mark, but station groups and vendors plan to hit the Sunday-Wednesday event with packed schedules and shopping lists.
The new capability includes feeds that have unique, streamed content that is not available on the station’s over-the-air channels or direct-to-cable station feeds.
TV stations are still putting most of their dollars into on-prem hardware for master control functions, with their cloud investments aimed at OTT and disaster recovery. Pictured: Imagine recently partnered with Vizrt to integrate its cloud playout software with Vizrt’s live production tools.