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17 Jul 2023

Rakuten TV launches FIFA+ FAST channel ahead of FIFA Women’s World Cup

Rakuten TV is introducing a new football FAST channel called FIFA+ to provide football enthusiasts with an immersive experience of the game they love, just in time for the FIFA Women’s World Cup commencing on July 20th. The FIFA+ FAST channel will be accessible in several European markets, including the UK, Spain, France, Germany, and Italy. It will feature a wide range of captivating content, including compelling storytelling, iconic players, a collection of FIFA+ Originals, and a selection of action-packed FIFA archives highlighting the best moments from the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup. Viewers can enjoy full match replays, highlights, and curated collections. Cedric Dufour, CEO and President of Rakuten TV, said, “Sport has been an important [...]

17 Jul 2023

TikTok lance son propre service de streaming musical

Bien qu’il semble difficile de s’implanter sur le marché du streaming musical en 2023 et que Spotify et Apple Music soient de solides concurrents, TikTok annonce son arrivée dans le domaine. Nommée TikTok Music, l’application compte sur les aficionados du réseau social éponyme pour tirer sa part du gâteau. Quand le streaming s’inspire des réseaux sociaux Si TikTok Music fonctionne de façon très similaire aux autres services de streaming, à savoir l’accès à un catalogue complet de titres musicaux et la création de playlists, l’entreprise prévoit une stratégie bien ficelée pour attirer les adolescents. L’application recommande des morceaux de manière personnalisée en se basant sur les musiques devenues virales sur les vidéos du réseau social TikTok. Quelques fonctionnalités additionnelles se [...]

13 Jul 2023

Liste des contenus Ultra HD 4K Canal+ jusqu’au 31 juillet 2023

À condition de posséder le nouveau Décodeur Canal+, un boîtier Apple TV 4K (faisant désormais office de décodeur Canal+ UHD), une box multimédia Shield TV, un TV Samsung (Tizen), LG (WebOS), Hisense (Vidaa) ou un Smart Android TV (Philips, Sony, TCL…) Ultra HD 4K, en plus de l'abonnement Canal+, il est donc possible de profiter en Ultra HD/4K des programmes suivants : Lire la suite

13 Jul 2023

Pluto TV is now available to Virgin Media customers

Virgin Media households with either the Virgin TV 360 or Stream products can now receive over 100 live linear channels from Pluto TV. The genres span drama, news, sport, entertainment and kids’ programmes alongside thousands of iconic films and television series on-demand. FAST channels on the platform include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which follows an elite team of forensic investigators. Curated live channels in the Pluto TV app include 5 Cops, featuring the best of Channel 5’s ‘blue light’ series, including Police Interceptors and Motorway Cops. David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media O2, said: “Virgin TV brings together fantastic programming and popular apps that we know our customers will love. With Pluto TV now available on [...]

13 Jul 2023

HBO shows are finally coming to Netflix

Netflix has been the temporary home of content from many companies. However, there’s one company that’s yet to place its shows on the streaming service, and that’s HBO. However, thanks to a report from Deadline (via Engadget), HBO is finally making some of its content available on Netflix in the US. The home of most of HBO’s shows and movies can be found on MAX. The company originally showed all of its content on HBO MAX, but the company merged its content with Discovery+. The merged streaming service is MAX, and it gives you access to content from both of the streaming services. However, HBO had to shed a bunch of its HBO MAX content in the process. If you’re [...]

13 Jul 2023

Increased reach for TVP services

Up to five thematic channels operated by the Polish public broadcaster TVP are now being distributed by the operators Play and UPC. According to TVP, the channels in question are TVP Info, TVP Kultura, TVP Nauka and Alfa TVP. Separately, the public broadcaster’s on demand service TVP VOD can now be received on Samsung TVs with the Tizen 3.0 operating system. As a result, the TVP VOD app is now available on over 84% of smart TVs in Poland. These include LG and Hisense as well as Samsung. TVP has also released a new mobile app for the channel TVP Polonia, which is aimed principally at the Polish diaspora.

13 Jul 2023

Connect Fibre adds Netgem-powered TV bundles

Looking to add further value to its gigabit connectivity bundles, UK altnet Connect Fibre has chosen TV-as-a-service provider Netgem to complement its full-fibre broadband service with video products based on Netgem’s streaming solutions for UK ISPs. Netgem 6July2023 Founded in 2019, the Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre focuses on providing broadband offers at what it claims are “reasonable prices” to compete with fibre ISPs on the networks of Openreach, CityFibre or Virgin. The new TV service includes over 215 live channels including 100 channels in addition to Freeview - with 45+ channel dedicated to sport such as MBL.TV, The Rugby Network and Pop kids. There are also 100.000 hours of included content with 25 Freeview Play catch-up such as ITVX [...]

13 Jul 2023

DVB-I shows promise for future television distribution in Germany

Germany’s DVB-I pilot is to enter a second phase, according to Christian Klöckner, Technology & Innovation Engineer at WDR, Cologne. As previously reported in Broadband TV News, the Pilot group published its conclusions at the end of May. In an article for EBU tech-i magazine, Klöckner said the earlier trial had identified a need for an organisation that would validate broadcaster lists according to the DVB-I standard and to provide regional updates. In Germany this could be achieved through the public value lists provided by the German Media Authorities, but that was also a need to classify offers not included in the public value list. Support for the classification of packages needing digital rights management (DRM) is now being addressed [...]

13 Jul 2023

Zattoo adds three FAST Channels

Zattoo now offers the FAST Channels Heimatkino, Fabella and TemporaTV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. With the three additions, which are operated by Plaion Pictures, Zattoo is now distributing a total of 14 ad-financed, free linear streaming channels. Heimatkino shows emotional and entertaining movies from almost 100 years of German film history. Fabella focuses on love stories, dramas and comedies, while TemporaTV screens documentaries and reports on contemporary history. The channels’ content can be paused at any time, restarted and watched on-demand.

12 Jul 2023

Google’s next gaming play might be mini ‘Playables’ in YouTube

Following Stadia’s death at the start of this year, Google looks to be planning another gaming initiative inside YouTube with “Playables.” According to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, “YouTube is internally testing a product for playing online games.” “Playables” is the name of this gaming feature with titles accessible from the YouTube app/website on “mobile devices or desktop computers.” The report says there are several, but only details one: “Stack Bounce, an arcade game in which players attempt to smash layers of bricks with a bouncing ball.” It’s currently being tested internally with employees. A quick search reveals that it is an existing GameSnacks title, which originated as an Area 120 project to create games for low-power devices that [...]