ESPN and the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the ACC Network will launch on Aug. 22, 2019. Kick starting their ACC platform one week later will be the first conference football game where Georgia Tech plays Clemson. The 24/7 network will air 1,300 live events annually across its TV and digital offerings based off of the […]
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Limelight Networks, Ericsson Collaborate on Content Delivery and Edge Cloud Services
Limelight Networks Targets New Experiences for Live Events with Streaming Solution
Edge cloud service provider Limelight Networks introduced a new live streaming offering that aims to reduce latency issues and enable interactive live streaming experiences. Limelight’s Realtime Streaming product is targeted at broadcasters, OTT services, or social media platforms that have rights to live stream sports events, as well as online casinos and esports platforms to […]
Hulu and Discovery Increase Live and On-Demand Programming
Discovery Inc. and Hulu announced a distribution agreement that will expand Discovery’s portfolio of real life entertainment brands to Hulu’s on-demand and live TV subscription streaming services. This multi-year agreement will grow Hulu’s Discovery programming to nearly 4,000 episodes of shows such as Deadliest Catch, Naked and Afraid, Gold Rush, Chopped, House Hunters and more. […]
Virgin TV and Zone·tv Create Personalized Video on Demand for Kids
Virgin Media has announced the launch of its personalized Video on Demand (VoD) Channel for children, My Virgin TV Kids, in collaboration with zone·tv. My Virgin TV Kids Dynamic Channel will allow young users to customize what they watch in order to create their own personalized playlist. This is the first European launch for zone·tv […]
Netflix Tries to Clear Confusion Over Video Promo Insertion
Nielsen’s Gracenote Targets Streaming With New Mobile Video Analytics Offering
Nielsen’s Gracenote unit has introduced a new analytics offering that aims to provide insights into the performance of mobile video streaming apps and its impact on subscriber engagement and retention. The Mobile Video Analytics product is geared toward wireless operators, MVPDs, video streaming services and device makers, according to the company. Gracenote’s new offering focuses […]
DAZN, Limelight Collaborate on Live Sports Streaming
Streaming sports service DAZN is partnering with Limelight Networks in an effort to provide “broadcast-like” quality to its live game streaming. DAZN officials said they turned to Limelight when projections showed the service would run out of the server capacity needed to broadcast soccer games under its contract with Japan’s J. League. The company is […]
Viacom to Acquire AwesomenessTV
Viacom on Friday announced plans to acquire youth-focused media company AwesomenessTV. The deal, however, was reported to be significantly below prior valuations attached to Awesomeness. Awesomeness, which began as a YouTube channel and expanded into additional channels and original programming distribution, was acquired by DreamWorks Animation — a subsidiary of Comcast’s NBCUniversal — in 2013 […]
Nod for Disney’s $71.3B Acquisition of Fox Entertainment
Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox’s entertainment division is one step closer after shareholders approved the deal Friday. The tie-up brings together Marvel’s X-Men and Avengers franchises and creates an entertainment behemoth in the digital streaming era. The shareholder vote caps a saga that began in December 2017, when Disney made its first […]