| 09 March 2021
Continuing to expand its footprint across Western Europe with key partnerships in the region, SPI/FilmBox and one of Germany’s leading fibre network operators, Pyur, have signed a distribution deal for SPI’s FunBox UHD.
FunBox UHD offers premium native Ultra HD programming dedicated to entertainment and lifestyle acquired from top producers and distributors around the globe. The deal will see the channel available both on Pyur’s linear channel and, in the future, on-demand content available on Pyur’s services in Germany. It will be available to all Pyur Advance TV subscribers at no additional costs.
“With FunBox UHD, we are providing our customers with another channel in UHD quality, further pursuing our goal of offering Pyur customers new and varied content on our network,” said Stefan Riedel, chief consumer officer at Pyur parent Tele Columbus AG.
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| 07 March 2021
As it expands the reach of its video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view (PPV) library online, FreeCast is to deploy Zixi’s software-defined video platform (SDVP) for B2B distribution of its live linear channels over IP networks.
SDVP has been integrated with Google Cloud, using the Google Cloud infrastructure and platform capabilities, as well as Zixi APIs.FreeCast will use SDVP with SelectTV, its service designed for bandwidth distributors and device manufacturers, in order to help with live video delivery for the service’s clients. The software will enable FreeCast to adjust to varying network conditions and use forward error correction techniques for video transport over IP with what Zixi says will be minimal latency. SDVP will also provide DTLS and AES encryption, allowing for protected multicast transport and bandwidth efficiency.
| 07 March 2021
A study from independent omnichannel sell-side advertising platform Magnite, has found that half (51%) of UK viewers’ time spent watching TV takes place on streaming channels, and if they could only keep one, over half (55%) would choose streaming services versus broadcast linear TV (45%).
Magnite’s CTV: The Future Forward examined the opinion of 10,500 consumers across the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, looking at how audiences are consuming TV and examining the opportunity for marketers seeking to connect with engaged audiences as the shift to connected TV (CTV) accelerates and consumer behaviour evolve.
The fundamental trend was that there was increasing adoption for CTV services especially in the UK which leads in terms of CTV adoption in the five EU5, according to the report. Among the five countries surveyed, almost seven in ten (69%) UK consumers preferred streaming services to broadcast linear TV (31%) while nearly nine in ten (89%)
Deals round up Friday, March 5
Deals round up Friday, March 5
In honor of Frigg, Goddess of wisdom and foresight, we bring you all the deals you can handle.
The Buy Area Staff
FacebookTwitterEmail Friday is named after Frigg, the Norse god of foresight and wisdom. It s fitting, then, that we would have a collection of deals for you today, since what s more foresighted and wise than spending as little as possible on some great gadgets?