New research carried out on behalf of the UK content protection organisation FACT has found illegal sports streaming sites expose fans to financial fraud, dangerous scams, and explicit content. The research from Opentext Security Solutions, which investigates cyber resilience, found all 50 streaming sites analysed were found to have malicious content. More than 90% of […]

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Broadband TV News : Radioplayer added to Sky Q in Germany and the UK
Radioplayer, which offers public and commercial radio stations online, has been added to Sky Q in both the UK and Germany. In the UK, Radioplayer is offering stations from the commercial and community sectors, as the BBC already has its own BBC Sounds app on the platform. The app is currently found on the home […]

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Broadband TV News : New Warner Bros. Discovery leadership team
Jamie Cooke, who was appointed general manager Warner Bros. Discovery CEE, Baltics, Middle East, Mediterranean and Turkey (CEE MENAT) in June, has announced his leadership team. Under it: Roni Patel will be responsible for managing Content Licensing for the combined region and the Nordics. Andrei Grigorescu will be responsible for Ad-Sales for the combined region. […]

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Broadband TV News : Telekom Srbija maintains regional lead
Telekom Srbija was the leading telco in the countries of the former Yugoslavia for the second year in a row in 2021. Quoting a study by the Croatian publication Media Daily that looks at the 20 largest telcos in the region, b92 reports that the Serbian incumbent came top in terms of business income, income […]

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Broadband TV News : Hungary’s 4iG strengthens management
The Hungarian info-communications group 4iG has decided on a new management structure in response to the increased tasks and the size of the company. Effective September 1, it will see the strategic and operational management and thus the positions of president and CEO separated: Jászai Gellért will be the group’s majority shareholder and continue to […]

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Broadband TV News : Gazprom-Media looks to Iran
The top management of Russia’s Gazprom-Media has held a meeting with a delegation from Iran. According to the company, the delegation was received by CEO Alexander Zharov, his deputy and Rutube CEO Alexander Moiseev and Vadim Vershchagin, the CEO of Central Partnership. It included Mohommad Khazan, the deputy minister of culture and head of the […]

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Broadband TV News : Chris Dziadul Reports: Russian OTT update
This is turning out to be an interesting year for Russia’s OTT industry. Last month we saw Rostelecom and National Media Group (NMG) enter into an agreement of intent to merge their platforms Wink and more.TV. The move, which is aimed at strengthening the position of both parties in the Russian content production and distribution […]

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Broadband TV News : Service List Registry introduces Pilot Programme
Channels wanting to join the Service List Registry will be able to sign up to a pilot programme during IBC 2022 (Amsterdam, September 9-12). Based on the open DVB-I standard, the SLR database enables compatible displays, devices and applications to discover and access audiovisual services across multiple networks, including fixed and wireless internet connections and […]

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Broadband TV News : Discovery pulls out of GB News in £60m refinancing
Discovery has sold its share in GB News after the merger with WarnerMedia in May this year. Its holding has been acquired by existing backers Legatum Ventures Limited and Sir Paul Marshall as part of a Series B funding round that has also resulted in co-founders Andrew Cole and Mark Schneider resigning from the Board […]

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Broadband TV News : Q&A with Jim Owens, CommScope
Broadband TV News speaks with Jim Owens, Sr. Director, Product Management, Advertising and Video Optimisation, CommScope, about the company’s activities and plans for the future. The CommScope Advertising and Video Optimisation business focuses on two areas of IP Video, namely manifest manipulation and Multicast Adaptive Bitrate streaming (MABR). How did that come about? The CommScope […]

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