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Euronews partners with fuboTV

Euronews has signed a partnership agreement for North America and Spain with the sports-first live TV streaming platform fuboTV.

Under the terms of the deal, Euronews’ English language edition and Africanews’ English language edition are now available on the fuboTV platform in the US.

Euronews says that with this latest move, it continues to grow its presence in the OTT market in North America. Over the past two years, it has developed multiple partnerships with major digital players, including PlutoTV, Roku, Tubi, Plex, Distro TV with a major focus on growing its reach via connected TV and OTT platform providers across the US.

Commenting on the development, Maxime Carboni, director of worldwide distribution at Euronews, said: “We are very excited about this cooperation with fuboTV. Expanding our reach in North America in the OTT market with a strong partner like fuboTV fits in perfectly with our successful business and audience growth strategy, which has been transforming our access to US consumers across the last 2 years. News continues to be an audience driver for the Live TV experience and a place where innovation is critical. We are thrilled to share these values and continue our development in streaming with such a recognised partner like fuboTV”.

Euronews broadcasts in 160 countries and is distributed in over 440 million homes, including 68% of homes in the European Union and UK. With almost 21 million followers/subscribers on social media platforms and an average of 24.5 million+ unique monthly visitors on its website and app, it already has a strong digital audience, reaching 200 million monthly users across connected devices and OTT.
 
Cartoonito to rollout across Europe

Thomas the Tank Engine and his Friends are steaming into Europe as part of the development of Cartoonito in the region.

WarnerMedia’s preschool brand is launching as a linear channel across EMEA. It already exists as a linear channel in the UK, where Cartoonito built its audience share in 2021, in Italy and, as a programming block in the Middle East and Turkey, will debut a new look in these regions alongside a growing slate of new and library series and exciting global acquisitions set to launch across EMEA. Last autumn, a branded block launched on HBO Max in the Nordics.

The programming slate also includes Lucas the Spider (pictured), Little Ellen, Mush, and Mush and the Mushables.

Vanessa Brookman, Senior Vice President, Kids & Family EMEA for WarnerMedia said: “Cartoonito’s EMEA rollout builds the brand’s global presence and reaffirms our commitment to our preschool audience. With a truly educational philosophy at its heart, the brand offers a safe space where preschoolers are free to be themselves in all their unique, unfiltered glory. We are excited to introduce Cartoonito’s diverse, authentic and relatable storytelling to a new generation of kids and their parents.”

The Cartoonito brand launched in the United States in September.
 
Ziggo Sport acquires exclusive rights to the Rugby World Cup

Ziggo Sport has acquired the exclusive rights to live matches from the Rugby World Cup 2023. Dutch viewers will be able to enjoy the competition in their own time zone as the host nation is France.

The package includes include the postponed Rugby World Cup 2021 for women, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Rugby WXV 2023 (new women’s international tournament) and the HSBC World Rugby Seven Series.

Ziggo has been the home of the Six Nations, the northern hemisphere’s prestigious rugby championship that began this weekend.

“The enthusiasm of the fans in the completely sold-out stadiums, the physical exhaustion on the field and the mutual sportsmanship make rugby one of the most beautiful spectator sports that sports lovers appreciate,” says Marcel Beerthuizen, director of Ziggo Sport. “With our programming, we are trying to retain the widest possible audience and are constantly working to further strengthen our rights package. That’s why I’m pleased that we can offer our viewers such a large and appealing tournament as the Rugby World Cup.”

The Rugby World Cup features the twenty best national teams competing for the official world championship.

The current defending champion is South Africa.
 
TVN Discovery starts info campaign

TVN Discovery Group has launched an information campaign designed to make the public aware that the licence for Poland’s most popular entertainment channel TVN7 will shortly expire.

In a statement, it says: “Several days remain until the expiry of the current licence, and the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has not yet made a decision to grant a licence for another period, despite the broadcaster meeting all the conditions”.

It adds that “viewers can express their solidarity with the channel by asking the KRRiT for an immediate licence”.

The campaign began on TVN7 on February 8 and is being extended to all of the group’s channels on February 9.

Broadband TV News notes that the KRRiT is holding back on awarding TVN7 a terrestrial licence, echoing a similar situation that existed last year for the flagship TVN that could have resulted in Discovery being forced to exit the Polish market. This was only averted at the last moment when President Andrzej Duda vetoed the so-called ‘Lex TVN’.

Although TVN7 recently received a Dutch cable and satellite licence, it will no longer be available terrestrially in Poland if it fails to secure a licence from the KRRiT.
 
Discovery expands Latvian partnership

Discovery has entered into a new strategic agreement with the Latvian operator Balticom.

As a result, Balticom will continue to offer to its viewers content from Discovery’s portfolio including the upcoming Olympic Games Beijing 2022.

Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2 and TLC are included in the Basic subscription package and these channels will also be available to watch on Balticom’s OTT platfom. In addition, subscribers with DVB-C decoders (Digital Basic) will be able to watch the content from two extra channels in the Discovery’s portfolio, namely DTX and ID.

Commenting on the development, Slavena Dimova, distribution manager – NEE for Discovery, said: “Discovery and Balticom already have a great history and we are happy to take our partnership even further with this new agreement. Latvia is a priority in this region for Discovery. We are very pleased to be able to offer our addictive and captivating content from our portfolio to Balticom subscribers”.

Dmitrijs Smirnovs, director of commerce department for Balticom, added: “We consider our cooperation to be an important stage in the development of Balticom network, since Discovery has great demand among our current subscribers and local residents in general. We are absolutely delighted to offer our clients Discovery’s interactive content and look forward to a long-term partnership”.
 
Bulsatcom dismisses bankruptcy reports

The Bulgarian operator Bulsatcom has denied recent reports in the local and international media that the company is facing bankruptcy.

In an official statement provided to Broadband TV News, it said: “With its 35% market share Bulsatcom is Bulgaria’s undisputed pay-TV market leader, as well as the country’s third largest provider of broadband services. The company is a financially stable, growth-oriented and strongly performing asset, controlled by a group of top-tier institutional investors, such as BlackRock, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Blantyre Capital, the Bulgarian Development Bank and Integral Venture Partners. In March 2020, after having completed a financial restructuring of the company, the investors’ group brought in new professional management, led by Stanislav Georgiev as a CEO, to push through measures to operationally restructure the company, stabilise its financial performance and steer the business back to growth. At present the measures bear fruit, namely Bulsatcom is on a successful track to upgrade its DTH clients to interactive TV (via network-agnostic IPTV and streaming services), delivers to its clients rich and diverse content portfolio, including its own movie channels, a channel dedicated to Bulgarian sports, numerous 4K channels, as well as an Android TV-based service. “b-box” is arguably among the most advanced and feature-packed products in the region, also capable to cater to the Bulgarian diaspora abroad.

“Bulsatcom’s founders and former co-owners started the company as a family-run, small-town cable TV distributor some 17 years ago. Within just a decade they steered the company towards a market dominant position, initially by offering satellite-based TV services and later on, IPTV. Despite its undisputed market leadership, Bulsatcom temporarily struggled through a period of some financial instability in the years 2016-2019. The founders and then co-owners of the company undertook two ambitious projects, foreign to the core-business of the company. They invested in two simultaneous, internally competing and investment-intensive ventures: launched their own satellite, called “Bulgaria Sat”, as well acquired a 4G licence and established an MNO. Financed by loans that were only partially served, the two ventures eventually brought Bulsatcom to a financial hardship, which demanded the intervention by the company’s creditors, resulting in financial restructuring. BlackRock, Blantyre Capital and EBRD recognised the market leader Bulsatcom as a promising opportunity to enter this Eastern European market and opted, along with the Bulgarian Development Bank, also an institutional investor, to invest and transform the company back into the financially and operationally stable asset that it is today.

“Bulsatcom’s retained market leadership, its recovered financial stability and its constantly improving business performance motivated also one of Bulsatcom’s former co-owners, a minority shareholder after the restructuring, to attempt to reacquire the company. What ensued was an unsuccessful execution of a pre-determined buy-back option in Dec 2020, due to a lacking approach. Disputes in court followed, as well as multiple public statements and legal actions, seemingly aimed to destabilise and devalue the asset, in order to reduce Bulsatcom’s attractiveness to other investors.

“Most recently, pulling out a previously unannounced “Golden parachute” and combining it with some inflated invoices issued by friendly companies, which Bulsatcom refused to recognise, the former owner submitted a claim for insolvency of Bulsatcom to the Bulgarian court. This tactic is unfortunately not unpopular in the Bulgarian business and legal environment, where the submission of such claims is simply the matter of a court fee of £110. With regards to this claim, Bulsatcom’s management remains confident that the truth will prevail and that the Bulgarian court will very soon rule this insolvency claim as unsubstantiated.

“Today Bulsatcom is operationally well capitalised and benefits from close engagement and continued financial support from its investor group. The company stays firmly in its market-leader position, constantly expanding its TV channels content portfolio and curating prime drama titles in its self-run movie channels action.box, cine.box and comedy.box, with the mission to deliver the best TV entertainment to its clients’ homes. Under its new management, Bulsatcom has been the first operator to introduce in Bulgaria Eurosport 4K, the Turkish-drama channel Dizi, BBC Earth, LoveNature 4K. Using innovative broadcast technologies, Bulsatcom was the first company to deliver live coverage of the cycling tour of Bulgaria on its b1b.box channel, fully dedicated to promoting and broadcasting Bulgarian sports”.
 
Vectra launches TV Smart Go

Poland’s leading cable operator Vectra has unveiled a new version of an application enabling mobile access to TV and content on demand.

Known as TV Smart GO, it is available for smartphones and tablets with iOS or Android, as well on Android TV devices, including a wide range of TV sets. It can also be accessed via a dedicated website.

The application can be used by every Vectra service customer. Subscribers with TV services can watch TV channels and VOD, while those without TV services can watch the wide VOD offer.

Currently, over 1.7 million customers use the services of the Vectra Group. The operator’s network covers nearly 4.5 million households.

Vectra Group’s fiber-optic backbone network is one of the leading telecommunications infrastructures in Poland.
 
DW, VoA and Euronews facing Turkish ban

Turkey has given three international broadcasters a deadline of 72 hours to apply for local licences or be taken off the air.

“Deutsche Welle, Voice of America and Euronews have been given a deadline of 72 hours by the RTÜK. They must apply for a broadcast licence within that period or face a broadcast ban,” said Okan Konuralp, a member of the Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Twitter.

At issue are the broadcasters’ websites that have drawn the attention of the authorities because they also feature video news. Such websites have become increasingly popular in Turkey as the government places restrictions on local news outlets.

If the broadcasters don’t apply for a licence the regulator has the right to go to court and get the website closed down.

RTÜK is expected to publish a decision in the next 7 to 10 days.

The decision is likely to be a political one because the majority of the RTÜK’s board members are from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party.

RTÜK has been responsible for the regulation of online content since 2018. Streaming platforms including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have successfully obtained licences.
 
PPF Group to buy RTL Croatia

RTL Group has agreed to sell 100% of its Croatian operation to PPF Group’s subsidiary CME for €50 million.

As part of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals from the Croatian Competition Authority and Croatian Agency for Electronic Media and expected to close in the second quarter of 2022, CME has secured the long-term rights to retain the use of the RTL brand in Croatia.

Broadband TV News notes that the transaction marks a return for CME to Croatia. In July 2018, it received final regulatory approval to sell its assets in the country to Slovenia Broadband, a subsidiary of United Group.

Meanwhile, RTL Group has been the majority shareholder of RTL Croatia since its establishment in 2004, and since July 2015 it has been fully owned by the company.

Commenting on the transaction, Didier Stoessel, CME CEO for Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, said:
“As a PPF company, we are always open to interesting ideas for growth and investment and see that the Adriatic is a growing region with exceptional potential. We have a very successful operation with ProPlus in the region and I believe that these two Adriatic countries can work well in parallel. As in our other countries,we will focus on digitalisation and local content creation, while continuing to excel in pluralistic and high-quality journalism”.

Elmar Heggen, COO and deputy CEO of RTL Group, added: “We would like to thank the management and all employees of RTL Croatia for their performance, passion and commitment. Over the past 18 years, RTL Croatia has grown from the first commercial channel in the country into an entertainment company with a family of eight TV channels, digital services and its own music label. RTL Croatia’s journalistic offer is and will remain essential for the media pluralism in the country”.

Heggen continued: “With its clear regional focus on Central and Eastern Europe and its commitment to editorial independence and integrity, CME is well equipped to further develop RTL Croatia. The sale is in line with our consolidation strategy and the best strategic option for RTL Croatia, its dedicated team and our shareholders”.

RTL Croatia’s three free-TV channels – RTL Televizija (family, general interest), RTL 2 (classic movies, series and sports) and RTL Kockica (children) – form the leading family of TV channels in Croatia, which is complemented by the pay-TV channels RTL Living, RTL Passion, RTL Crime and RTL Adria as well as RTL Croatia World, a dedicated channel for Croatians living abroad. The business unit also operates the streaming services Play and Play Premium, several digital services and the music label RTL Music.
 
ZDF Enterprises to become ZDF Studios

From April 1, 2022, ZDF Enterprises, the commercial subsidiary of German public broadcaster ZDF, will operate under the new name ZDF Studios.

This was announced today in Mainz by Fred Burcksen, President and CEO of ZDF Enterprises. The company was founded in 1993 to distribute and purchase programmes for ZDF.

Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, ZDF Enterprises is today responsible for national and international media productions, from initial concept and development to production and marketing, offering its services to public and commercial TV broadcasters, independent producers, streaming platforms and other customers and partners.

“The new name fits our business model much better and reflects our production and marketing expertise. Under the new umbrella brand ‘ZDF Studios’, we’ll be able to bring our network of affiliated companies even closer together. With consolidated sales of around €240 million, we’re one of the largest rights distributors in Europe,” said Burcksen.

Thomas Bellut, Director General of ZDF and Chair of the Supervisory Board of ZDF Enterprises, added: “Since it was established, ZDF Enterprises has achieved a great deal for the ZDF Group. With creativity, ingenuity and efficiency, the group has become a major player in the fiction and non-fiction arena. The new name ‘ZDF Studios’ makes it instantly clear that this is a media industry company.”
 
Kabelio adds 6 channels to Swiss DTH satellite platform

Swiss DTH satellite platform operator Kabelio has added six channels to its line-up on Eutelsat Hotbird (13° East).

The new services are Super RTL, ORF Sport+, BBC Three, CBBC and Rouge TV from French-speaking Switzerland as well as Swiss education and culture channel auftanken.TV.

In total, 56 channels are now on board, including the main public and commercial TV channels from Switzerland, Austria and Germany, thematic channels, regional and international channels.

In addition, Kabelio customers can receive the HD channels of RAI from Italy, which have been broadcasting unencrypted via Hotbird since the beginning of the year.

“We are very pleased to be able to enrich the Kabelio offer with further attractive channels at no additional cost to our customers,” said Damir Krilcic, CEO of Kabelio.
 
FOX News International makes African debut

FOX News International, the global streaming service of the eponymous news channel, is expanding into Africa.

On Thursday it debuted in Egypt, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia, taking its reach to 44 countries worldwide.

It’s the first time the channel has been made available throughout the African continent. The streaming service features live streams of FOX News
Channel and FOX Business Network along with a library of on-demand programmes.

Priced at $6.99 per month, FOX News International is currently available through iOS and Android mobile devices as well as Apple TV, Android TV, Google TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV connected TV devices.
 
Intelsat partners with Hungaro DigiTel

Intelsat has signed a contract with 4iG’s Hungaro DigiTel to assist the company in its expansion of digital TV distribution services for TV2 Hungary.

Hungaro DigiTel will distribute 14 additional TV channels in Hungary and neighbouring countries.

They will leverage Intelsat’s 1West satellite neighbourhood over Hungary and Central Europe to provide access to millions of viewers.

Commenting on the development, Rhys Morgan, regional VP and general manager of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East at Intelsat, said: “Our video neighbourhoods and platforms allow our customers and their broadcast customers to maximise viewership by delivering targeted content to the right audiences.

“We are proud to be selected as a partner of choice for Hungaro DigiTel to support them in launching and delivering TV2 channels to the 1.8 million Hungarian viewers reached by the strong coverage provided by our 1West neighbourhood”.

Péter Fekete, MD of Hungaro DigiTel and member of the board of directors of 4iG, added: “The transmission of the TV channels belonging to the TV2 group reached its highest viewership in 2021, will be carried out by Hungaro DigiTel and Intelsat specialists with outstanding expertise and experience. Our cooperation with the TV2 Group and Intelsat will further strengthen HDT’s leading position in Hungary and the Central and Eastern European region.

“We are proud that the TV2 Group, which has the largest portfolio of channels, has chosen Hungaro DigiTel as a partner. With this agreement, two of Hungary’s leading companies in their respective fields have entered into cooperation”.
 
RTL Deutschland inks WarnerMedia RTL+ deal

RTL Deutschland has signed an exclusive agreement for an extensive, multi-year programme volume deal with the US production company Warner Bros.Entertainment.

Starting from in Q1 this year, it will receive access to exclusive films and series, including HBO Max originals, to complement the increasing number of German originals on its streaming service RTL+. In addition, it will receive exclusive free-TV rights to future feature films and access to Warner Bros.’ library of series and feature films across all genres. The partnership will allow RTL Deutschland to offer its audience internationally popular TV and cinema brands, in addition to its portfolio of exclusive German content across news, entertainment, fiction and sports.

RTL says the deal contributes significantly to the achievement of the group’s newly defined streaming targets. By 2026, the group aims to reach the following targets for its streaming services RTL+ in Germany and Videoland in the Netherlands: growing the annual content spend to around €600 million, increasing the number of paying subscribers to 10 million, growing streaming revenue to €1 billion and reaching profitability.

It adds that the content portfolio from Warner Bros. Entertainment includes globally successful cinema franchises.
 
Paramount+ expands to France

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) and Canal+ Group have entered into a long-term strategic partnership that will bring Canal+ subscribers ViacomCBS content.

The partnership includes the distribution of Paramount+ as the service expands to France this year. Upon launch, it will be available to all Canal+ Ciné Séries French subscribers.

The ViacomCBS streaming service will be the home of Showtime in France. It will feature Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster movies, new Paramount+ originals, Nickelodeon’s beloved characters, entertainment from MTV, and CBS Studios’ top-rated shows, with new series.

French audiences will also have direct access to Paramount+ via the Paramount+ App (iOS and Android) and via connected TVs and OTT platforms. Pricing and local content offering will be announced at a later date.

The partnership between VCNI and Canal+ Group also includes the distribution of nine ViacomCBS brands – Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon Junior, Nickelodeon Teen, MTV, Paramount Channel, Game One, J-One, BET, and Comedy Central – on Canal+ Group channels.

Furthermore, it includes the premiere of ViacomCBS content exclusively for Canal+ Group channels and services, including films from Paramount Pictures and select original series from Showtime.

Commenting on the partnership, Raffaele Annecchino, president and CEO, VCNI, said: “Today marks an important milestone for our streaming growth story. After the UK, Italy, and Germany, the new strategic partnership with Canal+ accelerates our expansion in Europe with the launch of Paramount+ in France in 2022. Paramount+ will bring French audiences the best ViacomCBS content, including Paramount Pictures and Showtime titles as well as a strong French content pipeline.

“We are strategically creating a streaming model for long-term growth, rapidly gaining a solid footprint across all the major European countries. Our SVOD premium services allow us to expand our streaming business in more than 60 markets, as we build our momentum toward expanding Paramount+ in all the markets across the world”.

Maxime Saada, chairman and CEO of Canal+ Group, added: “This partnership with ViacomCBS, which include content and brands that have marked, and continue to mark, generations, is a new demonstration of Canal+ Group’s ability to team up with the most influential global players in the content industry. It strengthens our businesses, both as an aggregator, via the distribution of Paramount+ and ViacomCBS’ channels, and as a publisher, by securing long-term exclusive access to Paramount Pictures movies and select Showtime series for our Canal+ channels. This acclaimed ViacomCBS content will strengthen Canal+ Group’s unique cinema and series offering that is available in more than 30 countries around the world”.
 
M6 launches on Israel’s HOT

M6 International, whose distribution is handled by the Canal+ Group company Thema, has made its debut on the Israeli telecom and pay-TV platform HOT.

M6 International brings together all the best programmes from the M6 Group TV channels. It is now available in open access to all HOT customers until March 15, addressing the French expatriate, francophone and francophile communities living in Israel.

It will then be distributed à la carte for ILS19.90 (€5.1), incl. VAT, per month.

Commenting on the development, Laurent de Lorme, M6 Group programme director & programme marketing director, said: “M6 International gathers the best of M6 channel programming, as well as successful flagship programs from other M6 Group channels (W9, 6ter, Paris Première and Téva). M6 International now enables francophone and French expatriate to access to a diversified selection of high quality contents”.

HOT added: “HOT company offers the widest and most diverse content to customers, and we are pleased to launch another channel – M6 International channel which is the international flagship of the leading TV channels from M6 Group in France”.

Séverine Garusso, head of EMEA distribution at Thema, said: “I am delighted that M6 International is now available in Israel for HOT subscribers”.
 
Hrvatski Telekom secures key football rights

The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has awarded the TV rights for the competitions it oversees to Hrvatski Telekom (HT) for the next four seasons.

HNS received bids from A1 Croatia, HT and Sportklub and AB SportConsulting, with the winning one amounting to €36 million. At the same time, it accepted a bid of €1.5 million per competition year for sponsorship rights and €500,000 per competition year for betting rights from SuperSport.

According to HNS president Marijan Kustic, “As we announced last week, we quickly found the best solution for Croatian clubs and Croatian football as a whole. Negotiations with interested companies showed great interest in Croatian club football and accepted offers from HT and SuperSport best confirm this great value. We are glad to continue our cooperation with HT, which has been a great partner of Croatian football for many years, so we have no doubt that this cooperation will be very successful. This is an exceptional step forward for the Federation and our clubs, and I am convinced that these €44 million will ensure further progress in the First Division (HNL) and all other competitions”.

An agreement has also been agreed between HT and the public broadcaster HRT according to which one match of each round will be broadcast on national TV.
 
Sport1 Extra bundles pay-TV sports package

German streaming platform Sport1 Extra is offering sports fans a pay-TV package with five channels.

The 24/7 Sports Pack comprises Sportdigital Fußball, Motorvision.TV, fight24 HD, EDGEsport and Sport1+. More Than Sports TV will join the line-up soon.

The package can be subscribed to at www.sport1extra.de/en-int/page/247-sports-pack for €7.90 per month.
 
beIN Media renews with Cognacq-Jay Image and Alpha Networks for MENA OTT

beIN Media Group has extended the contract for development, maintenance and support of its over-the-top (OTT) platform for the Middle East and North Africa.

The broadcast company has added two years to the long-term partnership with Alpha Networks and Cognacq-Jay Image.

Alpha Networks’ Tucano APIs are connected to a large number of front-end providers and payment gateways, allowing beIN’s OTT platform, beIN Connect, to now address several operators and satellite operators in the MENA region.

Faisal Al Raisi, Manager of Digital Projects at beIN Media Group MENA, said: “We are delighted to continue our long-standing collaboration with Cognacq-Jay Image and Alpha Networks established seven years ago. We trust their technological expertise and value the quality of service they offer, especially during major events.”

Alpha Networks specialises in solutions for media companies and operators. Through its modular software Tucano, which allows out-of-the-box integration with video infrastructure and metadata providers, the company enables swift integration with any legacy system.

“At Alpha Networks, we are extremely grateful for the trust beIN Media Group has in our work and commitment. We are also very proud to see that our primary product, Tucano modular software, successfully supports one of the best solutions for sports distributions worldwide, counting millions of application downloads,” said Guillaume Devezeaux, CEO, Alpha Networks.

As the global system integrator for beIN, Cognacq-Jay Image provides the entire platform including Alpha Networks’ technologies as well also head-end services, streams security and 24/7 operations services.

“At Cognacq-Jay Image, we are proud to provide beIN Media Group with a platform which reflects our know-how and capability to deliver complex projects. We also maintained a high level of QoS and our capability to manage such a service with our partners over the years was the key to success. We are deeply grateful for the trust beIN Media Group has placed in us. Philippe Bonpunt, general manager, Cognacq-Jay Image.

beIN runs a suite of 15 sports, movies, general entertainment, and kids’ channels. The beIN Connect OTT platform counts more than 30 HD channels, including Live and Catch-up content for both sports and movies.
 
MwareTV integrates Irdeto DRM at MultTV in Brazil

MwareTV is to integrate Irdeto Control, the security company’s DRM solution, into its IPTV/OTT distribution platform.

The first implementation of Irdeto with MwareTV will be rolled out at shared services provider MultTV in Brazil. MultTV will offer MwareTV’s IPTV/OTT platform to its Brazilian ISPs as well as other service providers. MwareTV’s new platform will enable ISPs to rapidly launch their own TV service with a fully customised interface on Samsung Tizen and LG WebOS SmartTVs, Android and Android TV devices, iOS, AppleTV, FireTV and Roku. ISPs will have the option to use their own content or MultTV’s extensive library of content and channels or a mix of both.

“As we talk to content companies worldwide, it is clear that the Irdeto brand is recognised and trusted,” said Sander Kerstens, CEO of MwareTV. “Our customers want a simple, seamless deployment, so the ability to include Irdeto Control as part of our offering is extremely attractive. Partnering with Irdeto was an easy decision for us.”

Doug Lowther, CEO of Irdeto added: “We recognise that new entrants to the content market want to get their streaming and delivery services online as quickly and as simply as possible. By working in partnership with MwareTV we can ensure their customers can enjoy a fast implementation and receive world-class digital security protection their content and operations deserve.”

With Irdeto Control, MwareTV ensures support of multiple DRM formats including Microsoft PlayReady, Google Widevine and Apple FairPlay. The multi-DRM solution is recognised by the major studios and sports leagues around the world.
 
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