Sport
Al Jazeera TV selects Irdeto for content protection
Irdeto, a provider of content and business model protection solutions and services, has announced an expanded relationship with Al Jazeera Sport, part of the Al Jazeera Network and a provider of sports TV services in the Middle East and North Africa. Irdeto will now protect Al Jazeera Sport’s premium content across its entire digital TV [...]
Altibox selects Harmonic’s VOD, digital mosaic solutions
Harmonic has announced that Altibox (formerly Lyse Tele), a telecommunications service provider based in Norway, has deployed Harmonic’s StreamLiner video servers, Armada ‘intelligent asset management’, and ProStream 8000 digital mosaic solution. The company informed the deployment will enable advanced IPTV video-on-demand (VOD) services and multi-channel mosaic viewing for Altibox subscribers across Norway and Denmark. Altibox [...]
Viasat acquires NHL broadcasting rights from ESPN
Modern Times Group (MTG), an international entertainment broadcasting group, has signed an agreement to acquire the live broadcasting rights to the National Hockey League (NHL) in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. MTG’s coverage of the NHL will start in October 2009 with the beginning of the 2009-2010 season. The NHL’s rights are syndicated by sports [...]
Artificial Life to bring BMW Sauber F1 team to iPhone
Artificial Life has announced an exclusive global agreement with BMW to produce a BMW Sauber F1 Team racing car title for the iPhone and iPod touch. This is the second collaboration between BMW and Artificial Life and follows the first iPhone title, ‘BMW Z4 – An Expression of Joy’. The upcoming title will feature the [...]
Rio Tinto Stadium launches Flash Seats technology
Utah’s sports and entertainment venue, Rio Tinto Stadium, has partnered with Veritix, a player in end-to-end electronic ticketing and relationship marketing applications, to provide its Flash Seats digital ticketing technology for several Stadium events. Flash Seats allows Rio Tinto Stadium to present a paperless method of ticket delivery to the venue’s customers and fans. The [...]
