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Al Arabiya adds channels
Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim,
chairman of Dubai-based MBC
Group, announced that
to add a second TV
network called Al Arabiya 2 al-
Hadath (Arabic for "the event").
The new channel will offer in-
depth analysis of news and live
transmission of events as they
happen and complement the
original Al Arabiya. Launching a
new channel, the MBC chairman
Box-free
Smart TV
Roku Inc, specialist in streaming
entertainment devices for the TV,
is turning its attention to the
Smart (Connected) TV market.
On his blog, Roku CEO Anthony
Wood, who invented the digital
video recorder, writes that some
fundamental issues are preventing
the current breed of Smart TVs
from gaining mass adoption. Even
though a lot of Smart TVs are
sold many are never connected
to the internet and less are
actually used for streaming.
Some of this is probably just
lack of awareness, another
reason is that the quality of the
streaming experience can be
poor. With more and more content
available for streaming the
software stack and associated
updates are a challenge for TV
vendors. With the rapid pace of
innovation in the streaming
world and constant software
updates, it’s inevitable that over
time the software needs more
hardware power. You see this in
the mobile world, yet unlike
phones people don’t tend to
replace their TVs every two years.
Roku believe they have the
solution in the shape of the Roku
Streaming Stick - a little stick
the size of a standard USB flash
drive that will plug into a TV to
instantly transform it into a Smart
TV. It includes everything in a
Roku player - built-in WiFi,
processor, memory and software -
and will deliver all the channels
found on the Roku platform. It
will also benefit from regular
free software updates and
channel enhancements.
Consumers only need one
remote for their TV and for
streaming, there is no need for
cables or power adaptors. And
when the Streaming Stick becomes
outdated it can simply be replaced.
Roku Streaming Stick will plug
into MHL-enabled HDMI ports on
TVs – these are alradey available
from Samsung and Toshiba and
more were announced at CES.
Roku is currently working
with TV manufacturers to create
Smart TVs with 'Roku Inside' via
a replaceable Streaming Stick.
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IN BRIEF
TVN FOR EURO
2012
The final tournament of the
2012 UEFA European Football
Championship will be hosted
by Poland and Ukraine and
Poland's TVNNews & Services
Agency is launching Project
X-NEWS | EURO
. Material available
includes: video of preparations
for the event; over 2,000
video clips of the tournament
(more than 800 clips available
now); daily uploads before and
during the championship;
news items, footage from
press conferences,
comments from experts and
players; plus a photo service
(news & archive).
INCOME FROM
CONTENT
Dailymotion has launched a
new commercial model for
publishers who embed the
Dailymotion player in their
websites, giving them access
to Dailymotion's archive of
21m videos to enrich their
own online offering and earn
a share of the advertising
revenue generated through
the player. This will help to
accelerate the global
distribution network for
content owners uploading
their videos onto
Dailymotion - increasing the
income they make from
their content. It will also
enable advertisers to reach
a wider global audience
through Dailymotion.
EBU RETAINS
WIMBLEDON
The European Broadcasting
Union has won the competitive
bid for the global distribution
of the Wimbledon Tennis
Championships for 2012-2014,
renewing its current
distribution contract. The
contract was awarded by
IMG Media. Eurovision will
provide a full range of services
for the international broadcast
community during the two
weeks of the tournament.
This will include global
delivery of the World Feed in
HD, plus a ten-court
package for the European
market, also in HD.
Online x2
is further
expanding in 2012 when the
channel will be available in
Kazakhstan. Appealing to a global
audience and attracting viewers
of all ages, Islam Channel's
commercial and popular success
has been predicated on the quality
and relevance of its programming
and the reach of its broadcast
network. For years the station
has transmitted to over 135
countries globally. After migrating
to high quality media streaming,
Islam Channel's online audience
has doubled in size. Working with
Sharpstream, the channel now
has a global reach and a quality of
online service that engages even
the most demanding connected
audiences.
said, was also important in view
of the increasing popularity of
the channel even among non-
Arabic speakers.
He also outlined plans for a
further channel under the MBC
umbrella which will specialise in
economic and financial news.
In November 2011, MBC
Group celebrated its 20th
anniversary since launch of
MBC1 as the first Arab private
free-to-air satellite back in 1991.
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