News

August and September 2024: we will be at Games.com in Koln in August. In September we will be going to IFA in Berlin and IBC in Amsterdam. Let us know if you want to meet.

May 2024: the new portal for Flamish thematic channels launched, see www.themax.be. With our help. More niche content portals to follow.

April and May 2024: we are MIPtv in Cannes and ANGA in Koln

February 2024: Quinnect Group acquires InCompanyMedia.

February 2024: our next shows are Avant Premiere in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Let us know if you want to meet.

January 2024: Feyenoord One launched with our help.

January 2024: We are CES in Las Vegas. Let us know if you want to meet.

November 2023: Sky Live launches interactive Karaoke with Stingray.

November 2023: Stingray and XITE in the music section of Samsung TV Plus in USA.

October 2023: KLM introduces The Reading Corner in their flight entertainment

August 2023: Stingray Karaoke in the cars of BYD.

August 2023: The Tennis Channel new FAST version for Spain.

July 2023: Fit at Home launches a subscription video on demand app with Virgin Media in the UK.

June 2023: The Reading Corner launches multi languages videos with the National Library in NL.

February 2023: we will be going to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and to EuroShop in Dusseldorf.

January 2023: The Reading Corner launches with Hoopla, to get access to all libraries in USA.

December 2022: launch of All Good Vibes music bundle from Stingray at Amazon Channels in Germany.

November 2022: launch of Stingray audio channel Great Holiday Hits on Samsung TV Plus in NL, Sweden and Germany.

October 2022: back on the road, we will be at IBC in Amsterdam, MIPCOM in Cannes and Telemedia in Marbella.

September 2022: Synchronized TV will showcase the full capabilities of its Smart-Video platform at IBC 2022. Let us know if you want to meet. Several use cases already live at TF1 and M6 in France.

September 2022: The interview film “Henny Vrienten in his own words” on the Music Film festival, produced by Faceculture.

August 2022: Stingray Classica FAST live at Pluto TV in France. Also Qello FAST on Pluto TV in Spain, and Naturescape in Italy.

July 2022: no penalty fee for Voetbal TV for privacy.

May 2022: New Google Play and IOS apps and website available for The Reading Corner. Ready to roll it out in more countries.

April 2022: Cutting the cord also grows over here, following USA, getting to more than 10%. As more and more streamers available in The Netherlands, with new SVOD launches HBO Max, Viaplay, Amazon Channels and Disney+ next to new FAST launches of Samsung TV Plus, Rakuten, Pluto and Amazon Freevee.

March 2022: Stingray music FAST channels available in the new app of Rakuten TV in the Netherlands and other European countries.

February 2022: The international version of the The Tennis Channel is live on Samsung TV Plus in the Netherlands.

February 2022: Media Bridges helps with the sales and deployment of Synchronized TV studio. Let us know if you want to have a demo and do a proof of concept.

January 2022: Stingray adds new AI research tool Chatter to his business services.

December 2021: Multi language movies for DeVoorleeshoek.

November 2021: new series on SmartFarming on Volta TV.

October 2021: Blackpills get more distribution across Europe. Telenet, NENT, Telefonica, SFR, Free, Bouygues. Let us know if you want to know more about Blackpills.

September 2021: Faceculture launches new format Iconic Albums.

August 2021: DeVoorleeshoek launched at Amazon in NL.

July 2021: Tesla renewed contract with Stingray for Caraoke. High usage! See Taylor Swift and ZZ Top on Tesla Caraoke.

June 2021: first targetted ads Lidl, Discovery+ and Aegon on Stingray Karaoke FAST on Samsung TV Plus.

May 2021: Stingray launched Karaoke FAST on Samsung TV Plus in the Netherlands. Also on Rakuten.

May 2021: 2 kids cooking books out from the Cooking Corner together with publisher Clavis.

March 2021: interesting SXSW week online. See notes from our buddies from Sport Innovation Studio.

March 2021: looking into new cases for AI for broadcast with the experts from ML6. Like the video created for TIS.tv.

February 2021: Soon Media launched new website with content marketing cases with video.

February 2021: Whitepaper available on video in the e-learning, brought by EuMediaNet and Kinly.

February 2021: Faceculture launched membership and supporter on Youtube. Every Friday livestream Q&A with artists.

February 2021: After Stingray Qello, also Stingray Karaoke launched on Amazon Channels in Spain, Italy and The Netherlands.

January 2021: The Reading Corner in NL available via loyalty program Airmiles in NL.

January 2021: Tesla adding new screen in the back for entertainment and games.

January 2021: Pluto TV from Viacom with FAST channels will launch in France on Febr 8th. Launched already in UK, Germany and Spain. Including channels from Stingray.

December 2020: New ad and sponsor sales house for TV channels in NL started: Bionic Media. One of our partners.

December 2020: Samsung TV Plus expands to 12 countries with 740 channels. In May 2021 available in NL.

December 2020: Gigabit internet available at more than 5,5 miljoen addresses in The Netherlands.

November 2020: The (Any)Thing new concept your own private cinema. 2-5-7 seats, order your movie via the app and pick a slot. From the founders of Pathe Thuis.

November 2020: processing privacy date is unlawful. In some cases not. VoetbalTV finally won the case.

November 2020: Amazon Video Channels is launched in Spain, Italy and The Netherlands. Including Stingray Qello (and soon also Stingray Karaoke).

October 2020: Vevo partners with Dutch Music Video platform XITE to launch new Apple TV app. See also the Dutch news.

September 2020: Interesting read on key findings Digital News Report 2020 with some findings on covid impact on news consumption.

August 2020: last 2 months 40.000 online classes created in software from EuMediaNet at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

August 2020: the Dutch Cooking Corner live for the kids. Set up by The Reading Corner and Soon Media. The first cooking book for kids will be launched beginning 2021.

May 2020: First covid movie “Op Gepaste Afstand” released on Pathe Thuis.

April 2020: InCompanyMedia offers several free propositions for care homes and hospitals during the corona crisis: DPlay from Discovery, Beweeg TV from Omroep Max and Cordaan, NatuurTV and Polygoon TV.

April 2020: more than 50.000 families signed up for the free period of the Reading Corner in the Netherlands.

April – May 2020: IedereenLive (= EverybodyLive) is launched on social and TV at KPN and Ziggo.

March 2020: EumediaNet software to create your own videos in DIY booth is already used for 1100 online classes in the first week of the corona crisis.

January 2020: Suriname the first original for Pathe Thuis.

December 2019: Nice thematic SVODs are growing. CuriosityStream now serving more than 10 mio subs. AMC announces more than 2 mio subscribers for their 4 target SVODs. Stingray has 365.000 subs in Q3. Mainly in USA, coming to Europe as well.

November 2019: Stingray Caraoke is launched in Tesla.

September 2019: Faceculture launches Behind the Music concept.

August 2019: Disney and Apple announce the first countries for their SVOD launch. The war on content and subscribers has started.

May 2019: several new marketplaces for TV channels have been announced. Amazon, ROKU, XUMO, Philips, Apple and Samsung will launch in several countries.

October 2018, January and July 2019: More focus on addressable advertising. Several European broadcasters announce that they are working on solutions.

November 2018: Pathé Thuis T-VOD is biggest cinema in Holland.

October 2018: Wind Vision wins award at MIPCOM.

January 2017: The Netherlands: 88% watch digital; 37% have connected TV.

June 2016: Acht TV goes to Medialaan.

July 2015: Stingray buys the Brava channels.

November 2014: 24Kitchen goes to Fox.

December 2010: first try out TV over IP service in the Netherlands called Iphion.

April – August 2008: AD Sportwereld tests standalone Dutch Sport Newspaper.