Despite a huge desire to receive content and services through television, Smart TVs trail laptops, desktops and set-top boxes when it comes to consumers deciding how to connect to the internet through their sets, new research from YouGov shows. Results from the latest Connected TV Tracker show that half (50 per cent) of consumers like the idea of accessing online [...]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told the Canadian Digital Media Network 3.0 conference that the future of Internet TV will be filled with apps and constantly evolving. “We are now in 40 countries around the world, so people are starting to watch Internet video and you can start to see the outlines of what TV will be like in the future,” [...]
BBC Trust has recommended the corporation to merge its online and Red Button operations. In its most recent review of BBC Online and BBC Red Button, the governing body said that the BBC should look to improve navigation across the different parts of BBC Online, with an improved links and design consistency and better search functionality and more personalization. It [...]
Google’s video-sharing giant YouTube has marked its eighth birthday by revealing that 100 hours of content is now uploaded every minute. The YouTube blog says “When YouTube’s site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and entertain us every day. Today, more than 100 hours of video are [...]
Owen D Kurtin, a highly regarded satellite business observer from the law firm Kurtin PLLC, has suggested Intelsat is burdened down by huge levels of debt which makes it “all but impossible for the company to become profitable.” Intelsat is the largest satellite operator in the world and mounted an IPO in April that raised $328 million after fees and [...]
Netflix is considering the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets, according to reports. Belgian news site Bloovi reported that the on-demand streaming company was preparing to launch in Belgian before the end of the year, while newspaper Le Soir reported that France and the Netherlands were likely to roll out first, followed by Belgium by the end [...]
Japan’s public broadcaster has shown what it claims is the world’s first 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ movie. The film was shown on May 16th and 17th and was a short comedy entitled Beauties À La Carte. In addition, NHK will showcase other types of 8K programming on a giant 220” TV screen with what they claim is the highest-resolution available today. [...]
Following the conclusion of the 2012-13 English Premier League football season, Internet TV service FilmOn.com is offering fans of ‘the Beautiful Game’ the chance to combat withdrawal symptoms before next season gets under way. The service’s Internet football channel is offering a packed schedule of Premier League archive games that are all available via PC or smartphone every day for [...]
Sky has unveiled Sky Sports 360 – a new multi-camera highlights feature available in the Sky Sports for iPad app. Launching just in time for the upcoming Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium on May 25th, Sky Sports 360 lets users select and replay all the most exciting saves, tackles, and near-misses during the [...]
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Uruguay last week cancelled the DTH transmission licence of Claro. Claro is ultimately owned by telco giant America Movil. At the time of the cancellation Claro said it would fight the Uruguayan decision. It has now changed it mind. Claro’s general manager Roberto Alvarellos now says that his company will do nothing, adding that the business has always set out [...]
