Ken Florance, Vice President of Content Delivery at Netflix, has blogged that it will now provide monthly ISP ranking based upon their performance across Netflix streams. “Our 30 million members view over 1 billion hours of Netflix per month, so we have very reliable data for consumers to compare ISPs in terms of real world performance. Starting today, we’ll publish [...]
KPN of the Netherlands has selected Accenture to develop and maintain innovative television services based on the Accenture Video Solution. Under the agreement, Accenture will improve service performance and deliver KPN’s interactive TV service to multiple devices (TV, tablets and smartphones). Using Accenture’s software-based open architecture, KPN is able to offer a unique viewing experience. This new integrated solution will [...]
The UK’s major internet service providers have been asked to block three more file-sharing websites, the BBC reports. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), wants ISPs to prevent access to Fenopy, H33t and Kickass Torrents. The BPI alleges that the sites are illegally distributing music. The ISPs told the BBC they would comply with the new demand, but only if a [...]
As the Google Fiber sign-up process gets under way in Kansas City, Google has revealed details of further channels for subscribers to its Gigabit + TV plan, its Gigabit Internet plan and its Free Internet plan. The additional channels cover a variety of genres, including arts, family, faith, lifestyle and sports. “Google Fiber TV service already includes almost two hundred [...]
Australian set-top based Internet TV service FetchTV is quickly expanding its subscriber base after the bundling of its service with its partners iiNet and Optus. As of July, iiNet has begun promoting a bundle of services that includes Fetch television along with Internet and phone services. This follows the bundling of Fetch with Optus’s broadband and phone services earlier in [...]
Google has revealed details of the premium content available on its Kansas City high-speed fibre network. Writing in the Google Fiber blog, Larry Yang, Senior Product Manager, Google Fiber announced that both Starz and Showtime would be offered as optional add-on packages. The service currently comprises some 185 channels, with Yang confirming that Google Fiber would continue to add more [...]
Research commissioned by Tier 1 Internet operator Level 3 Communications to ascertain current trends in viewing broadcast sport has revealed that the Internet is challenging traditional broadcast technology as a means of delivering programming content. The company suggests that a “perfect storm” is brewing as intense competition between content providers and device makers meets faster, more widely available broadband communications [...]
Included in the July 26th launch of the Google Fiber 1 Gbps fibre-to-the home network in Kansas City was confirmation from the information and search giant of Google Fibre TV over the network. Promising not just high definition television, but “the highest quality” courtesy of the 1 Gbps connection, Kevin Lo, General Access Manager, said that Google Fiber TV would [...]
Several UK Internet service providers have refused to sign a code of conduct designed to guarantee “full and open access” to the net. Ten ISPs including BT, O2 and TalkTalk backed the agreement, promising not to restrict or block content unless there was a reason to deploy “reasonable traffic management practices”. But Virgin Media said the principles set out were [...]
The European Commission has launched a public consultation seeking answers to questions on transparency, switching and certain aspects of Internet traffic management, with a view to its commitment to preserve the open and neutral character of the Internet. The Commission notes that such questions have emerged as key issues in the ‘net neutrality’ debate that has taken place in Europe [...]
