Simplestream, a leading provider of live streaming and live-to-VOD solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing TVPlayer on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) booth at NAB (#SL9016). TVPlayer, one of the UK’s fastest growing consumer streaming services, is powered by Simplestream’s Media Hub platform in conjunction with AWS & Cloudfront. Developed by Simplestream, TVPlayer […]

TVPlayer, one of the UK’s most popular consumer streaming platforms with more than 600,000 unique viewers per week, has confirmed that leading international business and financial news channel, Bloomberg Television has launched on its multiscreen service. Bloomberg Television, which reaches more than 360 million households worldwide, joins 63 free-to-view channels that are available to consumers […]

Vodafone and Orange, Telefónica’s two main rivals, have both reached deals with Mediapro to broadcast the beIN Sport La Liga channel on their respective pay-TV platforms over the next three seasons. From next year until 2019 their subscribers will be able to watch football matches from La Liga (eight every week and one of the […]

Colombia continues to achieve one of the strongest commitments to pay-TV, with 2015 ending with a reported 82.2 per cent penetration rate. However, there are some suggestions that the data might be over-stated. The latest numbers come from the country’s Commission for Communications Regulation (CRC), in a survey just published, says that the number is […]

Findings from pay-TV subscriber management specialist Paywizard reveal that customer service and experience are now as critical as content and value for money when differentiating between TV services. Focus groups conducted by industry research expert Decipher in the US and UK show that,

Canal+ Group, through its subsidiary THEMA, is to acquire Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company from Eutelsat Americas. Alterna’TV is a content distribution platform that provides principally Latin American channels to cable and Internet TV operators in the United States. It currently reaches over ten million subscribers across the Americas. The transaction includes a long-term […]

A study by Ampere Analysis shows the UK’s free and pay-TV channels enjoyed the highest Net Promoter Score (NPS) compared to their counterparts in the top five European markets and the US. NPS quantifies loyalty and brand affinity, measuring a customers’ propensity to recommend a service to others, a benefit that is key to success […]