Amazon has confirmed that Amazon Fire TV customers are now able to browse the web on their TV. With Fire TV, customers already have access to more than 500,000 movies and TV episodes, and tens of thousands of apps, channels and Alexa skills. Now with the Firefox and Silk browsers, customers can access the World […]
Retail-based TV provider Channel Master has confirmed the upcoming availability of Stream+, a media player that integrates streaming services and games with live broadcast TV and includes an on-screen channel guide with DVR capability to pause, rewind and record live TV. Stream+ runs on the Android TV platform, with dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, […]
Sports-focused live streaming TV service fuboTV has officially come out of Beta on Roku. Users on the connected TV platform will now experience a new design, as well as an added entertainment section with on-demand, upgraded video control and cloud DVR. fuboTV’s new product design upgrade includes new features, faster navigation, and a fresh user […]
Eros, a global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has announced that Eros Now, its South Asian OTT entertainment platform has forged a strategic partnership with Foxxum, a provider of Smart TV solutions, to provide its library of content on the Foxxum TV App Store worldwide. Rishika Lulla Singh, CEO, Eros Digital said, “Launching […]
BritBox, the SVoD streaming service from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, will launch in Canada in early 2018. The service initially launched in the US in March 2017. The streaming service will celebrate the very best of British TV, and offer the most comprehensive collection […]
More than 58 per cent of video plays globally – a record – occurred on mobile devices in the third quarter of 2017, according to the Q3 2017 Global Video Index released by Ooyala – a provider of services for producing, streaming and monetising video. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter in which mobile devices […]
Data from analyst firm Juniper Research has found that SVoD services, provided by the likes of Netflix and Amazon, will drive a surge in OTT revenues to reach $120 billion (€102bn) in 2022, up from $64 billion in 2017. The research also found that over a quarter of global households will subscribe to SVoD services […]
UK crime reporting and awareness initiative Crimestoppers has launched a campaign warning of the dangers of illegally modified streaming devices. “Advances in technology have allowed us to enjoy on-screen entertainment in more ways than ever before, with ever increasing amounts of exciting and original content. However, some people are avoiding paying for this content by […]
Detectives from Belfast Criminal Investigation Branch investigating organised criminality have carried out 18 searches across the Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, Dundonald and Banbridge areas of Northerm Island in conjunction with HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes) and UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT […]
Global consumer media usage & exposure, including all digital and traditional media combined, is on pace to grow an estimated 1.9 per cent to an average of 50 hours per week (HPW) in 2017, according to research from PQ Media. Consumer time spent with media worldwide is projected to increase another 2.5 per cent in 2018, […]