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Amazon Prime adding other video networks

Subscribers to Amazon Prime Instant Video are set to gain access to other on-demand services according to reports. Prime customers will have the option of adding other online subscriptions to their accounts, including established movie and TV channels, and Amazon will also sell prepackaged bundles of its own creation. The new feature could go live […]

November 26, 2015

Tata powers live OTT F1

Global communications provider Tata Communications has completed another successful proof of concept with Formula One Management during a recent Grand Prix. The new technology test delivered a live trackside feed from the track during the September Singapore Grand Prix to Formula One Management’s Technical HQ in Biggin Hill, UK – with no time lag between […]

November 26, 2015

51% of US use Netflix

According to a survey by RBC Capital Markets, 51 per cent of Americans have watched content on Netflix at least once in the past 12 months. RBC Capital surveyed 1,077 Internet users, more than

November 25, 2015

JetBlue offers unlimited Amazon entertainment

US airline JetBlue has confirmed that unlimited streaming entertainment on Amazon Video is available beginning this week on over 150 JetBlue aircraft equipped with free Fly-Fi broadband Internet, just in time to entertain travellers during the holiday travel season. Fly-Fi Internet connectivity is currently available only over the contiguous US. Amazon Prime members can sign-in […]

November 25, 2015

DisneyLife goes live

Disney is taking on Netflix with the launch of its DisneyLife app in the UK, which lets up to six family members stream Disney content on their iOS and Android devices, and also via Airplay and Chromecast. Available immediately for £9.99 a month (with the first month free), users can stream movies such as The […]

November 24, 2015

45% of Western European broadband homes have smart TV

Parks Associates has published the results of its consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe, which surveyed broadband households in the UK, Germany, Spain, and France to track adoption and future purchase plans of IoT, smart home, and connected entertainment solutions. The project found that approximately 9 per cent of these Western European broadband households […]

November 24, 2015

Anti-piracy VoD platform from Vision247

Media content distribution and IPTV specialist Vision247 has created a bespoke VoD screening platform designed to enable content distributors to share and stream media assets with partners and clients around the world securely and without the risk of piracy. Vision247 has created a technology that transcodes content at source before leaving a dedicated server, stamping […]

November 24, 2015By Colin Mann

net-m, WatchAfrica partner for African VoD

net-m, a specialist in payment solutions and mobile entertainment services, has partnered with African media and content provider WatchAfrica to launch the WatchAfrica app, an African mobile IPTV and VoD service, showcasing the service for the first time at the recent AfricaCom expo. The service is made possible by net-m’s Anyscreen service, which supports the […]

November 24, 2015

Game of Thrones puts HBO ahead of Netflix

HBO has the most demanded originally-produced content from an SVoD provider according to a study by Parrot Analytics. The results were reached through weighing “demand multiples” such as video streaming, social media, and blogging, file-sharing, and wiki platforms. The most demanded show in the US was HBO’s Game of Thrones which attracted 28.3 million demand […]

November 23, 2015

Only 30% of Millennial’s viewing is live

Findings from cross-media consumption data technology and research firm Symphony Advanced Media (SymphonyAM) monitoring the autumn television season suggest that Millennials only watch live TV 30 per cent of the time, with an additional 30 per cent of their time spent viewing programmes via OTT, VoD beyond 3 and DVR platforms beyond 7. Additionally, SymphonyAM’s […]

November 23, 2015