YouTube is preparing to let companies see what proportion of the adverts they place on the video platform can be seen by viewers. The move is a response to complaints by advertisers such as Unilever and Kellogg’s, which have become concerned that they are wasting money on ads that are not visible. There are several […]
Netflix’s Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt has said that rival Amazon Prime has paid far too much to get Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to make a new car show for them. “We have past episodes of Top Gear, so we have a pretty good gauge of what audiences like,” Hunt told Digital […]
Portuguese telecommunications operator Nos has launched N Play, an on demand video streaming service for customers of its pay-TV service Iris. For €7.50 per month, subscribers get unlimited access to over 5,000 movies, TV series and childrens’ content on multiple screens (PC, tablet and smartphone). As part of the launch promotion, N Play will be […]
By 2019, there will be the equivalent of five media-enabled devices per household around the world, according to research from IHS Technology. US homes are predicted to have 10 devices, on average, making it the biggest market. The market will be driven by smartphones, whose installed base is
UK subscription-free TV service Freeview and Digital UK – the company that manages the development and strategy of DTT and supports viewers – have confirmed that the new Freeview Play connected TV service, the next generation of the UK’s biggest TV platform, will launch in October. Panasonic televisions will be the first to introduce the […]
Independent research commissioned by Openwave Mobility has found that poor mobile video streaming is an even bigger headache than a dropped call for iPhone users. Over 2,000 iPhone users in the UK and US were interviewed ahead of the new iPhone launch to study people’s mobile video habits. With mobile video growing at a phenomenal […]
thePlatform, a white-label video publishing company and independent subsidiary of Comcast, has been selected by Cinedigm, a distributor and aggregator of independent content, to provide back-end video services for its newest OTT subscription networks. Specifically, thePlatform’s mpx will support CONtv, a joint venture between Cinedigm and Wizard World, a producer of live pop culture multimedia […]
Ericsson has published the latest edition of its annual ConsumerLab TV & Media Report, representative of the viewing habits of 680 million consumers across the globe. The report reveals that VoD services are meeting consumer needs and enabling them to change viewing habits. Consumers now spend six hours per week watching streamed on-demand TV content […]
Telefonica has selected Juniper Networks’ MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers to build a metro network across Spain to deliver fixed and mobile broadband services, including TV for residential users, as well as cloud services for businesses, from a single IP network. Telefonica manages some 41 million accesses in Spain and runs the most extensive […]
US premium streaming service Hulu is to offer a commercial-free option to subscribers. Viewers now have the choice to watch Hulu commercial free for $11.99 (€10.68) per month or with limited commercials for $7.99 per month. Current Hulu subscribers will maintain their existing subscription, but will have the choice to switch to the commercial-free option […]