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Vodafone counts on NetRange for Smart TV

Video on demand, apps and lots more: Customers of Vodafone’s, a leading provider of telco services, can enjoy now the huge range of advantages Smart TV has to offer them via NetRange’s Smart TV Portal. The portal, developed and run by NetRange especially for Vodafone, is integrated in the Vodafone GUI and is available via […]

August 20, 2015

Netflix price hike for new European subs

Netflix has raised subscription prices across Europe for its streaming service, following a similar price hike in the US last year. The increase, which will only affect new customers, will see the price for a standard Netflix subscription rise from €8.99 a month to €9.99. In the note to Netflix users, the company wrote that […]

August 19, 2015

Words are all I have

The English language is a beautiful thing and it is the lingua franca of this industry, and every other. I, for one, am unsurprisingly grateful for that. Because we’re in a relatively new industry a number of terms have been introduced that didn’t really exist before; digital, streaming, downloading, online, etc, and many other languages […]

August 19, 2015

BBC iPlayer adds live restart

The BBC has unveiled new features and functionality to transform how users watch their favourite BBC TV shows on BBC iPlayer have been unveiled – whether on the go on a mobile, in bed on a tablet or on TV from a comfy sofa. Rolling out immediately, BBC iPlayer will begin to introduce: Live Restart […]

August 19, 2015

Cap publishes vlogger ad guidelines

Guidelines have been published for video bloggers (vloggers) who enter marketing relationships with brands. The new rules encourage vloggers to label advertising content and explain when they have been asked to feature products sent to them by companies. The Committee of Advertising Practice (Cap) has issued its first guidance since a landmark Advertising Standards Authority […]

August 19, 2015

ContentWise launches Knowledge Factory

ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, has announced the release of the latest version of its metadata management solution, ContentWise Knowledge Factory, and its launch as a standalone product offering. The ContentWise Knowledge Factory is an integrated set of metadata management software and tools that help operators source, enrich, integrate […]

August 19, 2015

BBC clamps down on student streamers

Most UK university students fail to understand the difference between recorded TV and catch-up services, according to research from TV Licensing. Almost 60 per cent of current university students are unsure about TV terminology which has evolved in recent years to describe advancements in technology and TV viewing habits, including streaming, downloading, on demand and […]

August 18, 2015

Oz SVoD battle claims first victim

The competition between SVoD providers in Australia has claimed its first casualty with digital movie and TV show store EzyFlix announcing its closure. EzyFlix has posted a message on its website advising users that parent company Access Digital Entertainment had decided to close the website. SVoD services such as EzyFlix and Quickflix have faced increased […]

August 18, 2015By Colin Mann

Illegal Dubai operator hit with fine

The Dubai Court has imposed a fine of Dh50,000 (€12,300) on a distributor of UKTV Abroad packages, an unlicensed and unauthorised IPTV service in the UAE. Pay-TV operator OSN filed a copyright infringement complaint against the service provider, with the Dubai Criminal Investigation Department (CID) subsequently carrying out a raid and subsequently bringing court proceedings […]

August 18, 2015By Colin Mann

ABOX42 IPTV service for BBV

Just weeks after DNMG confirmed cooperation with ABOX42 and Zattoo for a white label IPTV multiscreen service for its members,  German broadband provider BBV has signed to become the service’s first adopter.  BBV’s new multiscreen offering will go live this autumn. DNMG’s new IPTV white label solution is a collaboration between set-top box experts ABOX42 and IPTV […]

August 18, 2015By Sanjeev Bhavnani