In an interview with The Australian Financial Review, Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein rejected Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ prediction last year that broadcast TV will probably die by 2030. “Broadcast TV will continue,” he said. “In the US you will see particularly the main broadcast channels are becoming more and more valuable, it appeals to a […]
Samsung is laying off the entirety of its Boxee team and putting the group’s work on hold according to reports. Samsung bought the streaming set-top box company Boxee two years ago in an effort to build a “Perfect Experience” for TV that was going to centre around a media tablet rather than a remote control; using […]
This August, TVPlayer — an OTT live streaming provider for broadcast TV channels — will launch TVPlayer Plus. At the core of this live-streaming and CatchUp TV service is Media Excel’s HERO platform provided by Garland. TVPlayer already successfully live streams over 60 free-to-air channels in the UK, with more than 1.3 million app downloads […]
IPTV technology specialist, PerceptionTV, has announced the addition of a regionalisation version of its fully scalable multiscreen IPTV/OTT platform. This functionality will allow content providers, TV start-ups and aggregators to personalise the platform by brand image, viewer location, and regional content. The new regionalisation feature enables PerceptionTV to offer support for broadcasters using the core […]
Average daily viewing on the TV set fell by 11 minutes in 2014 compared to 2013 according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report. This is the second consecutive year of decline, following a nine-minute decline in 2013 compared to 2012. Key findings from the report, using BARB measurements, include: • In 2014 the average number […]
Business is about the numbers, right? Sentiment has no place in business, right? Wrong. Business floats, or sinks, on a whole sea of sentiment. A very slight change in numbers at one or two companies can change the weather in that sea. That means a whole sector can get caught up in a storm whether […]
Over two-thirds of online TV subscribers in the UK don’t watch original shows such as Neflix’s House of Cards or Amazon Prime Instant Video’s Extant according to Ofcom research. Netflix and Amazon, the two biggest online TV services in the UK, have invested heavily in original programming in a bid to attract more subscribers – […]
Viewers are looking for a TV-like experience and will quickly abandon their show if the spell is broken and they are reminded they are online, according to the findings of a UK consumer report from OTT video experience optimisation specialist Conviva, with one third of respondents singling this out as the most important factor when […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has continued its positive start to the year with strong take-up of Freetime, its connected TV service, which has seen a 200 per cent year-on-year increase in new connected customers. Increased awareness and understanding of the Freetime service has resulted in Freetime sales growing by 48 per cent year-on-year […]
Time Warner has reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30th. Revenues increased 8 per cent to $7.3 billion (€6.7bn) due to growth across all operating divisions. Adjusted operating income grew 15 per cent to $1.9 billion due to increases at Turner and Warner Bros, partially offset by a decline at HBO. Operating income […]