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Dutch still prefer linear TV

Nearly 60 per cent of the Dutch have no plans to cancel their traditional TV subscription in favour of OTT service television programmes, according to Telecompaper Consumer Panel data. Around 4 per cent said they will likely cancel the subscriptions within the next two years while a quarter do not yet know that they will […]

April 24, 2015

Streaming overtakes linear TV in US

According to Deloitte’s latest Digital Democracy Survey, Americans now prefer to stream TV content (53 per cent) rather than watch TV content live (45 per cent). The report also found that viewers aged 14 to 25 year olds watch more content on mobile devices than they do on actual TVs. Another trend increasing in popularity […]

April 23, 2015

BBC3 online shift delayed to 2016

Plans to make BBC3 an online-only channel have been put back to next year, according to Damian Kavanagh, the digital channel’s controller. The BBC announced last year the channel would go online only in a bid to save money. It was intended to close this autumn, but BBC bosses are still awaiting the results of […]

April 23, 2015

NAGRA enables StarHub next-gen IPTV

NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group and independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has revealed that StarHub’s recently launched IPTV service on Singapore’s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network uses NAGRA’s solutions portfolio. NAGRA’s MediaLive multiscreen, OpenTV 5 connectware and anyCAST CONNECT content protection solutions enable Singapore’s largest pay TV […]

April 23, 2015

FOXXUM integrates XroadMedia’s Content Discovery and Recommendation technology

FOXXUM, a global player in delivering Smart TV solutions, and XroadMedia, a provider of content discovery and recommendation services, have joined forces to offer a complete and fully featured turnkey solution to device manufacturers and service providers for their Smart TV products. This new partnership will see Ncanto, XroadMedia’s cloud-based content discovery and recommendation solution, […]

April 23, 2015

QoE impacts profitability of OTT

Conviva, the OTT video optimisation specialist, has released the findings of its third annual Viewer Experience Report, which found that even as audiences swell and potential subscription revenue balloons, the challenges to building a sustainable OTT service are piling up. Consumers no longer simply expect a service to work, they demand that it provide a […]

April 22, 2015

HBO Now threatens cut-off for VPN users

HBO is threatening to cut off paying customers of its HBO Now streaming  service if they are outside the US. The premium broadcaster has sent emails to people around the world it has detected are using software tools to access HBO Now. HBO said it took the action because it only has the right to […]

April 22, 2015

Minecraft YouTube vids clock 3.9bn views in March

Minecraft remains the most popular game franchise on YouTube by a considerable margin, with videos of the crafting game notching up 3.9 billion views in March 2015 alone according to a chart produced by research firms Newzoo and Octoly. Minecraft was well ahead of second-placed Grand Theft Auto, with its videos attracting 1.4 billion views […]

April 22, 2015

TV2U launches TARA TV in Europe

Content enabler and technology provider TV2U has confirmed the upcoming European launch of its TARA TV platform ahead of TV Connect 2015. The move follows growing demand from cable operators for TV2U’s managed content service, which has already experienced significant uptake across APAC and the US, and is launching in the UK and Germany with […]

April 22, 2015

Telekom Slovenije selects VO’s Connected Sentinel Player

Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has announced that Telekom Slovenije has selected Viaccess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player to support its new OTT multiscreen platform TViN. Through the Connected Sentinel Player, a multiplatform media player that includes DRM for premium VoD and live content, operators and content providers can securely […]

April 22, 2015