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 […]
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 […]
OTT subscriptions from providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime will generate $31.6 billion by 2019, up from just under $8 billion in 2014, according to a report by Juniper Research. Continued growth in the established markets of West Europe and North America, along with the emergence of key OTT players in the Far East […]
Kaltura, the video technology platform, has launched a new HTML5 web app for Amazon Fire TV. The app allows Kaltura customers to seamlessly publish video content from within Kaltura directly to Amazon Fire TV, improving the distribution process and streamlining the multi-screen experience. Amazon recently released the Web App Starter Kit for Fire TV, which […]
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group digital TV business and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, has announced that its MediaLive multiscreen solution enabled record adoption of Canal+ Spain’s OTT platform, “Yomvi de Canal+,” during the live streaming, on March 22nd, 2015, of a major football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Marking a major […]
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 […]
While Netflix’s international business has yet to turn a profit, the company has seen strong growth in its non-US markets thus far, according to research firm SNL Kagan. Netflix international paid subscribers totaled 16.8 million at the end of 2014. Netflix’s first international launch, Canada, also has the distinction of being its largest with about […]
O2 customers are being offered early access to ten Channel 4 series, including Peep Show, Made in Chelsea and Fresh Meat as part of the relaunch of the broadcaster’s VoD platform as All 4. Episodes of the shows will be available to stream 48 hours before their terrestrial TV airing. The offer, open to customers […]
iiNet chief technology officer Mark Dioguardi has admitted that Netflix has caused problems for some customers and revealed it is accounts for 25 per cent of the telco’s total Internet traffic less than a month after its Australian launch. Before it’s official launch in the country, Netflix made up just 3 per cent of iiNets total downloads, Drioguardi said. That figure rose to […]
Amino’s latest range of IPTV/OTT devices now support YouTube on TV – allowing consumers to view videos from the online video portal full screen on their televisions. The A150/A550 and Live Advanced Media Platform device series both completed certification approval recently and will now include the YouTube on TV HTML5 application. An Amino […]