According to James Wang, Analyst, Devices/Gateways at ARK Investment Management, TV executives should feel paranoid about the rise of Netflix. At the current trajectory, ARK research forecasts Netflix will become the largest US video network by 2019. With Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Hulu and a host of niche players also experiencing rapid growth, streaming is […]
The latest OTT data from research and consultancy firm Parks Associates indicate that at the end of 2015, approximately 20 per cent of US broadband households had cancelled at least one OTT video service in the past 12 months. In 2Q 2015, 18 per cent had done so. Netflix is still the OTT leader in […]
Gray Television, a US TV broadcast company, has made a $3 million strategic equity investment in Syncbak, a technology company that replicates over-the-air broadcasts for delivery OTT of the Internet – live and on-demand. In addition, Gray’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Jason Effinger, has joined Syncbak’s Board of Directors. “We are excited to join […]
Acclaimed filmmaker Lord [David] Puttnam, President of the UK’s Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), has called for more flexibility in the film business as the industry confronts a series of momentous, even existential, challenges. Speaking at an industry event in London, Puttnam noted the polarisation of the cinema market place. Despite more than 800 titles receiving […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, and Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, have partnered to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) platform that lets OTT players quickly launch ‘Live to OTT’, as well as VoD and time-shifted services. Kaltura has integrated Harmonic’s new VOS 360 professional cloud media processing service with its OTT […]
Simplestream, a leading provider of live streaming and live-to-VOD solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing TVPlayer on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) booth at NAB (#SL9016). TVPlayer, one of the UK’s fastest growing consumer streaming services, is powered by Simplestream’s Media Hub platform in conjunction with AWS & Cloudfront. Developed by Simplestream, TVPlayer […]
TVPlayer, one of the UK’s most popular consumer streaming platforms with more than 600,000 unique viewers per week, has confirmed that leading international business and financial news channel, Bloomberg Television has launched on its multiscreen service. Bloomberg Television, which reaches more than 360 million households worldwide, joins 63 free-to-view channels that are available to consumers […]
The BBC has launched its new BBC iPlayer Kids app, available for free on iOS and Android phones and tablets, as well as Kindle Fire. The new child-friendly app is safe and easy to use. With over 10,000 episodes being made available this year alone, it has all of BBC Children’s content in one place, […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has partnered with CSG to create a new service named ULTRA that allows consumers to buy and stream 4K movies and TV shows on Sony Android BRAVIA 4K TVs. With this new service, consumers will be able to browse, purchase, favourite, search and playback a broad catalogue of 4K video […]
After a promised 2 year price-freeze, Netflix is prepping to hike the price of streaming HD TV shows and movies in the UK. Later this month, UK customers will begin to be “ungrandfathered” from previous pricing plans, and will be charged £7.49 (€9.35) per month to stream HD videos from one account to two devices […]