Following the announcement by Netflix that it was planning to launch in Spain in October, the streaming service has also formally confirmed October launches in Italy and Portugal. This autumn, the countries’ respective Internet users will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a broad selection of TV series and movies in HD […]
Mary Ann Turcke, the recently-appointed CEO at Canadia telco BCE’s Bell Media division, has suggested that ‘naming and shaming’ could be an effective method in combating piracy, admitting that the industry needed to make its content more accessible. Turke made the comments in a Keynote Speech at the Canadian Telecom Summit, telling delegates, that to […]
Apple has been adjudged the winner for authenticated and unauthenticated streaming video, according to new analysis by Adobe Digital Index (ADI), which found that Apple TV controls the major share of TV Everywhere viewing. In addition, iOS devices
Competition in the Spanish pay-TV market is set to intensify with the launch of Netflix in October. In an interview with Spanish daily El Mundo, company founder and president Reed Hastings has confirmed that the streaming service will be available then with a “broad selection of TV series and movies in HD or even HD […]
France’s Canal+ has confirmed that it is to screen the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday June 6th between Barcelona and Juventus in Ultra High Definition. The broadcast will be via Astra craft situated at 19.2°E in partnership with SES and also OTT. The initiative is in line with the group’s year-old policy of […]
US premium television programmer Showtime Networks is launching a stand-alone Internet streaming service in early July, with Apple as its first partner. The stand-alone service will be called Showtime, a brand already embraced by consumers as the home for cutting-edge original programming, sports and movies. The launch of Showtime will coincide with the new seasons […]
After more than a decade of digital disruption across the entertainment & media (E&M) industry, the distinction between digital and traditional media is deemed irrelevant in the minds and wallets of consumers, according to PwC’s annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2015-2019. The E&M industry is now a multifaceted ecosystem – with
According to consultancy firm PwC, it’s increasingly clear that consumers see no significant divide between digital and traditional media: what they want is more flexibility, freedom and convenience in when and how they consume their preferred content. Total worldwide entertainment and media revenues will
Mediavision has for the 5th year conducted an in-depth analysis of the Nordic OTT market and the conclusion is that the market is in a quick transformation. On an average day, about one third of the Nordic population is watching streaming video, indicating a yearly growth rate of over 30 per cent. Most of the […]
Findings from intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine indicate that online entertainment streaming service Netflix continues to increase slowly its domination of North American fixed networks, accounting for 36.5 per cent of downstream traffic in the peak evening hours, while Facebook and Google control 60 per cent of LatAm mobile traffic. Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena […]