ESPNPlayer.com will bring UK and European viewers live and on-demand coverage of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (aka March Madness). Available on Mac, PC, iPad and through Samsung and LG smart TVs, ESPN Player’s coverage starts immediately and runs through five rounds to the National Championship game on April 6th. There is a strong […]
Apple is set to relaunch Apple TV this autumn and is in talks with ABC, CBS and Fox to bring around 25 channels to the service. The service will be available across all devices powered by Apple’s iOS operating system, including iPhones, iPads and Apple TV set-top boxes, the WSJ reports. The news comes just […]
Cablevision has confirmed it will be the first cableco to offer HBO’s new steaming-only service, HBO Now, to its customers in the coming weeks. Cablevision didn’t disclose the deal’s terms or how much it’ll charge its customers. HBO said it will launch its HBO Now service early next month — in time for Season 5 […]
Despite slowing economic growth, the number of digital TV households in Latin America will double by 2020. A report by Digital TV Research estimates 152 million digital TV households by 2020. Digital TV will climb from only 17.9 per cent penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and […]
Sky has invested a further $5 million in 1Mainstream, an OTT startup company that operates an automated platform for the distribution of linear and on-demand video to Internet-connected devices. The investment, which is in the form of a convertible debt security, builds on the $2 million already invested by Sky in August 2013. 1Mainstream’s platform […]
GulliReplay, the French catch-up TV service from family DTT channel Gulli, set a new audience record in February reaching 20 million views. This represents a 52 per cent growth compared to February 2014 and a 170 per cent increase on February 2013. The replay service is available on all platforms and devices: online, Android and […]
Netflix is set to receive a tax break in New Zealand. According to local reports, the streaming giant is not obligated to pay New Zealand’s goods and services tax (GST) due to it being an offshore company. The news has prompted an outcry from Lightbox, which is a local online television service. Andrew Pirie, a […]
Sling TV has released its app for Xbox One, the first gaming console to support the live, OTTTV service. Xbox One joins a constellation of other devices that support Sling TV, including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick; current-generation Roku players and Roku TV models; Android and iOS devices; and Macs and PCs. “Sling […]
ABC News is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players and Roku TV models – the first ABC News streaming channel to be available on Smart TVs. ABC News VP of Digital Colby Smith commented: “Today is another big step in putting our audience in control of how and when they get their […]
SVoD services will see huge growth over the next five years as traditional cable TV subscriptions continue to decline, according to Ben Keen, chief analyst and VP, consumer media at IHS. However, the transition to digital and the success of cable broadband mean that cable is still a strong industry. Keen told Cable Congress