NBCUniversal and Gray Television have entered into an agreement that will expand NBCUniversal TV Everywhere offering of local NBC linear streams in the US beyond the NBC-owned stations for the first time. The agreement enables Gray to include the live linear simulcasts of its 24 NBC affiliated television stations, including NBC network and local programming, […]
Christopher Slaughter, CEO, CASBAA told its OTT summit: “The Asia Pacific region is still primarily driven by the traditional linear TV market but, as our speakers have detailed today, there is tremendous business potential in tapping into OTT.” Christine Fellowes, Board Member Responsible, CASBAA OTT & Connected Media Group, and MD Asia Pacific, Universal Networks […]
Telefonica is to launch its mobile TV platform, Movistar TV Go, on devices with Windows Phone OS following a deal with Microsoft. The Movistar TV Go service for Windows Phone 8.1 will enable Telefónica users to watch linear and on demand content by simply speaking into the phone through Cortana voice recognition technology, which has […]
Sling TV, the US OTT service from DISH, has launched AMC and IFC into its “Best of Live TV” $20 core package, and has also unveiled a movie-based add-on pack branded “Hollywood Extra” for an additional $5 per month. The add-on pack anchored by EPIX, will include content from EPIX, EPIX2, EPIX3, EPIX Drive-In and […]
TiVo’s CEO Tom Rogers said that viewing consumers are facing “chaotic changes” in the variety and amount of programming available to them. “Infinite amounts of new and compelling content coming from all directions, traditional linear TV, live sports and other events, recorded programming, video-on-demand, subscription video-on-demand, TV Everywhere and web streaming services. In this new […]
French catch-up TV consumption increased by 50 per cent in 2014 to 3.7 billion video requests (up from 2.5 billion in 2013). Last year, an average of 10.2 million videos were viewed each month compared to 6.8 million in 2013. Advertising revenues coming from catch-up TV services in 2014 hit
The increasing use of Internet protocol (IP) enabled devices has fuelled massive video consumption and, in turn, driven the need for online video analytics (OVA) solutions globally. Publishers, advertisers and service providers have come to the realisation that OVA solutions are essential to device effective strategies to monetise from targeted video services. Analysis from Frost […]
Australian and New Zealand consumers now have just three weeks to wait for the arrival of the online streaming service following confirmation that it will begin streaming in the two countries on March 24th. “Many Aussies and Kiwis have heard a lot about Netflix over the years, and we’re excited they’ll get to experience our […]
Pay-TV technology specialist Motive Television has released the first update to TabletTV in the UK, containing new capabilities and improved performance. The new version 2.0 has been submitted to the Apple App Store for review and is expected to be available to TabletTV UK customers in about a week. TabletTV UK 2.0 is available without […]
BBC iPlayer has reported that January 2015 was its best month on record with 343 million requests – and at 264 million TV requests this was also BBC iPlayer’s best-ever month for TV viewing. Following the festive period, requests from mobiles and tablets increased to 48 per cent in January – their highest-ever level – […]