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Quibi quibbles

Is it okay to write about anything except Covid-19 just now? I think so; the only useful thing to say is good luck to us all. Actually, it is a little bit relevant to Quibi. Many have commented that they are unlucky to go live while we’re in lockdown and entertainment on the move isn’t […]

April 9, 2020

Quibi exclusive for T-Mobile customers

Quibi, the new mobile-first video service, featuring short-form original content, is to be made available on US carrier T-Mobile’s network, with the exclusive partnership giving its customers an entirely new entertainment source, at no extra cost. According to the telco, people are streaming more video more than ever before, and over 85 per cent of […]

April 3, 2020By Colin Mann

Study: Netflix best VoD UX

With its European-wide launch set for March 24th, the Disney+ SVoD platform has a user experience equal to that of Amazon Prime Video, but still clearly lags behind industry leader Netflix, according to a large-scale user experience study conducted by digital-TV product agency TeraVolt. In the survey, which analysed the user experience of various streaming […]

March 19, 2020

BT Sport refreshes small screen app

BT is updating the BT Sport app for small screen devices such as mobiles and tablets, enhancing the viewing experience for its customers with a range of new features. With immediate effect, BT Sport customers can update to the latest version of the app to take advantage of new features including an improved interface featuring […]

March 4, 2020By Colin Mann

StarzPlay launches new app in Spain

StarzPlay, the SVoD service from Starz, has launched a new app in Spain to make it available on mobile and tablets device. For €4.99 a month subscribers will be able to watch hundreds of films and series like Power Book II: Ghost, Hightown, Vida, The Act and Divergente. The app allows up to 4 subscribers […]

March 4, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Analysis: Apple, Facebook or Microsoft the future of AR?

Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again so far). Yet Facebook, Microsoft and others are arguably more important to where the market is today, according to analysis from Digi-Capital. While there are more AR platforms than […]

February 24, 2020

Report: Video over 65% of mobile traffic

Network intelligence solutions provider Sandvine has released the 2020 Mobile Internet Phenomena Report, which analyses how applications are consuming the world’s mobile Internet bandwidth. Report highlights include:

February 21, 2020

Report: Gamers the prize when it comes to mobile ads

Liftoff, a specialist in mobile app marketing and retargeting, has published its second Mobile Ad Creative Index. Effective mobile advertising is now essential, as the platform in 2019 dethroned television for consumer’s attention. The latest report analysed 353 billion ad impressions across 4.86 billion clicks, 189 million app installs, and over 245 million first-time events […]

February 13, 2020

Record Wi-Fi usage at Super Bowl LIV

Signalling technology’s massive presence in sports, a record 26.42 terabytes of data was transferred within the stadium during Super Bowl LIV in Miami on February 2nd – an increase of 9.9 per cent from last year’s NFL championship game, despite being held at a smaller-capacity stadium with nearly 10,000 fewer fans Extreme Networks, the official […]

February 7, 2020

Study: Rising demand for cross-platform video solutions

Premium digital advertising technology company PubMatic has released findings from a study commissioned with Forrester Consulting around global video ad monetisation trends. In an effort to better understand how publishers’ needs are evolving, the research provides insight

February 4, 2020