Rural businesses held back by poor mobile phone coverage say they are being kept in a “digital dark age” because of the reluctance of network operators to invest in the countryside. The CLA which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses in England and Wales told an influential group of MPs that Ofcom must force mobile […]
Instagram has officially hit one billion monthly active users and the service has celebrated by launching a new feature branded IGTV. The new function lets anyone upload videos to the section, which is being made available as a separate app for both Android and iOS. Explaining how the new service will work, Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder […]
Mobile video consumption continues to rise but growth stabilised in Q1 2018; total video plays increased during the quarter just 1.8 per cent from the prior year, according to Ooyala’s Q1 2018 Global Video Index Report. The increase was one of the smallest in 14 quarters, and also marked the first quarter-over-quarter decline in mobile’s […]
AT&T has confirmed the launch of a new mobile bundle of TV and music content acquired with its takeover of Time Warner. The WatchTV app will offer streaming access to over 30 live TV channels, as well as over 15,000 on-demand movies and TV shows. Subscribers can also add premium services such as HBO, Starz […]
In 2018, US adults will still dedicate more time per day to TV – nearly 3 hours, 50 minutes – than to any other medium, but TV time is shrinking, down from 4 hours, 37 minutes in 2012. Smartphone time will increase to 3 hours, 35 minutes in 2018, and by 2019 mobile will be […]
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE’s OTT platform Playz has launched an app that enables users to have free access to its original content through mobile phones and tablets. The app, available on iOS and Android, allows users to receive notifications about next live transmissions and the latest TV content available on the platform as well as […]
Data from eMarketer forecasts that by the end of this year, Instagram will have 104.7 million users in the US, up 13 per cent over last year. That means more than half (53 per cent) of US social network users will be on Instagram. The social media sharing app is set to generate $5.48 billion […]
Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) has confirmed the launch of four new key projects to support the development and deployment of 5G networks. The projects – “Spectrum and deployment efficiencies”, “Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) requirements for vertical industries”, “RAN convergence” and “Extreme long-range communications for deep rural coverage” – have been highlighted as […]
Mobile advertising will account for 30.5 per cent of global advertising expenditure in 2020, up from 19.2 per cent in 2017, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. Expenditure on mobile advertising will total $187 billion (£141 billion) in 2020, more than twice the $88 billion spent on desktop advertising, and just $5 billion behind the […]
Viacom has confirmed a first mobile distribution deal for Paramount+ – an agreement with Telenor to make the video streaming product available as a premium service to its mobile subscribers in Sweden as part of its new ‘Telenor Stream Film och Serier’ streaming service. The deal is the first Viacom has signed to make Paramount+ […]