The Council of the European Union has adopted new rules to allow consumers who paid for online content services in their home country to access them when visiting another country within the EU. The new regulation will improve competitiveness by encouraging innovation in online services and attracting more consumers. It is one of the objectives […]

Over the next five years (2016 – 2021), global digital transformation will continue to have a significant impact on the demands and requirements of IP networks according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast. Top-level indicators include

Trade association Cable Europe has welcomed the adoption of new rules which will enable cable customers to access their cable subscription, their favourite TV show or live football match whilst on the move abroad. The new rules form part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, and were first set out by the European Commission eighteen […]

YuMe, a partner for video advertising leadership and innovation, has released areport and that reveals growing consumer awareness and preference for vertical video as both a content and advertising format. Vertical video offers a natural experience within mobile and app content as the video is designed for upright, portrait mode viewing. According to the study, […]

The mobile AR platform war was kicked  by Mark Zuckerberg’s “We’re making the camera the first augmented reality platform.” That simple sentence, said at F8 in April, transformed what had been a one-hit wonder in Pokémon Go into an epic battle between Facebook, Apple, Google, Tencent, Snap, Alibaba, Baidu, Samsung, Huawei and more. Now Apple’s […]

In a 13-country study by Ampere Analysis, Saudi Arabian internet users top the list for accessing TV and video content online. They are also setting the pace for viewing that content on their smartphones and tablets. 87 per cent of viewers in Saudi Arabia watch online video content on their smartphones versus a survey average […]

Sky Mobile has introduced a new 500MB tariff with unlimited calls and texts, starting from £5 (€5.72) a month. Sky claims the new plan, available immediately, is the UK’s lowest monthly priced 500MB plan with unlimited calls and texts for Sky TV customers. According to Kantar Media, over a quarter (26 per cent) of SIM […]

Smartphones are now in 80 per cent of US homes – a six percentage point increase year-over-year (YOY) – and US consumers now own 27 million more smartphones than they did just last year, according to research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Furthermore, CTA’s research analysis shows 16 per cent of US households now […]

Viacom and multi-play operator Altice USA have agreed a multi-year partnership that includes advanced advertising and content distribution agreements. The pair will create what they describe as an “unprecedented, industry-leading partnership” that combines Altice USA’s audience data, multi-screen advertising platforms, measurement and analytics capabilities with Viacom’s advanced advertising offerings to deliver local and national advertising […]