The number of people across Latin America using their mobile devices to access the Internet is set to grow by 50 per cent by the end of the decade, according to a GSMA study. It is forecast that 150 million new mobile internet subscribers will be added in the region by 2020, bringing the total […]
TVPlayer, the UK’s online TV platform with over one million viewers, has announced that its multiscreen service will be among the first streaming video platforms to be pre-installed on all new Samsung tablets. The complete rollout will be available on 24 variants of six tablet versions to over 700,000 devices in the UK over the […]
Cartoon Network will launch a new virtual reality mobile game and bespoke branded viewer, based on global hit animated series Adventure Time. Titled “I See Ooo”, the immersive virtual reality experience comes complete with a specially-designed viewer to play it through. It will launch in the UK and Nordics on September 29th. Launching as a […]
An overwhelming 99 per cent of smartphone users on T-Mobile USA’s Binge On claim to be satisfied with the quality of mobile video streaming according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The study measured smartphone owners’ awareness; interest and satisfaction in competitive offers like Binge On, a proposition which balances consumers’ willingness to accept limits […]
Ericsson has signed a digital marketing agreement with VMS Communications, a Florida-based tech company that facilitates the delivery of digital content to any mobile device. Ericsson will provide an advertising campaign management platform as a service that will enable VMS to efficiently monetise digital content delivery. The agreement with VMS marks the first time that […]
The latest insights into the home entertainment industry have been revealed at the BASE MESA Entertainment Summit. As over 300 guests from across the industry representing stakeholders from the UK, Europe and US, gathered at the event which brought together the BASE Category Showcase and the MESA Transforming Home Entertainment Summit under one roof. Analyst […]
NBC Olympics has confirmed that it leveraged Content Delivery Networks services specialist Akamai Technologies for online video streaming, website and video delivery along with security solutions to support its record digital offering for Rio 2016, which included 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of which were live. One hundred million unique users tuned in […]
In addition to announcing its plans to overhaul its organisational structure, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, content and media company Altice is to simplify the Group’s ownership structure and enhance its organisational flexibility through an exchange offer for the outstanding 22.25 per cent of shares in telco subsidiary SFR Group not currently owned by Altice. Altice […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Intel Corporation have confirmed that ULTRA, SPHE’s 4K movie streaming service, will debut on computers powered by 7th Gen Intel Core processors beginning Q1 in 2017. Coinciding with the expanded availability of the service, ULTRA will add new features such as 48 hour rentals and free 10 minute previews, […]
The decline of the worldwide tablet market is set to continue for the remainder of 2016 as year-over-year growth reaches an all-time low of -11.5 per cent and shipments of 183.4 million units, according to forecast data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Positive growth is set to return in 2018 […]