The latest Australian Multi-Screen Report – from Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen, and covering the first quarter of calendar 2016 – continues its look at how audience behaviour is influenced by greater content and platform choice, and access to new consumer technologies. Together these changes create unprecedented opportunities to view broadcast TV and other video and affect the time spent with […]
Promising to help subscribers to its Google Fiber networks in six US cities access all of their favourite shows, movies, music, and more adding Google Cast capabilities directly to their Fiber TV Box. Writing in the Google Fiber blog, Jared Nusinoff, Product Manager, Google Fiber says that Google Cast gives access to thousands of apps, […]
The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018. According to the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. Between 2015 and 2021, the number of IoT connected devices is expected to grow 23 per cent annually, of which cellular IoT is forecast to […]
After two years of declining customer satisfaction, the telecommunications sector has halted the slide, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The new ACSI results for the telecommunications sector, which includes subscription television service, Internet Service Providers, fixed-line telephone service, wireless telephone service and cell phone manufacturers, show a 1.9-per cent […]
ICT standards body ETSI has unveiled a new Industry Specification Group, the Mobile and Broadcast Convergence (MBC) ISG. ETSI MBC ISG will explore the deployment and business models of converged networks from the perspectives of all interested parties, including broadcasters, satellite, mobile and terrestrial broadcast network operators, content owners and providers, network infrastructure vendors and […]
The EU Council has adopted a general approach on a draft decision aimed at boosting broadband services. The 700 MHz band, which offers high speeds and extensive coverage, would be made available for wireless broadband in Europe by 2020. Broadcasting services would keep priority in the sub-700 MHz band at least until 2030. Henk Kamp, […]
TV service providers and Internet Service Providers received the lowest overall customer experience scores, according to the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 US consumers. Of the 20 industries covered in the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, TV service and ISPs tied with healthcare providers for the […]
Snackable, mobile-friendly content is growing in popularity among media companies looking to increase engagement and revenue. Indeed, Ooyala recently took a look at the most popular digital videos of 2015 across its publisher network and found that 95 per cent of the videos tracked for its latest State Of The Media Industry report were under […]
In a global first in music television, The X Factor is to become the world’s first talent show to give hopefuls the opportunity to audition on Facebook Live. The call for auditions was launched on May 24th with returning host Dermot O’Leary recording his own Facebook Live message revealing how budding singers will be able […]
France’s Altice has partnered with HP Labs’ spin-off LEIA to bring holographic display handsets to the European market by the end of next year. Altice says its strategic partnership with LEIA will combine the Holographic Reality platform with Altice’s own content and media to provide users with new digital experiences such as 3D selfies, holographic […]