SeaChange International, the global multi-screen video software provider, announced that Denmark’s second largest cable television operator, Stofa, has signed a multi-year service and maintenance contract for its SeaChange Adrenalin VoD services. Stofa has been a customer of SeaChange since 2007 and this new contract further extends their longstanding relationship. Stofa is a triple-play operator serving about 400,000 Danish households. It [...]
NCTA president Michael Powell is about to tell a US Senate hearing that OTT supplier Netflix is the largest subscription video provider in the USA today. Powell is due to address the senate’s Communication’s Subcomittee on May 14th, and tell them that “The largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix — not Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV [...]
YouTube has revealed details of enhancements to its partner programme that enables content creators to earn revenue for their creativity. Responding to requests for more flexibility in monetising and distributing content, the video-sharing site is launching a pilot programme for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube with subscription fees starting at $0.99 per month. [...]
Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, along with MGM Television, has announced the premiere of the critically acclaimed US television series Vikings exclusively on LOVEFiLM Instant in the UK and Germany, making the streaming service the only place to watch the series in these countries. From May 24th, members of LOVEFiLM Instant in the UK will be able to feast on all nine episodes [...]
Thinkbox has commissioned Flamingo, the global insight and brand consultancy, and Tapestry, the quantitative research specialists, to undertake the second in its series of ‘Screen Life’ research studies, with results expected this summer. The new study will focus on how people are watching VoD and how that differs from and adds to linear viewing. The new study – ‘Screen Life: [...]
ITV has entered an exclusive fixed term partnership with Samsung to offer the new and improved ITV Player app on the manufacturer’s Android devices. The ITV Player app will be available on a range of Samsung Android tablet and smartphone devices, including the new Galaxy S4, the Galaxy Note 8.0 and the Galaxy Mega, whilst it has also been optimised [...]
Starz has announced a vast first wave of new device support for itsonline authenticated TV Everywhere services, Starz Play, Encore Play, and Movieplex Play. The launch includes support for popular handsets and tablets on Android and other platforms including NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, and select Google Nexus devices including the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10. Starz has [...]
Vubiquity, a global provider of multiplatform video services, has revealed the results of a tracking study measuring consumer behaviours and attitudes toward VoD and TV Everywhere (TVE) in the US. In the survey, conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates during the fourth quarter of 2012, satisfaction with On Demand grew 5 per cent over 2010. The biggest areas of improved [...]
Annual revenue generated from content delivered to mobile handsets and tablets is expected to increase by nearly $25 billion over the next three years, reaching $65 billion by 2016, a report from Juniper has found. According to the report, growth would primarily be fuelled by an upsurge in game, video and eBook purchases via tablet devices, allied to increased opportunity [...]
Google is set to unveil a YouTube subscription service as early as this week – marking the first time the online video portal has charged for content. As many as 50 of YouTube’s most popular channels are expected to carry a subscription fee starting at around $1.99 (€1.52) per month. “We’re looking into creating a subscription platform that could bring [...]
