TCL, one of the world’s fastest growing TV brands is showing a console quality game streaming experience at its IFA tradeshow booth in Berlin. Game streaming is a technology in which videos of major brands AAA, next generation video games are executed on a remote cloud server, and streamed over the internet directly to the […]
Following an extremely successful launch in London earlier this year, Quiptel are pleased to announce the integration and availability of the Quiptel Media Platform (QMP) solution with the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) revenue security platform. The Quiptel Media Platform (QMP) represents the most advanced full service solution for all video operators around the […]
The latest edition of the annual Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report has found that streaming video is now almost level with traditional TV watching, with 75 per cent of consumers watching streamed content several times a week, compared to 77 per cent who watch scheduled broadcast TV programming several times a week. The study,
Fewer than one in five (18 per cent) people online follow the show they’re watching on TV via Twitter, according to a report from global forecasting firm Strategy Analytics which identifies the six main ways people watch TV today, by the degree to which connected devices impact viewing and TV interaction.
When 4G was launched in 2013, Deloitte asked respondents to a mobile consumer survey with 4G which applications they were using more frequently. Watching video was the number one response. This year, among a much larger base of 4G subscribers, watching video had fallen to seventh place. Only a fifth (20 per cent) of respondents […]
Telefonica is enhancing its convergent offers with new packages to be launched later this year that will include 5 or 6 services; TV, broadband and fixed and mobile telephony – with the addition of home security services (home alarms), home automation and video games in the cloud. The Spanish telco will also strengthen its TV […]
Amazon’s streaming box, Fire TV, will launch in the UK on October 23rd and in Germany on September 25th. The device, which allows users to access on-demand TV, apps and smartphone content as well as games, debuted in the US in April. The Fire TV box be pre-ordered in the UK for £79 (€100) – […]
Japanese group Rakuten has confirmed it will soon launch its VoD streaming platform Wuaki.TV in France. The service will be beta tested throughout September, before being rolled out to the public in early October, specifically targeting the 20 million customers of PriceMinister, the French e-commerce website that it also owns. France will be the third […]
Telecommunications operator NOS retained its leadership position on the Portuguese pay-TV market in the second quarter, with a 45.3 per cent market share, down from 46.4 per cent in the first quarter, according to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Portugal Telecom’s Meo was second, but saw its share rise from 41.6 per […]
Streaming media players were added to 6 million US homes over the past year, increasing ownership penetration to 17 per cent of US Internet households in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014, according to the Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report from The NPD Group. Streaming media player ownership is expected to increase to 39 per […]