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@ CES AirTV debuts

AirTV, dedicated to meeting the growing consumer demand for over-the-air (OTA) products and services has launched @ CES began offering AirTV Player, a new 4K Android TV-based streaming device, and AirTV Pro Install, a service that offers expertise, installation and setup of OTA antennas. “Americans are rediscovering free local, over-the-air TV for sports, shows and […]

January 4, 2017

@ CES AirTV Android from Technicolor

Technicolor announced at CES 2017 in Las Vegas that it was chosen by Air TV to build the AirTV Player, an Android TV streaming device. AirTV Player features built-in advanced Wi-Fi capability, and the ability to integrate free local over-the-air (OTA) channels with popular streaming services. The AirTV Player is now available at AirTV.net. The […]

January 4, 2017

Analyst: Nearly half OTT subs multiple subscribers

Findings from research and analysis firm Parks Associates research show that 31 per cent of US broadband households have multiple OTT service subscriptions, representing nearly one-half of the 63 per cent of US broadband households subscribing to at least one OTT service. “Parks Associates, through our OTT Video Market Tracker service, has identified the service-stacking […]

January 3, 2017

SpaceX gets ready to launch

Elon Musk-owned rocket business SpaceX has identified the cause of a catastrophic $285 million (€273m) September 1st explosion and is getting ready to restart launches. A statement, posted on the SpaceX website, said the explosion was caused by the failure of one of three helium tanks, known as composite overwrapped pressure vessels or COPVs, inside […]

January 3, 2017By Chris Forrester

Sky Sports On Demand up 15%

Sky Sports saw On Demand numbers continued to rise in 2016 with a 15 per cent jump in downloads compared to 2015. Sky Sports viewers downloaded almost 23 million videos across the spectrum of sporting action on offer, according to figures from comScore. Sky Sports Managing Director Barney Francis said: “As our service continues to […]

January 3, 2017

Analyst: Global advertising revenue to hit $532bn

Big brand budgets and quadrennial events such as the Olympics, European Football Championship and US Presidential Election will drive 2016’s global advertising revenue growth to $532 billion (€508bn) according to findings from critical information, analytics and solutions source IHS Markit’s annual Global Advertising Trends report. “The advertising industry is about to turn the corner thanks […]

January 3, 2017

Sky Store chief departing

Simon Creasey is leaving Sky after 10 years in various executive roles with the pay-TV giant. Creasey is responsible for launching Sky’s OTT service Now TV, and has recently held the title of director of the company’s download-to-own Sky Store. Creasey will leave Sky in February to become chief marketing officer at cycling apparel business […]

January 3, 2017

India’s ‘inactive’ pay-TV subs rise 5.4%

India’s officially recognised (by regulator TRAI) DTH active pay-TV subscribers grew in the summer quarter (July-September 2016) by 1.4 million (2.31 per cent) to an impressive 61.9 million. That’s all good news. But the bad news is that India’s ‘inactive’ subscribers grew at a faster rate, by 2.68 million to 32.71 million (a 5.41 per […]

January 3, 2017By Chris Forrester

Record US Q3 Internet ad revenues

US advertisers invested $17.6 billion (€16.8bn) in digital advertising in the third quarter of 2016, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report from IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and prepared by PwC US. This marks the highest third quarter for digital advertising spending on record, and represents a 20 per cent increase over the […]

January 3, 2017

South Korea deregulates pay-TV

The South Korean government is planning to deregulate the domestic pay-TV industry to facilitate mergers and acquisitions among cable TV, satellite broadcasting and IPTV service providers with the intention of enhancing their competitiveness in the global market. The Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning said that it would apply the same regulation to the […]

January 3, 2017By Colin Mann