One of the most common myths we hear in the marketplace is “millennials don’t watch TV” according to the Video Advertising bureau (VAB). A multiscreen insight report from VAB inspected the video landscape with a specific look at young adults 18-34 and revealed that there is no denying millennials have a strong thirst for premium, […]
The regulation of video-on-demand programme services is being brought fully within Ofcom to sit alongside its regulation of broadcast content. The move follows an Ofcom review to ensure regulation of broadcast and on-demand content remains as effective and efficient as possible for the benefit of consumers, audiences and industry. The review included the current co-regulatory […]
Multiscreen users spend the same amount of time viewing video on TV as they do on digital platforms, yet remain less receptive to digital ads, according to a report from Millward Brown that examines video use and creative response across screens and the impact for marketers. The study analysed multiscreen use and behaviour among more […]
Vodafone Spain is to offer for Netflix for free for 6 months when the service launches on October 20th. Viewers will also be able to find titles using the search engine or recommendations section of the TiVo service used by Vodafone. After the initial six-month launch offer, Netflix will be available for the standard price […]
Freeview Play, the new on-demand service from UK’s Freeview, will boost the retail set-top box market, says leading STB maker Humax. Humax commercial director Graham North said Freeview Play will stimulate and reinvigorate the retail market. Humax currently accounts for 45 per cent of the DVR retail market by volume and over half by value. […]
India’s Tata-Sky DTH pay-TV broadcaster has issued an ultimatum to Discovery Communications India over the failure to renew a carriage agreement which expired on August 1st. Discovery, and Tata-Sky’s viewers, has been warned that most of Discovery’s portfolio of channels will go dark within 21 days unless the two re-agree terms. Evidently the warning does […]
Citing substantial harm to competition and consumers, DISH Network has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny the proposed merger of Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable. The petition to deny outlines, among other things, the critical role that high-speed broadband plays in the video industry and the potential for the merger significantly to […]
In a statement from Jersey-based satellite operator O3b (reaching the ‘other three billion’ under-connected consumers) says that in its first year of operation it has become “the fastest growing in satellite history.” The operator says it has contracted more capacity in the inaugural year of operation than any other satellite operator with a foothold in […]
Vubiquity, a global provider of premium content services, and TV2U Worldwide have signed a deal to work together to roll-out transactional video on demand (TVoD) services to some of the most under-penetrated markets in Asia and the Middle East. As part of the deal, TV2U will act as Vubiquity’s affiliate in up to seven high-growth […]
@IBC Advanced Television talks to Altech’s Bartolomeo Caputo about the South African company’s portfolio including end-to-end solutions and integration services and its main markets in Africa, Middle East and APAC. [bitsontherun BhSOLFrt-ni7dlelE]