Following its recent relaunch, legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm.com has welcomed Internet streaming media Wuaki.tv as the latest retailer to join the platform. Simon Homent, European Content Director, Wuaki.tv, described FindAnyFilm as “an excellent site for entertainment consumers,” saying the recent navigation refresh, simplicity of use and growth in popularity, made it an easy decision […]
Videotron is offering its mobile customers its new, free Unlimited Music service. Effective immediately, users of Stingray, Rdio, Google Play, Deezer and Spotify in Canada can listen to their favourite tracks anywhere, anytime or discover new artists without worrying about data usage. In the coming weeks and months, other popular services will be added to […]
Amazon has confirmed will launch its Prime Instant Video service in Japan in September. Consumers will have to be subscribed to Amazon Prime in order to access the content. Prime currently costs 3,900 yen a year in Japan (about €30). Japan will be the fifth country in which the service is available. Amazon Japan president Jasper […]
One year after its launch, Netflix is gaining strength in France, both in terms of content and subscribers, while its main rival Canalplay in the SVoD market is stagnating, reveals French research company NPA. NPA forecasts Netflix will end 2015 with 900,000 French subscribers, before jumping to 1.8 million in 2016 and 2.7 million in […]
Dutch cable company Ziggo plans to launch a free sports channel before the end of the year according to Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad. The channel, a collaboration with broadcaster Sport 1, will include Champions League football, European championship qualifiers, golf, rugby and Formula 1 racing. The move has been made possible by Ziggo’s takeover by […]
RTL regained market share in its core German TV business in the first half of the year and rasied its full-year sales forecast on strong growth in online businesses, which the European broadcaster said it would expand with further acquisitions. RTL, controlled by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, has TV and radio channels in eight European countries […]
Ericsson has renewed its playout services contract with ITV, the UK’s leading commercial television network. The contract, which has been extended until 2024, will see Ericsson continue to provide playout services for ITV’s portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD and CITV and their associated regional variants as well as ITV’s newest […]
Harmonic and Dimetis, the German IP broadcast pioneer, have partnered to create a fully integrated field test system to accelerate the distribution of next-generation terrestrial television services in Germany. Utilising a combination of Harmonic’s Electra X2 advanced media processor, ProStream 9100 high-density stream processor, DiviTrackIP statistical multiplexing technology, and NMX Digital Service Manager integrated with […]
Arqiva has announced the launch of a new hybrid IPTV channel on the Freeview platform. ABN TV, the African-Caribbean family entertainment channel, will provide content 24 hours a day to audiences with internet-enabled Freeview devices. Tom Cape, Director of Connected Solutions at Arqiva said, “Audiences have for some time now embraced the seamless cross-over of […]
FreeWheel’s Q2 Video Monetization Report has revealed that 38 per cent of monetisation this quarter came from outside desktop and laptop environments. This growing share is driven by smartphones and OTT devices (Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, gaming consoles, and Smart TVs) having yet another quarter of phenomenal growth at 107 per cent and 194 per […]