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PS4 to outsell Xbox One by 40% by 2019

With the PlayStation 4 (PS4), Sony is on a path to reproduce the success of the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii, having shipped 18.5 million units in its first year as total Game Console shipments grow 11 per cent year-on-year in 2014 to 34 million units. According to Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices (CHD) report, […]

February 19, 2015By Nik Roseveare

UK app economy to hit £31bn in 2025

Revenues generated by the growing number of UK app downloads have climbed by almost a third in the past year as the boom in smartphones has led to a huge demand for entertainment and news on the move. According to research by App Annie for the FT, the number of downloads in the UK grew […]

February 17, 2015

Playcast gaming on Samsung Smart TVs

Playcast, the cloud gaming platform, has announced that its streaming video game service will be available on Samsung Smart TVs beginning in the second quarter of 2015. Playcast’s growing catalogue of games will be compatible with select Samsung Smart TV models and will be initially available to viewers in Brazil, Canada, Israel, France, Germany, Italy, […]

February 6, 2015

4K Xbox Ones and PS4s?

Netflix has kick-started rumours that Sony and Microsoft are planning new Ultra-HD hardware revisions for their consoles – but for movies not games. According to a report by the Huffington Post, Netflix executive John Hunt claims that Sony has ‘promised’ a new version of the console that will include 4K video capability and that they […]

February 3, 2015

Children’s TV viewing drifts towards paid-VoD

The 2015 Childwise Monitor, an annual report looking at children’s media consumption, shows that the equipment mix is changing. Most children have their own computer or tablet, phone, games console and television – but console, television and to an extent, phone ownership, is falling. Tablet ownership continues to grow, although it’s slowing. The major tablet […]

January 23, 2015By Nik Roseveare

Irdeto: Video gaming imposes on TV consumption

Irdeto has launched its Eye on 2020 report, a series of predictions over the next five years covering trends that will impact the broadcast and content industries, including the connected home, piracy, platform expectations and future differentiators. In what is set to be a make or break time for operators looking to flourish and as […]

January 22, 2015

UK teenager arrested for PS, Xbox DoS

A UK man has been arrested as part of an investigation into DoS attacks on Sony Playstation and Xbox systems over Christmas. The 18-year-old was arrested at an address in Southport, near Liverpool.  He is accused of unauthorised access to computer material and knowingly providing false information to law enforcement agencies in the US.  The […]

January 16, 2015

Dailymotion launches gaming platform

Orange’s video streaming platform Dailymotion has announced the launch of Dailymotion Games, a new live-streaming platform dedicated to gaming. The website, games.dailymotion.com, offers the gaming and electronic sports community a custom-built environment for viewing, sharing, uploading and streaming personal gaming and gaming competitions. The company says it is  a “move into a strong sector”. Gaming […]

January 16, 2015From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

US mobile entertainment tops $9bn in 2014

Americans are now spending almost as much on smartphone and tablet entertainment as at the box office. In 2014, SNL Kagan estimates mobile entertainment generated $9.14 billion in revenue, fast approaching the roughly $10 billion per year the box office generates from ticket sales. The combined revenue from mobile games, video, music and location-based services […]

January 14, 2015

Visiware launches 8 game services on Numericable Belux

Visiware, the specilaist in games for interactive television, is offering 8 interactive game channels for the cable operator Numericable’s subscribers in Belgium and Luxemburg. These services, already available on Numericable in France, are now broadcasted not only in French, in Dutch and German as well. From now on subscribers can enjoy two additional languages without […]

December 19, 2014