Technicolor has revealed it will provide DirecTV with the only authorised head-end video distribution solution for the US hospitality market representing five million hotel rooms. “As the hospitality market accelerates its push into free-to-guest HDTV, satellite and cable providers are recognising a huge opportunity to expand their services,” said Barbara Bessolo, Senior Vice President of […]

Parks Associates research finds over 70 per cent of pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe are able to receive a TV Everywhere/multiscreen service. In Eastern Europe, multiscreen availability topped 25 per cent of pay-TV households in early 2013. However, ARPU remains low, pushing many operators to test new business models such as a la carte pricing. […]

Despite the dire competitive threat posed by OTT services, pay-TV operators can thrive by investing in additional service offerings that should include multiscreen services to more than make up for the erosion in their customer base, according to IHS Screen Digest. Speaking at the IHS PEVE Entertainment 2013 Conference, Guy Bisson, research director for television […]

Rentrak has released its State of VoD Report 2012, which includes four years of VoD analysis from Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials service. The report shows that the total time spent viewing free-on-demand television content in the US increased by over 40 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year. Rapidly increasing numbers also show that […]

According to MRG Senior Analyst Mike Paxton, the recent court ruling allowing Internet streaming service Aereo to continue operating was a “big win” for the company, but not the final word on the company or on its controversial business model. “Most legal experts point out that this case could drag on for a long time, […]

At  NAB Vimond Media Solutions revealed the Vimond Sports Experience, a new product that enables users to create extraordinary online environments for sports fans. Vimond Sports Experience is a sports-specific online-viewing service for its Vimond Platform, which drives multiformat over-the-top (OTT) services for all major Nordic broadcasters and others around the world. The Vimond Sports […]

In a surprising move given ongoing legal challenges between the respective services, FilmOn.TV founder and CEO Alki David – the billionaire media entrepreneur – has congratulated the legal team at Internet TV streaming service Aereo on what he describes as its “hugely significant” win in court against the Major Networks. “I would like to thank […]

US digital TV and movie content audiences will grow faster than previously expected as a result of increased viewing on tablets and smartphones, a wave of Internet-enabled TVs, and greater content availability, according to a new report – Digital TV and Movie Streaming: A Rising Tide of Devices, Content and Viewing – from digital marketing […]

Ericsson has provided Canadian telecommunications carrier Telus with an MPEG-4 AVC HD compression solution for its Optik TV IPTV service. The deployment enables Telus to enhance the consumer experience by providing the best HD video quality possible while observing the government mandate for advertisement loudness control. “Video is such an important part of the at-home […]