ThinkAnalytics increases revenues 30%
ThinkAnalytics has revealed that its revenues increased 30 per cent year-on-year for the fiscal year ending December 31st 2019, particularly driven by strong demand in the US for the ThinkAnalytics…
Forecast: Voice assistants to overtake population by 2024
A report from Juniper Research forecasts that consumers will interact with voice assistants on over 8.4 billion devices by 2024; overtaking the world’s population and growing 113 per cent compared…
Study: Netflix best VoD UX
With its European-wide launch set for March 24th, the Disney+ SVoD platform has a user experience equal to that of Amazon Prime Video, but still clearly lags behind industry leader…
TiVo: Patent win, merger halt?
TiVo has won another battle to protect its patents. An appeal before the US Court of Appeals has backed a decision issued by the US International Trade Commission. While the…
Netflix rolls out ‘Top 10’ feature
Recognising that top 10 lists are a frequent way to find out what’s popular, Netflix is rolling out a new Top 10 feature. In addition to the overall top 10…
Spain: Movistar adds Apple TV+, boosts UHD
Movistar Plus is upgrading its pay-TV platform adding new functionalities including a voice-controlled remote and double-screen option to watch two different channels at the simultaneously. It is also adding new…
Survey: 52% smart speakers used to control TV
Some 75 million people in the US are now using a smart speaker, and more than half of them – 39 million – are using it to control their smart…
TiVo to merge with Xperi
TiVo Corp is to merge with Xperi Corp, creating one of the largest licensing companies in the world. In an all-stock transaction representing approximately $3 billion (€2.7bn) of combined enterprise…
Vodafone Spain launches TV voice remote control
Subscribers to Vodafone TV is Spain are now able to manage their programming with their voice thanks to a new remote control device equipped with a microphone. The new remote…
FandangoNOW on Facebook’s Portal TV
FandangoNOW, the US VoD service from movie-focused digital service Fandango, has launched an on-demand movies and TV store on Facebook’s home video calling device, Portal TV. The new FandangoNOW store…
Zappware powers A1 Bulgaria advanced TV
Bulgarian multiplay telco A1 Bulgaria has launched A1 Xplore TV, an advanced TV user experience powered by Zappware’s video back-office: an end-to-end solution. A1 Xplore TV viewers will be able…
BT offers free Prime Video; rolls out Alexa
New and existing BT TV customers who recontract can now sign up for Amazon Prime Video and receive the streaming service for six months at no extra cost via the…
Streaming guide Minnow goes live
Minnow, a next generation streaming video guide, has launched in the US combining all of the popular premium VoD services including Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu and Amazon Prime into…
BBC, Sky content and technology partnership
Sky and the BBC have agreed a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology. As part of the wide-ranging partnership, the BBC iPlayer app…
GoMedia Yahoo Search boost for Greyhound passengers
Transport infotainment platform specialist GoMedia has signed a multi-territory deal with Verizon Media to bring Yahoo Search, a Verizon Media brand, to the onboard infotainment systems on Greyhound buses in…