The BBC iPlayer TV licence loophole will be closed “as soon as practicable”, the Culture Secretary has confirmed. John Whittingdale said the licence fee, which currently applies only to live TV viewers, will be extended to those watching shows through the online catch-up service. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, Whittingdale said: “I will be […]
Later in 2106, AT&T plans to launch the ability for customers to access and stream DirecTV video services over a wired or wireless Internet connection from any provider and from virtually any device – smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, streaming media hardware or PC. What AT&T describes as three new affordable video offers will be designed […]
CASBAA, the Association for digital multichannel TV, content, platforms, advertising and video delivery in Asia, has described Asian OTT regulation as an “unsustainable” situation, which sees governments maintain legacy regulatory policies that disadvantage their local operators, while television supply is moving online and undergoing a “comprehensive transformation”. CASBAA’s comments come in study – Same Same […]
Netflix has been streaming 4K content since April 2014 and when actual 4K content was extremely thin on the ground. Happily there are now plenty of consumers with Ultra-HD (UHD) displays and last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona saw one of its VP/interface innovation, Chris Jaffe, promise delegates that there would be plenty of […]
Video inventory management platform SpotX and OTT video news service Newsy are among the first to monetise Apple’s new tvOS in response to burgeoning advertiser demand for connected TV (CTV) video inventory. Newsy claims to help advertisers target cord-cutting millennials who watch its video news reports on CTV, desktop and mobile devices. Newsy, whose Apple […]
Balaji Telefilms, India’s largest TV and film production studio, has announced its partnership with Xstream, a provider of OTT solutions, and Diagnal, Asia’s regional OTT specialists, for powering its upcoming OTT entertainment service, ALT Balaji. Xstream’s cloud-based video management system, Xstream MediaMaker, will fuel ALT Balaji’s multiscreen solution ALT Balaji and Diagnal will be responsible […]
As an entertainment category, online video is thriving, offering viewers massive amounts of content, highly targeted genres and sub-genres, and bite-sized formats making it easy to watch on the go—all of which has made the category immensely popular with the types of young consumers advertisers covet, according to Hub Entertainment Research. Hub’s recently-released study – […]
Optus will soon reveal how Australia’s 1,677,000 English Premier League viewers can tune in (or live stream or catch up) when the next season starts in August. 96 per cent of these EPL followers (aged 14+) own a mobile phone, 77 per cent have fixed broadband in their homes— and they’re already well accustomed to […]
Voddler Group, the cloud-streaming innovator, has signed a partnership with OTT experience management company, Conviva, which will see Voddler Group’s VoddlerNet and Conviva’s Precision and Conviva’s Experience Insights combine to create an online video delivery solution that is particularly appropriate for emerging markets, where connectivity and bandwidth are often a challenge. VoddlerNet combines controlled peer-assisted […]
Courtesy of the good people at www.broadbandchoices.co.uk, Advanced-Television has taken the Amazon Fire TV Stick for a test drive. Amazon are very proud of their Fire TV Stick, with press releases aplenty constantly reminding those who value sales numbers that the device is one of the retails giant’s best selling products ever. And in truth, […]