Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is to launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months, with the aim of emulating services such as Netflix and HBO. “Our mission, the mission of all of Alibaba, is to redefine home entertainment,” said Patrick Liu, head of digital entertainment. “Our goal is to become […]
Japan’s public broadcaster NHK is making available much of its NHK World International service available On Demand. The service, entirely in English, will open for availability on June 15th and is free to users. NHK says the service will start with 13 programmes mainly transmitted within the past one week or two as a way […]
Industry research from Parks Associates finds global OTT video service subscription revenues will increase from nearly $9 billion in 2014 to over $19 billion in 2019. Currently, 57 per cent of US broadband households subscribe to an OTT video service. Among European broadband households
According to research from TDG, Latin America is poised to become an important market for OTT vendors of all kinds, whether equipment, content, or service providers. El Futuro de TV – OTT Video in Latin America, 2015-2025, TDG’s first foray into the Latin American TV market, offers an original analysis of the social, cultural, economic, […]
Marriott Hotels and Internet entertainment streaming service Netflix have agreed what they say is a “groundbreaking” partnership to revolutionise the guest room entertainment experience. Guests staying at select Marriott Hotels will be able to subscribe to Netflix or sign into their existing accounts simply by using the Netflix app on the hotel’s internet-connected guest room […]
Canal+ has launched its first compact OTT/DTT box – Cube S – co-developed with Technicolor. This new HDMI, WiFi connected box gives access to all Canal+/Canalsat bouquets by combining the reception of DTT free channel with that of the packaged pay-TV networks. Viewers will be able to obtain Canal+/Canalsat offers without subscribing to an IPTV […]
Thomson Video Networks has revealed that Hutchison Drei, the Austrian telco, has migrated to a new live video distribution platform based on the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen video encoding platform. Working in tandem with Broadpeak streaming technology, the ViBE VS7000 enables Drei to offer OTT video services to mobile users and home viewers alike on the […]
Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions provider Entone, and Zappware, an end-to-end DVB/IPTV/OTT platform provider, have confirmed the availability of the Zappware platform on Entone’s family of Hybrid TV devices. This fully-integrated solution offers service providers a more flexible and enhanced Hybrid TV experience that blends broadcast TV and cloud services. The Zappware Platform provides […]
Following the announcement by Netflix that it was planning to launch in Spain in October, the streaming service has also formally confirmed October launches in Italy and Portugal. This autumn, the countries’ respective Internet users will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a broad selection of TV series and movies in HD […]
Mary Ann Turcke, the recently-appointed CEO at Canadia telco BCE’s Bell Media division, has suggested that ‘naming and shaming’ could be an effective method in combating piracy, admitting that the industry needed to make its content more accessible. Turke made the comments in a Keynote Speech at the Canadian Telecom Summit, telling delegates, that to […]