Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, speaking at a press event, revealed that the streaming service has surpassed five million subscribers in Latin America. Netflix launched in the region in 2011 and initially had issues with payment methods in various territories, but has introduced gift-card and other new payment systems including branded products. Hastings did not reveal […]
Analysis from Parks Associates predicts connected entertainment devices, including game consoles and streaming media devices, will be the most popular gifts for the holiday season. Among connected CE devices acquired in 2014, 37 per cent of smart watches, 25 per cent of streaming media devices (including players like the Roku 3 and sticks like the Google […]
Spain-based streaming service Wuaki.tv will launch Ultra-HD content on December 1st in France and Germany. Deals for 4K content in its other European markets, including the UK and Spain, have yet to be agreed – but the company anticipates arrangements to be in place in early 2015. Jordi Miró, chief technology officer at Wuaki.tv, commented: […]
Customers of blinkbox Movies, the video and music streaming service owned by UK supermarket retailer Tesco, can now download films and TV to iPads and Android tablets to watch without an Internet connection. According to blinkbox co-founder and CEO Adrian Letts, the ability to watch offline on tablets is one of the most frequently requested […]
Ooyala, a specialist in streaming and analytics, and Vindicia, a subscription billing expert, have published the results of a qualitative pan-European study that looks at the current premium service OTT market and its projected growth in the UK, Dutch and German regions by 2017. The study revealed
Ofcom research reveals the extent to which children are topping up traditional live TV viewing by watching online video clips and catch-up TV. Ofcom’s Digital Day 2014 study shows that older children aged 11-15 are watching half the amount of live TV per day as adults (1 hour 32 minutes versus 2 hours 58 minutes). […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Aereo, which November 21st filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 reorganisation in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has suggested there is substantial interest in the company’s assets. Aereo suspended its operations June 28th following the Supreme Court copyright decision in favour of US broadcasters. […]
French consumer organisation the CLCV (Consommation, logement et cadre de vie), is suing Netflix, claiming that the subscription video service does not comply with French law. In a statement, the CLCV said it is suing the streaming service before a Paris court, accusing the service, which is running its French operations from Luxembourg, of not […]
Amazon is rumoured to be launching a free, ad-supported video streaming service separate from Amazon Prime, according to The New York Post. The report comes from a potential advertiser on the service that said the aim of the service would be to increase its market share against Netflix. According to the report, the service would run […]
Internet entertainment streaming service Aereo, which suspended its operations June 28th following the Supreme Court copyright decision in favour of US broadcasters, has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 reorganisation in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Aereo also announced that it has appointed Lawton Bloom of Argus to […]