Findings from market research and consulting company Parks Associates indicate that 37 per cent of US broadband households regularly use transactional services for OTT video, such as online video rentals and downloads. The vast majority of consumers making these à la carte purchases also have a streaming video subscription, emphasising the potential role of transactional […]
OTT live streaming services specialist Simplestream has secured substantial funding from international growth capital firm Beringea. The investment will accelerate the expansion of TVPlayer, Simplestream’s B2C live TV streaming service, and facilitate the addition of more channel packs and multi-channel catch-up functionality. TVPlayer is a live TV aggregator of more than 45 free-to-air channels, enabling […]
Free will not surrender to Netflix for now, according to Illiad MD Maxime Lombardini, talking at a conference organised by French telecom regulator Arcep. Not wishing to follow Orange, Bouygues and SFR, Lombardini said that “carrying Netflix under Netflix offered terms, like the others have agreed, it doesn’t seem a good idea to us.” Netflix […]
Netflix is employing 300 people to maintain and improve its content recommendations, and spends $150 million according to the company’s Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt. He told an ACM conference that even improving recommendations a little bit could lead to dramatically increased revenue due to smaller churn. Hunt explained Netflix has a very limited window […]
Digital entertainment content ownership ecosystem UltraViolet could be boosted by the presence of Amazon among its participants. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the online retailer is in talks with at least three studios to join the consortium. Currently, those who purchase a digital movie from Amazon can watch it only via an Amazon […]
The TV set has become the screen of choice to watch catch-up TV content in France; 2.2 million viewers now watch replay television each day, whatever the screen is. According to Médiamétrie’s Global TV survey catch-up TV fans grew by 22 per cent over 2014, and the TV set has become the key screen to […]
Orange TV is heating up the pay-TV competition in the market following the agreement with Samsung to make its pay-TV offer available on its Smart TV sets. The company aims to strengthen its position in the market at a time when telco operators are relying on pay-TV services to capture more clients and are involved […]
In just over a week since its debut, Transparent, the critically acclaimed dark comedy series on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video has garnered high levels of critical and public acclaim, as well as setting binge-viewing records. Following the overwhelming
Scores of German-language on-demand videos are set to land on the Opera TV Store app platform, as Opera Software signs an agreement with German motion-picture syndicator Videovalis. Videovalis holds distribution rights for more than 21 regional German broadcasters, as well as producing its own entertainment content. The first batch of 24 Videovalis applications – including […]
Planning to launch its own SVoD Netflix like platform by the end of this year, French telco Orange is reportedly already be in advanced talks with TF1. According to daily Le Figaro, the potential partners could include Canal+, despite the pay-TV group’s existing Canal play service. Orange already carries the major French SVoD services like […]