Alki David, CEO of Internet TV provider FilmOn, has revealed that the platform is to televise content from Voice of America (VOA), the largest international broadcaster of the US government. Under the historic agreement, FilmOn.com will become the first global IPTV provider to carry VOA’s highly acclaimed English language news and features content, which will […]
CASBAA, the Asian association of the pay-TV industry, has lauded Indian police action in breaking up a ring of streaming-TV pirates and arresting four conspirators in Hyderabad. The activities of the ring were aimed at diverting the signals of Indian pay-TV broadcasters onto the Internet, and retransmitting their signals globally to hundreds of thousands of […]
Awareness of TV Everywhere features has reached 49 per cent of multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) customers aged 18 to 64, according to a survey designed to track TV Everywhere awareness and usage. More specifically, 49 per cent of
There’s a big shift happening in digital entertainment. Consumers want live TV, on-demand TV and even user-generated content at home or on the go. Pay TV operators and manufacturers need a way to deliver both traditional TV broadcasting and OTT content to all of these devices. RealHome Media Portal turns a consumer’s set top box […]
Almost four-fifths (79 per cent) of respondents to an Ofcom poll were aware that it is possible to watch/ download programmes online, compared to 73 per cent in 2012. Although awareness declined with
Akamai has put together figures on World Cup streaming, revealing the highest average peak traffic occurred during the Germany v USA and Ghana v Portugal matches last week – when it reached 6.8t Tbps. This had an effect on the entire Group G (termed the ‘Group of Death’ because of the strong line-up – Germany, […]
Tuesday’s World Cup match between USA and Belgium was another ratings hit for ESPN and Univision in the US. The game netted an average 16,491,000 viewers making it the nation’s second most-viewed men’s football broadcast of all time, according to Nielsen and ESPN data. Only last month’s USA v Portugal match, which ran on a […]
In 2013, Sweden witnessed a significant shift in consumer behaviour, with a dramatic decline in packaged video coupled with a strong uptake in digital services. This year, digital video in Sweden is on track to account for more than half of home video spend, making it the first market to reach the digital tipping point, […]
ESPN Player, the live and on-demand sports streaming service, is launching a new channel to cover the World Lacrosse Championships being held in Denver, Colorado starting July 11th. The home for live coverage throughout Europe, ESPN Player – World Lacrosse will exclusively showcase 43 games from the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships including […]
Making good on its promise to continue broadcasting and in line with founder Alki David’s assertion that the antenna-based Internet streaming service was willing and able to comply with all the procedural requirements of the compulsory licensing programme, FilmOn Networks has announced that its combination of teleporter technology and remote antennas will operate under Section […]