A number of French audiovisual executives have put into perspective the quality of Netflix’s SVoD offering, while acknowledging the strength of its business model. “Netflix has no fresh content but movies and series picked up from libraries,” commented M6 Web MD Valéry Gerfaud at a hearing at French Senate, while another highlighted the lack of […]
Twenty-five per cent of French football fans who watch MyTF1 online are using software to skip advertising. Though the World Cup matches generate big TV audiences on TF1’s linear TV channel, they are also being watched in high numbers online. On June 18th, the France-Switzerland match attracted more than 17 million viewers on TF1 and […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Aereo has to pay broadcasters when it takes television programmes from the airwaves and allows subscribers to watch them on smartphones and other portable connected devices. The justices voted by 6-3 vote that is violating the broadcasters’ copyrights by taking the signals for free. The ruling preserves the […]
Google is expected to unveil a set-top box during its developer conference on June 26th, according to WSJ. The streaming device will be similar to the likes of Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Apple’s Apple TV. The set-top box will be powered by Google’s new Android TV software designed to play movies, games and other […]
TiVo Research and Analytics has revealed results from the TiVo Spring 2014 Binge-Viewing Survey. With 91 per cent of the 15,196 survey respondents reporting binge-viewing as common viewing behaviour, binging is firmly established as the preferred method of consuming entertainment content. In fact, 40 per cent of respondents had binged within a week and 69 […]
AOL’s complete library of over 900,000 premium videos is now available on Apple TV. From news and entertainment to food and sports, viewers now have access to all AOL content through a customised user experience. “At AOL On, we’ve spent the past two years focused on programming all available OTT devices and this announcement represents […]
Randall Stephenson, Chairman, CEO, and President of AT&T, has told the United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Laws that there are “significant” consumer benefits of AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV, and that the transaction would enhance rather than reduce competition. He also claimed that a merger […]
Diane Coyle, the acting chair of the BBC Trust, says the corporation will put forward proposals that people who only watch its content via the iPlayer should still pay the licence fee. Coyle, the BBC Trust vice-chair who has applied to become Lord Patten’s full-time replacement, also defended the existing licence fee system, saying it […]
According to organisers of the ‘TV Meets Tech’ – part of London Technology week – held recently at iBurbia Studios in Chiswick, West London, the event, intended to be a sampler of the kind of innovation that the TV industry is inspiring, demonstrated that the TV industry is putting a stake in the ground around […]
Streaming giant Netflix is in advanced talks with Deutsche Telekom over a possible collaboration ahead of Netflix’s launch in Germany this autumn, according to a report in German news magazine Manager. The report cites unnamed sources saying Deutsche Telekom was open to cooperating with Netflix as it begins its German roll out even though the VoD […]