Online TV consumption across all devices grew at 246 per cent year-over-year (YoY) according to the findings of Adobe’s Q1 2014 Video Benchmark Report, which analyses online TV (TV Everywhere) and non-authenticated online video trends. Game consoles and Over-the-top (OTT) devices saw
Sky Go, BSkyB’s mobile TV service, has added ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV to its line-up for the first time. Arriving just in time for the 2014 World Cup, Sky customers will now be able to catch of ITV’s coverage of the tournament, whenever and wherever they are. ITV’s new drama channel, ITV Encore, […]
Total entertainment and media spending on digital services is forecast to grow at a 12.2 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2013 and 2018 and account for 65 per cent of global entertainment and media spending growth, excluding spending on Internet access, according to global advisory firm PwC’s Global entertainment and media outlook […]
According to Sandy Howe, SVP, Global Marketing, ARRIS, a number of key findings from the firm’s recently-published Consumer Entertainment Index suggest that Service Providers should take advantage of additional monetisation opportunities based on their pay-TV subscribers’ entertainment consumption habits, expectations and needs. She told media delegates at ARRIS’s Video Leadership Forum that 30 per cent […]
Findings from a survey conducted by streaming specialist Wowza Media Systems have revealed that consumers expect consistent video experiences across all their video-capable devices. According to the survey, conducted at
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Broadcast and Streaming Video Equipment and Pay TV Subscribers report, which tracks pay-TV subscribers and video equipment sold to telco IPTV, cable, and satellite TV providers.
Massive Interactive, a specialist in platform software and design for multiscreen TV Everywhere entertainment, has rolled out the Deutsche Telekom Videoload service across Panasonic 2014 Smart TVs. Following on from the successful launch of Videoload on LG Smart TVs, Massive continued working with Deutsche Telekom to deliver the next phase of its device roadmap. The […]
Erik Huggers – formerly the BBC’s director of future media and technology – is leaving Verizon a matter of five months after the US telco’s acquisition of the Intel ‘OnCue’ streaming platform he headed. His departure signals a change in strategy for the telco, which is understood to be less keen than previously to offer […]
Google has launched the Google Video Quality Report for US YouTube users to ascertain the level of video quality their Internet Service Provider can play YouTube. Writing in the
Watching a live stream of a movie can be more energy-efficient than watching the movie on DVD, according to a new study by researchers at Northwestern University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory commissioned by Google. The researchers studied five different ways of viewing movies and, using a systematic method called life cycle analysis, estimated the […]