The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that BAFTA Research, a commercial business unit operating within the organisation, has won funding from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, for its latest research project entitled ‘Resolving Visual Quality for Media’ (REVQUAL). Following BAFTA’s success in the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Cross-platform […]
Italian broadcasting group Mediaset has confirmed it will offer its Infinity streaming VoD service to Vodafone Italia customers. Customers of the mobile operator will be able to watch content on various types of devices (smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, game console and PC), free of charge, for the first three or four months (three months for […]
Barry Diller, the prime backer of Internet TV streaming service Aereo, has said the operation probably would not be able to continue in business were the US Supreme Court to judge in favour of the broadcast networks in the hearing scheduled for April 22nd, but suggested that if successful, it would ramp up its roll-out. […]
US non-profit consumer organisations Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Consumers Union (CU) have filed an amicus (friend of court) brief at the US Supreme Court in the case of American Broadcasting Companies Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. F/K/A Bamboom Labs Inc. The case involves major broadcasters who have sued Internet TV streaming service Aereo for […]
Further ramping up its content exclusivity as it competes with other online entertainment platforms, streaming subscription service Hulu Plus has revealed that what its CEO Mike Hopkins describes as some of the most hilarious TV comedies and addictive reality shows, many of which have never been available in their entirety on-demand, are coming exclusively to […]
Mediaset, Italy’s largest commercial broadcaster, has turned to global consulting firm Accenture to create and manage its Mediaset Infinity service, which delivers film and television shows on-demand to a wide array of IP-enabled devices such as set-top boxes, PCs, tablets, connected TVs and gaming consoles. Leveraging the Accenture Video Solution (AVS), Mediaset launched its new […]
Vubiquity, the provider of multiplatform video services, and cloud services specialist Akamai have agreed a partnership designed to help network service providers or content owners efficiently and cost-effectively launch over-the-top (OTT) video services. The content-as-a-service offering combines Vubiquity’s AnyVU Cloud and the Akamai Intelligent Platform to offer a robust licensed content library along with cloud-based […]
Xstream, the premium provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services, has announced its launch of company operations in Australia, with offices both in Melbourne and Sydney. Following the company’s growing success and demand for their award winning video management system, Xstream MediaMaker in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, the launch of Xstream in Australia, […]
Sky has unveiled further details about its new “Buy & Keep” movie service. Until now, Sky only allowed its customers to rent movies from the Sky Store, but its Buy & Keep service supports downloads that can be stored permanently on a Sky+HD box. Furthermore, every download will supported by a DVD copy that will […]
Amazon has revealed its much-anticipated TV streaming device – dubbed Amazon Fire TV – at an event in New York.The device has WiFi built in, and Amazon claims it has three times the performance and power of sector competitors AppleTV, Roku and Chromecast. It has 2 GB of RAM, which is designed to ensure applications […]