A survey by MarketCast on the consumer view of the future of television highlights conflicts on cord-cutting: a number of viewers both support the idea of a la carte offerings to reduce costs but complain about the problems for would-be cord cutters, including the maintaining multiple subscriptions. The survey also highlighted the widespread perception among […]
Sky has confirmed that its catch-up services will expand to include 12 new channels before the end of the year – including Discovery, TLC, E!, Star, Watch, GOLD, Dave, Alibi, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Sky News. The satellite broadcaster has also beefed up the Sky Box Set Collection, which is available for Sky+HD box […]
Alki David, CEO of Internet TV platform FilmOn.com, is claiming the service has delivered another ‘killer blow’ to its rivals through a series of landmark deals with a national broadcasters. The latest content-sharing deal will see the FilmOn.com platform deliver programming from the highly-respected France 24 news channel. Under the new agreement, FilmOn.com users will […]
All Netflix members, regardless of their Internet Service Provider, now have access to the highest quality HD streams available on Netflix. Writing in a blog post, Joris Evers, director of corporate communications at Netflix, said this means that the great TV shows and movies on Netflix will look even better on HD screens with a […]
Icelandic telecommunications provider Síminn has chosen Broadpeak solutions to power a new OTT multiscreen service offering. Utilising Broadpeak’s BkS300 multi-format streaming video server managed by the BkM100 Mediator CDN manager, Síminn can cost-effectively deliver live and VoD content to a variety of devices, including TVs, PCs, smartphones, and tablets, while ensuring a superior quality of […]
The Time Warner CEO says he’d consider a broadband-only package from a cable company because it would protect the HBO relationship with its biggest source of subscribers. “Distributors are competing more,” Jeff Bewkes told a Goldman Sachs event in New York. A cable-provided broadband arrangement with HBO “will make it an offer you can’t refuse. […]
Netflix CFO David Wells told the Goldman Sachs conference that the cable channel should rethink its strategy of rejecting OTT. “We believe that if they were direct-to-consumer, there would be materially more subscribers that would pay for it in the US.” Wells made that suggestion when talking about Netflix’ addressable domestic market, which he said […]
Subscribers to Sweden’s Com Hem pay-TV service will soon be able to access Netflix through TiVo set-top boxes, the second partnership between a European cable provider and the streaming service. Com Hem has confirmed that Netflix will be available in December through TiVo boxes, allowing subscribers to watch the streaming service’s shows and movies through […]
As anticipated by advanced-television.com, US retail group Target has confirmed that Target Ticket, its new digital video service, is available to guests nationwide. The service enters a crowded market, competing against the likes of Walmart-backed Vudu, Amazon and Netflix. Target has partnered with Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization best known for its […]
Billing itself as a “game-changer” in the sector, Wuaki.tv from the Japanese organisation Rakuten Japan, is a hybrid business model offering users a choice of a la carte rental of the latest movies and TV series, or a monthly subscription to the Wuaki Choice service, providing limitless streaming of a wide selection of film and […]