Yospace and MTM have announced a new research programme exploring the evolution of the linear and live video streaming market across Europe. “We have seen a leap forward in the adoption of dynamic ad insertion over the last few years, but we’re only in the foothills in terms of the full revenue potential,” said Tim […]
Prior to presenting a session on ‘Advanced Content Strategies’ at the Connected TV World Summit in London, UK content consultancy 3Vision conducted an industry-wide survey with senior executives on OTT and Content Distribution Trends, which revealed that 72 per cent of respondents consider features which enable Content Discovery to be the most important UI capability […]
American free Internet television service Pluto TV has launched its free VoD offering. This new feature adds to the 100+ curated channels enjoyed by more than 6 million Pluto TV viewers each month. As with Pluto TV’s lean-back television channels, the VoD offering is powered by premium content partnerships with major networks, studios, and digital […]
Global adoption of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) software solutions that provide a common platform for powering customer-premises equipment (CPE) for TV and Internet service providers is up 67 per cent since the same time last year, now reaching 25 service providers, according to Steve Heeb, President and General Manager of RDK Management, a joint […]
Viu, a pan-regional OTT video service by PCCW Media, has launched in Thailand, bringing the service now to 15 markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Middle East namely Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. Premium Asian content with Thai subtitles, comprising the latest dramas and […]
The Grand Tour was the VoD title with the most buzz in the quarter to March, according to the latest Global On Demand Report from Parrot Analytics. It is the first non-Netflix show to rate this way. Parrot analyses the demand for 30 recent popular US digital titles across 10 markets, based on the application […]
OTT streaming service FilmOn X has reached settlements in its copyright dispute with the major US networks regrading whether Internet streaming services can use the same automatic copyright licence granted to ‘traditional’ cable companies, following a Ninth Circuit ruling in favour of the broadcasters. According to Ryan Baker of Baker Marquart, the attorney for FilmOn […]
The Associated Press will work with social media management platform SAM to launch the AP Social Newswire, a feed of user-generated content (UGC) being vetted and verified by AP’s social media experts and editors across the globe. The AP Social Newswire will allow customers to discover and inspect user-generated content as it comes into the […]
Following the April ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union that the sale of a multimedia player which enables films that are available illegally on the Internet to be viewed easily and for free on a television screen could constitute an infringement of copyright, Nathan Betzen, Kodi community and project manager at […]
Apple is set to announce that Amazon Prime Video will be available on Apple TV at its annual developer’s conference, Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), next month. A stand-off has seen Amazon’s Prime Video long absent on the Apple TV platform, although there is a version available on both the iPhone and iPad. In exchange for […]