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Spanish Digital TV Tech Forum adopts HbbTV 2

The Asociación Española de Televisión Digital Interactiva (AEDETI) and the HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, are pleased to announce that the Spanish Digital TV Tech Forum (Foro Técnico de la Televisión Digital) has adopted the […]

March 16, 2017

Canada: Cord-cutting at record levels

Canada’s publicly traded television service providers as a whole continued to lose a record number of TV subscribers in 2016 but the trends shifted as the cable companies lost considerably fewer subscribers and the IPTV providers saw subscriber growth slow significantly. Research from Ottawa-based research and consulting firm Boon Dog Professional Services shows the big […]

March 16, 2017

More TiVo for Evolution Digital

Evolution Digital has signed a certified guide renewal agreement with TiVo to deploy eGUIDE, a newly-designed interactive programme guide (IPG). eGUIDE, powered by TiVo Metadata, will feature rich graphics and a navigation scheme designed similarly to TiVo’s current i-Guide. The new solution provides cable operators in the US and Canada with an IP-capable alternative to […]

March 16, 2017

Samsung unveils lifestyle TVs

Samsung Electronics America has showcased what it suggests is a new way to think about TV with its 2017 Home Entertainment product line. The company has confirmed the availability of its premium flagship QLED televisions and revealed a new lifestyle TV, The Frame. “Our 2017 lineup is ushering in a new era for television. This […]

March 15, 2017

YouView player update for UKTV Play

UK multichannel broadcaster UKTV has launched a new player on hybrid platform YouView for its fast-growing TV on demand service UKTV Play. YouView viewers will have access to the significantly-updated UKTV Play service, which offers a huge selection of TV shows from UKTV’s Dave, Really, Yesterday and Drama channels. Designed to make viewers’ experience more […]

March 15, 2017

Mobile devices drive AVoD viewing  

According to the findings of the Q4 2016 Global Video Index from video monetisation specialist Ooyala, mobile devices attract the most video views for advertising video-on-demand (AVoD) services with global distribution. The report also shows variances of viewing habits across devices in different regions and continues to track the upward trajectory of mobile as the […]

March 14, 2017

Survey: ‘Content anytime’ now a habit

End-to-end OTT TV solutions provider SPB TV’s survey of a sample of 50,000 respondents out of its 60 million-user base digs looking for insights that elucidate viewer preferences highlight a growing demand for the ‘TV catch-up’ feature. Key findings: Content Anytime – Not a Feature, But a Habit The most striking finding of this year […]

March 14, 2017

Spain climbs Netflix ISP Speed Index

Netflix has released February data from its ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Bolstered by speed gains, Spain jumped 13 spots to 16th place in the country rankings. Telefónica Movistar saw its speed jump back up by 0.92 Mbps, increasing its average […]

March 14, 2017

Sky, Cisco launch OnPrime TV

Consumers in the UK, Italy and Germany can now access popular foreign language film, TV and news channels in one place via OnPrime TV, a new app-based streaming service developed by Cisco in collaboration with Sky, and supported by Encompass Digital Media. Powered by the Cisco Infinite Video Platform, OnPrime TV offers viewers access to […]

March 14, 2017

Access trumps ownership for UK home entertainment

The digital revolution in the entertainment business has reached a new tipping point with Britons now spending nearly 80 per cent of their expenditure on entertainment online, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association. And for the first time, entertainment has gone ‘pay monthly’ with

March 13, 2017