Ukraine football team FC Shakhtar Donetsk has partnered with online video specialist StreamAMG to launch its new online video service. The new platform, branded FCSD.tv Live, will broadcast live and on-demand all home Ukrainian league games of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, as well the club’s friendly games. The initial three-year contract represents a major European deal […]
Netflix has reported 7.05 million net new members globally in Q4 2016 against its forecast of 5.2 million and 2016’s Q4 performance of 5.59 million. This represents the largest quarter of net additions in its history and was driven by strong acquisition trends in both its US and International segments. As the streaming giant revealed […]
HBO Now leads customer satisfaction amogst US SVoD services according to a survey, conducted by Strategy Analytics. The research firm found that HBO Now ranked highest for customer satisfaction in 11 of 14 categories against the likes Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Video. The 14 categories focused on three key areas: the number and availability of […]
Global performance management company Nielsen has agreed a multi-year deal with multiplay telco AT&T to include anonymised set-top box data from connected homes subscribed to AT&T’s DirecTV and U-Verse services into Nielsen’s local and national TV currency ratings services. According to Nielsen, further enhancing the Nielsen Total Audience strategy, the data from the AT&T set-top […]
Espial has announced that the Tele Columbus advanceTV experience has commercially launched this week for German consumers. With the launch in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, and elsewhere within the Tele Columbus footprint, Tele Columbus is now poised to accelerate subscriber growth with this personalised and converged video service. advanceTV viewers will enjoy an immersive, 4K experience […]
Vimeo has announced the launch of all-new video review tools, which allow Vimeo PRO and Business members to seamlessly share, collect feedback and collaborate on video projects. With these new tools, creators can privately share videos with reviewers, and reviewers can leave time-coded feedback directly in the video. “Today’s launch is an exciting step forward […]
One in five US adults will not watch traditional pay-TV programming in 2017, according to eMarketer’s estimates. The total number of households subscribing to cable, satellite, or telco TV packages will inch down 0.7 per cent to 98.7 million. And that figure will continue to decline in tiny increments. This year, 1.7 million US adults […]
Cord-cutter consumer research from Parks Associates shows the percentage of US broadband households that use only antennas to receive TV has steadily increased since 2013 to reach 15 per cent. The firm’s report, 360 View: Entertainment Services in U.S. Broadband Households, reveals this increase coincides with a drop in pay-TV subscriptions and an increase in […]
Canadian pay-TV service providers (specifically, cable, direct-to-home satellite and IPTV providers) along with set-top box manufacturers have finalised a voluntary agreement, committing themselves to improving the energy efficiency of set-top boxes from coast-to-coast-to-coast. With this voluntary agreement, reached in consultation with federal and provincial governments, utilities and supporting organisations, it is expected that total annual […]
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, has issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) for the creation of a reference application for online streaming of DRM-protected video to HbbTV televisions and set-top boxes. HbbTV aims to […]