The debut episode of the highly-anticipated new Amazon Original Series, The Grand Tour, has become the biggest show premiere ever on Amazon Prime Video, with millions of Prime members streaming the first episode in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan over the opening weekend. Viewership has even exceeded that of the previous number one […]
UK subscription-free DTT platform Freeview has revealed that Freeview Play, its catch-up and on-demand TV service, will launch on Blaupunkt, Hisense, Sharp AQUOS, and Toshiba devices in the coming months. Since its debut in October 2015, some 20 leading brands including Panasonic, Humax, LG and JVC have launched Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes. According […]
In advance of the formal launch of its OTT service DirecTV NOW at the end of the month, AT&T has reached an agreement with Fox Networks Group to extend the Fox portfolio of networks across AT&T DirecTV products including DirecTV NOW. Fox programming available to DirecTV NOW customers will include: Fox News Channel, Fox Business […]
ADB, a provider of solutions and services for media convergence, has announced that Multimedia Polska, a cable operator in Poland, has chosen ADB’s Personal TV software platform to enhance its pay-TV offering. ADB’s Personal TV solution offers a variety of next-generation features within an innovative, intuitive and user-friendly interface. Multimedia Polska S.A. provides radio, television, […]
With opportunities to access TV content becoming almost infinite – dozens of services now offer anywhere/anytime access – viewers’ reasons for buying and using digital media players are shifting. According to GfK’s The Home Technology Monitor, 64 per cent of digital media player owners report that at least one of their players is connected to […]
Connected consumers across APAC are watching more video content than ever before, according to the findings from Kantar TNS’s Connected Life study into the behaviours of Internet users across the globe. The study shows that people are consuming a wide variety of online video – from online TV or subscription services like Netflix, to free […]
Icflix, the MENA streaming service, is expanding its presence in Kuwait a strategic partnership with Kuwait’s fastest-growing telecom operator, VIVA. Both Prepaid and postpaid VIVA Kuwait customers will be able to enjoy the Icflix library of content for a monthly fee of KD 2.4 (€7.42) that will also include a one-month free trial or a […]
German telco EWE has chosen IP-based TV solutions provider Zattoo, in cooperation with STB specialist ABOX42, to complete to complete its TV portfolio with the introduction of an IPTV offering a month after the launch of its mobile TV application. Zattoo runs and continuously develops the entire TV platform from the Headend to EWE’s own […]
The PlayStation Vue OTT service is now available through Apple TV. In a company blog post, Dan Myers, Head of Business at Vue, said: “As one of the most highly-requested devices by our fans, the PlayStation Vue experience on Apple TV will provide viewers with a better option to watch your favourite live TV programming, […]
Licensing body MPEG LA has announced the availability of the MPEG-DASH (DASH) Patent Portfolio Licence. The joint licence includes patents that are essential to the MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) standard, which enables high quality streaming of media content over HTTP to be dynamically adapted to changing network conditions to provide smooth, high […]