Italian public broadcaster Rai has launched its new multimedia platform, with free access via app and PC, both online and offline. RaiPlay offers users a constantly updated catalogue of content. It includes 14 RAI channels in live streaming (Rai1, Rai2, Rai3, Rai4, Rai5, RaiNews, RaiSport1, RaiSport2, RaiMovie, RaiPremium, RaiYoyo, RaiGulp, RaiStoria, RaiScuola), a TV Guide, […]
So-called ‘skinny bundles’, TV packages composed of selected channels targeting specific customer segments, have the potential to attract elusive younger consumers to pay-TV, according to strategy consulting group Altman Vilandrie & Company’s 7th annual consumer video survey. However, the survey also shows that two-thirds of older consumers, pay-TV’s most reliable subscribers, say they are wasting […]
An overwhelming 99 per cent of smartphone users on T-Mobile USA’s Binge On claim to be satisfied with the quality of mobile video streaming according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The study measured smartphone owners’ awareness; interest and satisfaction in competitive offers like Binge On, a proposition which balances consumers’ willingness to accept limits […]
Amazon has announced the highly-anticipated launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video, every Friday for 12 weeks from November 18th, exclusively for all Prime members. The first ever episode of The Grand Tour […]
HBO and Cinemax will soon be arriving on PlayStation consoles via Sony’s PS Vue OTT service. In a blog post, the company said: “Today, we’re pleased to announce that one of your most highly requested channels, HBO, is coming soon to PlayStation Vue. We’re also adding Cinemax to give you access to even more Hollywood […]
The Streaming Video Alliance (The Alliance), an industry forum comprised of leading companies from the online video ecosystem, and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA, are to collaborate to develop industry-wide guidelines to formalise metrics, associated terminology, and event and attribute access as it pertains to streaming media Quality of Experience (QoE). Additionally, based on the […]
A Eurobarometer survey shows that a majority of Europeans, aged 15 to 45, use the Internet at least once a week to read the latest news (72 per cent), listen to music (63 per cent) and watch films or TV series (53 per cent). Nearly eight in ten use free services to access content, but […]
Netflix has expressed its anger towards ISPs who impose broadband data caps on customers. In a complaint to the US media regulator FCC, the streaming giant condemned such restrictions, saying, “Data caps (especially low data caps) and usage based pricing (UBP) discourage a consumer’s consumption of broadband, and may impede the ability of some households […]
International cable TV and broadband company Liberty Global has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix which will lead to Netflix’s content being made available to Liberty Global video customers across more than 30 countries around the world. The launch of the Netflix service on Liberty Global’s advanced digital television platforms will bring acclaimed original Netflix […]
92 per cent of European consumers agree that changes need to be made to current online video advertising in order to improve the viewer experience, according to a survey of 4,000 consumers in the UK, France and Germany, which was commissioned by online video solutions provider, Brightcove. When asked to pinpoint their specific objections to […]