Opera TV has launched the Opera TV Certification Program to bring OTT services to multiple ecosystems of platforms and devices. The program by Opera TV, the world’s largest HTML5-powered TV ecosystem, is a first-of-its-kind program designed to solve one of the biggest challenges facing OTT application developers and manufacturers (OEMs). “With OTT quickly becoming an […]
V-Nova, a global software IP company that delivers video and data encoding solutions, and Vimmi, a specialist in distributed video delivery network platforms, have announced that V-Nova PERSEUS video compression has been integrated within the Vimmi video delivery platform. The integration represents a major milestone in enabling the launch of PERSEUS-powered online video services in […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) and Intel Corporation have confirmed that ULTRA, SPHE’s 4K movie streaming service, will debut on computers powered by 7th Gen Intel Core processors beginning Q1 in 2017. Coinciding with the expanded availability of the service, ULTRA will add new features such as 48 hour rentals and free 10 minute previews, […]
Overall satisfaction with paid streaming video service is highest among cord stackers in the US – customers who subscribe to a traditional cable/satellite service in addition to streaming video service – according to the J.D. Power 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study. The inaugural study measures overall satisfaction among customers who have used a subscription- or […]
Kaltura, a video technology provider, and Microsoft Azure, which is enabling some of the world’s biggest media companies to host and stream video at scale across all devices, are working together to deliver a cloud-based OTT platform using best-of-breed technology for a robust, scalable OTT TV solution to deliver content to any device. Kaltura has […]
TV Nova, the private Czech broadcaster, has deployed Icareus Playout HbbTV server to expand to hybrid broadcast and broadband services. Icareus HbbTV Carousel server allows TV Nova to offer the interactive HbbTV experience to its viewers while managing the services and network parameters in an efficient way. Icareus’ Director Mr Mikko Karppinen explains “Icareus has […]
mimik and Zappware have announced a strategic partnership in which mimik’s micro-cloud solution will be offered through Zappware’s technology platform. The partnership will enable operators and STB manufacturers to deliver innovative services around discovery, connection and communication between devices — mobiles, tablets, laptops etc. regardless of their operating system. In addition to the Zappware user […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, and specialist in personalised content discovery technology, has released the 14th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on a survey of
The global market for mobile TV is exceedingly fragmented and the top 10 players accounted for a mere 23.3 per cent in 2015, according to Transparency Market Research (TMR). These companies, namely
YouTube claims live video views jumped by 80 per cent over the last year as it chases down the likes of Facebook and Snapchat. Neal Mohan, head of product at YouTube, told the FT the number of live video postings on YouTube grew by 30 per cent over the same time period. The most popular […]