According to Stan McCoy, President and Managing Director, MPA EMEA – the European arm of the Motion Picture Association of America – there isn’t one tool that will fix online content piracy, suggesting that it requires a flexible response, encompassing court action, consumer education and technological solutions as well as promoting consumers’ access to legal […]
Professional services company Accenture has collaborated with Italian commercial TV broadcaster Mediaset to deliver UEFA Champions League football matches – using a new, online OTT Internet video service – to more than one million consumers. The Mediaset Premium Play football service has drawn more than 600,000 unique monthly visitors to Mediaset Premium’s multi-device service – […]
Hopster, the UK educational kids OTT service, has announced a partnership with Maxis, a Malaysian ISP. The carriage deal will see Maxis make Hopster available to their over 11 million customers at an exclusive price, and supported by a market leading data offer that enables users to stream Hopster’s content library without incurring data charges. […]
Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]
Discovery Communications has confirmed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in RugbyPass – a digital content platform that reaches rugby fans across 23 Asian markets. To further boost the RugbyPass offering to fans, select content from Discovery-owned Setanta Sports Asia will be immediately available to all RugbyPass subscribers. Launched in Asia in February this […]
Wiztivi, a specialist in UI design and development, has entered into a partnership with Alpha Networks, a company specialised in backend services to offer pay-TV and OTT operators an end-to-end and multiscreen solution by associating their respective products TIMELESSUI and Tucano. TIMELESSUI, Wiztivi’s flagship UI, is available on all the main platforms (STB, connected TVs […]
Futuresource Consulting has released the results from its latest wave of ‘Kids Tech’ consumer research programme. Now in its third year, it accesses the digital leisure habits of kids between 3 and 16 years old, in the UK, US, China and Germany. It highlights
In a move better to compete against OTT and pay-TV services such as Amazon Prime and Sky,UK multi-play operator TalkTalk has unveiled a new subscription-free service to stream, rent, buy and download the latest TV programmes and movies, which it claims are at Britain’s lowest price in comparison to Amazon Prime, iTunes, Sky and BT. […]
Home input device and interaction mechanism specialist ruwido has confirmed that it is providing the brand new Sky Q touch remote, designed to deliver a fluid and seamless TV experience. Sky’s premium Sky Q entertainment service – launched in February 2016 after its unveiling in November 2015 – is aimed at making it easier than […]
Satellite operator Eutelsat and Wiztivi, a specialist in multiscreen TV solutions, have unveiled Sat.tv, a smart Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) for tablets and smartphones. The application addresses the 66 million homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East equipped for DTH reception of Eutelsat’ HOT BIRD satellites that give access to more than 300 […]