US streaming service Hulu is planning to expand from a VoD only offering to adding live networks and cable TV networks. The video portal, owned by ABC, Fox and NBC, competes with Netflix and Prime and this move would also put it in competition against Dish Network’s Sling TV and Sony’s Vue services. ABC, Disney […]
The six leading pay-TV operators in the US as ranked in the informitv Multiscreen Index maintained their subscriber numbers in the first quarter of 2016, with a net gain of 33,000 video customers. These six operators still have a total 78.31 million video subscribers between them. AT&T U-verse reported the largest loss of video subscribers. […]
Icflix, the MENA streaming service, has partnered with global TV manufacturer, Hisense, to make movies, TV series, documentaries and kids entertainment from ICFLIX more accessible to consumers across the region. The Icflix app will come preinstalled on all high-end Hisense TV’s and will include a three-month free subscription for customers signing up for a premium […]
Preliminary Q1 figures from US industry body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group suggest that consumer spending on home entertainment was stable for the quarter compared to the year earlier period, but outperforming the box office. Notably, consumers have purchased more than seven million 4K UHD TVs to date in the brief period since the product […]
Some five weeks after reports first emerged that entertainment discovery specialist Rovi was planning to acquire advanced television technology specialist TiVo the pair have confirmed a cash and stock deal of approximately $1.1 billion (€0.96bn). The new company combines two media and entertainment technology innovators with complementary products, services, and intellectual property assets and a […]
The UK government could make the BBC trial a new paid-for service on the iPlayer. Culture secretary John Whittingdale signaled last month that the government would rush through legislation to close the “iPlayer loophole” of licence non-payment. As well as telling the BBC to put password controls on the iPlayer, he will ask it to […]
BBC Worldwide has announced, at the Asia Pay TV Operators Summit (APOS) in Indonesia, the launch of BBC Player, a new authenticated multi-genre SVoD service that will allow viewers to watch BBC programmes anytime anywhere – online, as well as via an app on their smartphones and tablets. It will be available in Singapore to […]
Viacom and streaming platform specialist Roku are partnering to enable Viacom to utilise aggregated audience insights from Roku to deliver targeted advertising on the Roku platform. According to the pair, this first-of-its-kind partnership between an over-the-top (OTT) platform and programmer is the latest illustration of the power of OTT advertising. “Viacom’s unique partnership with Roku […]
The Euro 2016 football tournament looks set to capture the attention of Europeans this summer, with half (51 per cent) saying they will be checking digital sources daily and 88 per cent checking in at least once per week. Research by programmatic marketing platform provider Rocket Fuel indicates that overall interest in the tournament will […]
Research from The Diffusion Group suggests that those likely to downgrade their pay-TV service in the next six months are more dependent than others on over-the-top (OTT) streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. According to the business intelligence firm, among those moderately or highly likely to downgrade their pay-TV service in the next six […]