“Broadcast is alive, well, and continues to deliver value in today’s fragmented ecosystem,” asserted Howard Horowitz, president of Horowitz Research, at the Online Video Conference at the NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a presentation based on the research firm’s latest consumer data –The Value of Broadcast Content in Today’s Multiplatform World – Horowitz showed […]
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) has confirmed plans to release a broad selection of films in 4K Ultra HD. UPHE will begin a progressive rollout of its growing roster of movie titles around the world beginning this summer, showcasing a mix of new releases, including some of this year’s most-anticipated blockbusters The Huntsman: Winter’s War, […]
ruwido builds upon strong partnership with Swisscom and unveils the next generation of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) remote control – the new Swisscom TV 2.0 remote – with integrated voice transmission at TV Connect. Back in 2014, ruwido and Swisscom introduced Europe’s first BLE remote control – the bidirectional Swisscom 2.0 remote control. Swisscom has […]
Netflix has unveiled its Q1, saying it had added a global net increase of 6.47 million subscribers during the quarter. This was better than its previous ‘best ever’ quarter (Q2/2015) when it added 5.59 million net new subs. US growth was 2.23 million, and helping Netflix’s overall global subs base to 81.5 million. Most of […]
Pay-TV platform DISH, TVB (USA) and CCTV have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to halt what they allege is illegal streaming of content via the ‘h.TV’ device. TVB is the largest producer of Cantonese-language TV programming in the world and CCTV is the largest television […]
Nearly half (49 per cent) of all young adults don’t subscribe to a pay-TV service, according to data from Adobe. It says 18 to 24 year old cord cutters and cord nevers spend 54 per cent of their total TV time watching OTT TV and young adults average 11.2 hours per week streaming video on […]
Nokia has confirmed that Swisscom has deployed the Nokia 5910 Video Services Appliance (VSA) to deliver its Swisscom TV 2.0 service, including 4K Ultra High Definition, to subscribers – the largest digital TV customer base in Switzerland. The 5910 VSA includes Fast Channel Change and Retransmission. Fast Channel Change reduces the time to change channels […]
The logic is inescapable. Almost every passenger these days carries on to the aircraft either a laptop, iPad or ‘smart’ phone capable of accessing video. Why then, do airlines continue to spend millions to equip every seat with ‘seat-back’ video screens which are heavy, complex to wire up and extremely temperamental? The answer, says Inmarsat […]
Crackle, Sony’s ad-supported streaming network, will launch their original programming on Xfinity on Demand on April 20th. Crackle’s first content deal with a cable distribution partner will make its slate of entertaining originals available to all Xfinity TV subscribers in the US across platforms on Xfinity on Demand. Crackle’s original long-form content will be distributed […]
Kaltura, a video technology provider, and Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions, have partnered to offer OTT media companies an end-to-end managed TV platform. The new offering combines Encompass’ media content acquisition, processing and distribution services with Kaltura’s multi-screen OTT service management, monetisation and engagement capabilities. This integrated OTT […]