Simplestream, a leading provider of live streaming and live-to-VOD solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing TVPlayer on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) booth at NAB (#SL9016). TVPlayer, one of the UK’s fastest growing consumer streaming services, is powered by Simplestream’s Media Hub platform in conjunction with AWS & Cloudfront. Developed by Simplestream, TVPlayer […]

TVPlayer, one of the UK’s most popular consumer streaming platforms with more than 600,000 unique viewers per week, has confirmed that leading international business and financial news channel, Bloomberg Television has launched on its multiscreen service. Bloomberg Television, which reaches more than 360 million households worldwide, joins 63 free-to-view channels that are available to consumers […]

The BBC has launched its new BBC iPlayer Kids app, available for free on iOS and Android phones and tablets, as well as Kindle Fire. The new child-friendly app is safe and easy to use. With over 10,000 episodes being made available this year alone, it has all of BBC Children’s content in one place, […]

Sylvain Thevenot, tells us about Netgem’s first visit to Mobile World Congress to demonstrate its mobile TV solution. For twenty years Netgem has stayed at the forefront of TV developments and now offers a complete converged services platform for telcos, ISPs and mobile operators. [bitsontherun mV6rrEYy-ni7dlelE]

After a promised 2 year price-freeze, Netflix is prepping to hike the price of streaming HD TV shows and movies in the UK. Later this month, UK customers will begin to be “ungrandfathered” from previous pricing plans, and will be charged £7.49 (€9.35) per month to stream HD videos from one account to two devices […]

The BBC has hailed the transformation of BBC3 into an online-only service as a success after a new show reached similar viewing figures to a broadcast show. The channel’s drama about the aftermath of an abduction, entitled Thirteen, has been the channel’s biggest hit on iPlayer, with 2.4 million watching since its release at the […]

Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, has announced Brightcove OTT Flow, a turnkey OTT solution for media companies and content owners everywhere to rapidly deploy direct-to-consumer, live and on-demand video services across platforms. Developed in partnership with Accedo, OTT Flow offers an end-to-end technology solution via a simple, cost effective commercial model. With […]