German on-demand service Maxdome is hiring staff to boost personalised recommendations as it fends off OTT rivals Netflix and Amazon Prime. “Even the best algorithm could not satisfy our users,” said Maxdome’s co-chief Filmon Zerai, told Reuters referring to the way Maxdome, owned by German media group ProSiebenSat.1, and its competitors currently generate consumer options. […]
US consumers overwhelmingly rate cable as the most unfavourable option for TV viewing. Mohu, creator of indoor HDTV antennas, has published the results of a nationwide favourability poll, indicating high consumer discontent with the state of access to TV. Among the 1,236 of consumers surveyed on their favourability toward cable, satellite and streaming TV services, half […]
IP means Big Data is now part of the broadcast landscape. What is it, how is it collected, how can it be managed and how will it deliver monetisation? Advanced Television brought together five top practitioners from Beenius, 4C Insights, IBM, Olswang and Tata to debate the key questions. [bitsontherun Xmg5wRQI-hLYU43gg]
Sling TV has launched a live beta multi-stream service in the US for $20 per month, including live and on-demand content from Fox Networks Group brands and the ability to stream on up to three devices simultaneously in or outside the home. In addition to Fox, the beta service’s base and “Extra” packages include content […]
Kaltura, the video technology provider, and Harmonic, a specialist in video delivery infrastructure, have partnered to deliver a software as a service (SaaS) platform that lets OTT players quickly launch ‘Live to OTT’, as well as VoD and time-shifted services. Kaltura has integrated Harmonic’s new VOS 360 professional cloud media processing service with its OTT […]
Rovi has renewed its entertainment discovery patent portfolio licence agreement with US TV manufacturers Funai Electric for its entertainment products. This licence covers North America and expands upon Funai’s existing agreements with Rovi in Europe and Japan. “Our licence agreement with Funai Electric strengthens Rovi’s leadership position in licensing its intellectual property to create innovative […]
Netflix has confirmed that it will stream Top Gear internationally, putting it in direct competition with Jeremy Clarkson’s new motoring show on rival Amazon. Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said that the revamped BBC2 motoring show, now to be fronted by Chris Evans, will be made available on the streaming service as it falls […]
Netflix may well think that HBO is the company’s ultimate rival, but for now, Hulu is the competitor with the closest business model, says a report from cordcutting.com. Both Hulu and Netflix offer streaming syndicated content mixed with original series, and both have fairly robust libraries – even if Netflix’s is shrinking. But Netflix and […]
Netflix has released March data from its ISP Speed Index – its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Back in December, Netflix announced a years-long effort called complexity-based encoding that allowed them to boost streaming performance of TV shows and movies while using less bandwidth. At […]
Discovery Networks’ free-to-air factual entertainment channel Quest is to be streamed online from this weekend. Already available on Freeview, YouView, Sky and Virgin, the channel’s online launch coincides with the start of the FIA World Rallycross Championship which gets underway in Portugal on Sunday. Tablets and mobile phone users will be able to watch via […]