The latest update to Sky+ is designed to make it even easier for users to binge-watch their way through content on the Sky Box Sets service. The changes, Sky’s first software update of 2016, come as Sky Box Sets customers will get exclusive access to the full series of The Tunnel: Sabotage and Billions, the […]
More than half of Malaysians prefer YouTube content compared to TV according to the latest YouTube Insights Program by TNS Research. The survey, conducted in collaboration with Google, found that millennials aged 16 to 34 prefer the video platform over conventional options. Somewhat surprisingly, even half of the senior citizen from the age of 55 […]
PBS, the US provider of educational media for children, will launch new 24/7 children’s services later this year. Provided by local stations, the free services include a new TV channel and live stream on digital platforms. PBS stations across the US will be able to broadcast PBS KIDS shows 24 hours a day on an […]
Vubiquity,a global provider of premium content services, has signalled its intention to capture top players in the OTT market in Latin America with the launch of a fully managed digital storefront product at Andina Link 2016. The move is part of a long-term strategy to disrupt established providers and become the first choice in the […]
TeamViewer, an expert in desktop sharing and online collaboration software has announced a strategic partnership with TP Vision the developer and manufacturer of Philips branded televisions. The partnership will see TeamViewer tap into the smart TV domain whilst Philips will l increase its brand image and customer loyalty accordingly – strengthening the company’s position in […]
Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel is planning to launch a TV streaming device in an effort to compete more effectively with OTT players such as Netflix. Any such initiative would pitch Foxtel against Telstra TV, the service owned by Foxtel’s 50 per cent shareholder Telstra. Foxtel’s other shareholder is Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (Twenty-First Century Fox, […]
Ericsson has teamed up with leading global service providers including Hutchison, Vodafone, Telstra and AIS, to launch a new ubiquitous content delivery ecosystem which aggregates regional service provider capabilities on a global scale. As highlighted by Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report, networks are suffering from increased strain as OTT and video becomes an ever-more dominating force […]
In a similar move to the autumn 2015 launch of OTT service TVPlayer Plus in the UK, cloud-based TV aggregation app and platform Magine is providing premium pay-TV channels in Germany for the first time without any requirement to purchase any other content or service. Magine TV viewers in Germany (traditionally one of the most […]
As Netflix ramps up its global roll-out, adding 130 countries in January, the company says it wanted its service to work well everywhere in the world, and that meant solving many complex technical problems with a global approach. In a company Blog, Research Engineers at the Internet entertainment streaming firm note that the personalised recommendations […]
Vevo, the online music video service owned by Sony and Universal, is working on launching an ad-free subscription service with original content later this year. Erik Huggers, who took over the chief executive job in April, announced the plan at the Code/Media conference in Dana Point, California. Vevo videos, which receives around 17 billion views […]