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Amazon adds OTT partners

Following advanced-television.com’s revelation that Amazon was set to add other OTT services to its Prime service in an effort to attract cord-cutters, it has launched the Streaming Partners Program, an over-the-top streaming subscription program for video providers that enables them to reach tens of millions of Prime members. With the Streaming Partners Program, video providers […]

December 9, 2015

Australia: Should Netflix, YouTube acquire sports rights?

Eighty per cent of Australians (aged 14+) watch sport on television, data from Roy Morgan Research shows – from every last match of a code from pre-season to grand finale, the odd perusal of a Pyrenees peloton, to a fascination with figure skating once every four years. So as Free-to-air networks and Foxtel spend billions […]

December 9, 2015

Sky streams on Xbox One

Sky’s TV streaming service, TV from Sky, has launched on Xbox One in the UK, allowing users to watch Sky shows via their Xbox One consoles. Sky TV customers taking advantage of Sky Go Extra or Sky Multiscreen will be able to watch Sky’s live and on demand content from a wide range of entertainment […]

December 9, 2015By Nik Roseveare

YouTube premium “too little, too late”

Strategy Analytics believes that YouTube’s move to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon with its own premium streaming service is doomed to fail.Mike Goodman, Director of Digital Media Strategies at Strategy Analytics, comments: “Although a premium subscription video service has long

December 8, 2015

45% of Xmas OTT subs will cancel in 6 months

OTT TV will be a big hit for consumers this Christmas, with 52 per cent of viewers around the world planning to use an online TV service during the festive season,  according to a research study commissioned by Paywizard. However, although a hit at Christmas, operators like Amazon Prime, Hulu and Netflix will lose many of their […]

December 8, 2015

Sandvine: Netflix still dominates streaming

Netflix still dominates streaming US networks by a wide margin, but rivals are increasing in traffic, says Sandvine in its latest Global Internet Phenomena report. Network manager Sandvine based its findings on data collected from 250-plus customers around the globe in September and October and said Netflix accounted for

December 7, 2015

Incognito puts the user in control

Advanced Television talks to CEO Stephane Bourque about Incognito’s mission to provide the subscriber with a much better QoE by taking the Home Gateway functionality to the cloud. This means an operator can provide a great experience with a simple, friendly, UI, state-of-the-art functionality and comprehensive user management no matter what the network or legacy […]

December 7, 2015

Enders: TV remains robust

Enders Analysis has published its latest ten year viewing forecasts which showed live and seven-day broadcast time-shift/catch-up to the TV as still making up the great majority of viewing in 2025, though the firm assumes that the complex regulatory network that supports public service broadcasting will remain in place. However, this could come into question […]

December 4, 2015

Telefonica launches Screen Fusion smart TVs

In a move to boost pay-TV subscriptions to Movistar Plus, Telefonica has launched its Screen Fusion campaign to give its customers free smart TVs with offer access to only its own pay-TV platform. From December 14th, new subscribers to the Movistar Fusion+ 300Mbps fibre service will be able to choose between a 32” TV set […]

December 4, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: How is Sky future-proofing itself?

As Sky announces its $0.3 million investment in TV4 Entertainment, an Ampere Analysis report looks at the company’s investments in start-ups and next generation assets. With 11 such investments now under its belt since its start-up strategy began, how is the broadcaster future-proofing itself against the changing TV landscape? Ampere has identified five core developments […]

December 4, 2015