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Nielsen: 20% still only use DVDs

Findings from Nielsen’s Home Entertainment Consumer Trends report suggest that the type of content US video consumers watch and what content they pay for has shifted over the past few years and their path isn’t always towards digital. In the changing home entertainment landscape, one thing is constant:

August 20, 2015

US pay-TV subs down, ARPU up

In perhaps an indication of North American pay-TV operators seeing a silver lining in the cloud that is the decline of their current subscriber numbers, findings from Strategy Analytics suggest the

August 20, 2015

EE boosts TV users’ personalisation

UK digital communications company EE has unveiled a host of updated features for EE TV set to launch on the 25th August for new and existing customers. Focused on personalisation and social sharing, the new additions have been developed with mobile front of mind. Building on EE TV’s original features, the latest software update allows […]

August 20, 2015

Amazon strikes Fear The Walking Dead VoD deal

Amazon has announced a multi-territory deal with Entertainment One (eOne) that brings AMC Studios’ Fear The Walking Dead, the upcoming companion series to the hit show The Walking Dead, to Prime Video. The show will be available exclusively for Amazon Prime members in Germany and Austria on August 24th, the day after airing on AMC […]

August 20, 2015By Nik Roseveare

MGM invests in iflix

iflix, the Southeast Asian streaming service, has announced that Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has become an investor in the business. The investment represents a significant deepening of the relationship between iflix and MGM, which includes the appointment of MGM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gary Barber, to iflix’s Advisory Board and the companies’ extensive multi-year […]

August 20, 2015

WRC launches Smart TV app

Rally fans can enjoy the FIA World Rally Championship on the big screen following the launch of the official WRC Smart TV app. The app provides sports fans with the opportunity to experience WRC action on their Smart TV whenever they choose. It is available from this weekend’s ADAC Rallye Deutschland (20 – 23 August) […]

August 20, 2015By Colin Mann

More services, more access, more security headaches?

TV Everywhere on unmanaged networks and devices is a real challenge for content security. Smart homes and Internet of Things is about to up the ante again – how are security providers preparing for the next era of content and data protection. Advanced Television gathered three top providers in London.   [bitsontherun Pu5NGPp4-hLYU43gg]

August 20, 2015

Vodafone counts on NetRange for Smart TV

Video on demand, apps and lots more: Customers of Vodafone’s, a leading provider of telco services, can enjoy now the huge range of advantages Smart TV has to offer them via NetRange’s Smart TV Portal. The portal, developed and run by NetRange especially for Vodafone, is integrated in the Vodafone GUI and is available via […]

August 20, 2015

Netflix price hike for new European subs

Netflix has raised subscription prices across Europe for its streaming service, following a similar price hike in the US last year. The increase, which will only affect new customers, will see the price for a standard Netflix subscription rise from €8.99 a month to €9.99. In the note to Netflix users, the company wrote that […]

August 19, 2015

Words are all I have

The English language is a beautiful thing and it is the lingua franca of this industry, and every other. I, for one, am unsurprisingly grateful for that. Because we’re in a relatively new industry a number of terms have been introduced that didn’t really exist before; digital, streaming, downloading, online, etc, and many other languages […]

August 19, 2015