The BBC has unveiled new features and functionality to transform how users watch their favourite BBC TV shows on BBC iPlayer have been unveiled – whether on the go on a mobile, in bed on a tablet or on TV from a comfy sofa. Rolling out immediately, BBC iPlayer will begin to introduce: Live Restart […]
Guidelines have been published for video bloggers (vloggers) who enter marketing relationships with brands. The new rules encourage vloggers to label advertising content and explain when they have been asked to feature products sent to them by companies. The Committee of Advertising Practice (Cap) has issued its first guidance since a landmark Advertising Standards Authority […]
ContentWise, the personalisation, discovery and recommendations solution for digital TV content, has announced the release of the latest version of its metadata management solution, ContentWise Knowledge Factory, and its launch as a standalone product offering. The ContentWise Knowledge Factory is an integrated set of metadata management software and tools that help operators source, enrich, integrate […]
Most UK university students fail to understand the difference between recorded TV and catch-up services, according to research from TV Licensing. Almost 60 per cent of current university students are unsure about TV terminology which has evolved in recent years to describe advancements in technology and TV viewing habits, including streaming, downloading, on demand and […]
The competition between SVoD providers in Australia has claimed its first casualty with digital movie and TV show store EzyFlix announcing its closure. EzyFlix has posted a message on its website advising users that parent company Access Digital Entertainment had decided to close the website. SVoD services such as EzyFlix and Quickflix have faced increased […]
The Dubai Court has imposed a fine of Dh50,000 (€12,300) on a distributor of UKTV Abroad packages, an unlicensed and unauthorised IPTV service in the UAE. Pay-TV operator OSN filed a copyright infringement complaint against the service provider, with the Dubai Criminal Investigation Department (CID) subsequently carrying out a raid and subsequently bringing court proceedings […]
Just weeks after DNMG confirmed cooperation with ABOX42 and Zattoo for a white label IPTV multiscreen service for its members, German broadband provider BBV has signed to become the service’s first adopter. BBV’s new multiscreen offering will go live this autumn. DNMG’s new IPTV white label solution is a collaboration between set-top box experts ABOX42 and IPTV […]
Futuresource’s latest ‘Living with Digital’ consumer research study provides updated analysis of consumer’s shifting behaviour and evolving habits across digital entertainment and connected devices. The research identified live TV (pay and free) is still the primary viewing choice for 65 per cent of respondents across the territories with France showing the most solidarity at 75 […]
Proclaiming a “golden age of television”, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has suggested the planned motoring show to be presented on its Prime Instant Video TV streaming service by the ex-Top Gear trio of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will be loved by viewers in the UK and around the world. Interviewed by UK […]
Adding its own findings to the growing evidence of cord-cutting besetting US pay-TV providers, Leichtman Research Group has found that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – lost about 470,000 net video subscribers in Q2 2015, compared to