Paywizard, the specialist in subscriber management for pay-TV, today announces that it has been selected by NetRange, to power subscriber management for its pay-TV and TVoD customers. Using its Agile platform, Paywizard will enable NetRange to increase subscriber acquisition, retention, up-sell and cross-sell. Paywizard will also grow NetRange’s TV business with a number of tailored […]
Digital video viewing is one of the UK’s most widespread digital activities, with almost 60 per cent of the population predicted to watch digital video content via any device at least once per month in 2015, according to eMarketer’s latest forecasts. Unsurprisingly, digital video viewership among the country’s Internet user population is even stronger and […]
iflix, the Southeast Asian streaming service, has announced exclusive collaborations with Samsung Malaysia Electronics and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation. The exclusive partnership in Malaysia will see iflix pre-installed with bundled subscriptions on selected Samsung mobile devices, beginning with the company’s new flagship tablet, the recently launched Galaxy Tab S2. In accordance with the agreement, all […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), a provider of customised software solutions and services to the multiscreen digital entertainment industry, has been appointed by German news channel n-tv to develop its new n-tv app. After a competitive selection process, 3SS was selected to design the new n-tv application end-to-end, embracing the increasingly prevalent HbbTV technology standard, and […]
In an interview with The Australian Financial Review, Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein rejected Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ prediction last year that broadcast TV will probably die by 2030. “Broadcast TV will continue,” he said. “In the US you will see particularly the main broadcast channels are becoming more and more valuable, it appeals to a […]
Samsung is laying off the entirety of its Boxee team and putting the group’s work on hold according to reports. Samsung bought the streaming set-top box company Boxee two years ago in an effort to build a “Perfect Experience” for TV that was going to centre around a media tablet rather than a remote control; using […]
This August, TVPlayer — an OTT live streaming provider for broadcast TV channels — will launch TVPlayer Plus. At the core of this live-streaming and CatchUp TV service is Media Excel’s HERO platform provided by Garland. TVPlayer already successfully live streams over 60 free-to-air channels in the UK, with more than 1.3 million app downloads […]
IPTV technology specialist, PerceptionTV, has announced the addition of a regionalisation version of its fully scalable multiscreen IPTV/OTT platform. This functionality will allow content providers, TV start-ups and aggregators to personalise the platform by brand image, viewer location, and regional content. The new regionalisation feature enables PerceptionTV to offer support for broadcasters using the core […]
Average daily viewing on the TV set fell by 11 minutes in 2014 compared to 2013 according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report. This is the second consecutive year of decline, following a nine-minute decline in 2013 compared to 2012. Key findings from the report, using BARB measurements, include: • In 2014 the average number […]
Business is about the numbers, right? Sentiment has no place in business, right? Wrong. Business floats, or sinks, on a whole sea of sentiment. A very slight change in numbers at one or two companies can change the weather in that sea. That means a whole sector can get caught up in a storm whether […]