Watching movies and TV series just became easier for Zain customers. A partnership with icflix will give customers access to entertainment on the move with Jazwood, Hollywood and Bollywood content, including movies, TV shows, cartoons and documentaries. The icflix offer gives Zain customers two months of free unlimited streaming access. The recently announced partnership will […]
MediaMelon, the smart streaming company, and Media Excel, a supplier of OTT multiscreen transcoding solutions, has announced product integration designed to improve streaming video quality and bandwidth efficiency. Service providers deploying Media Excel HERO encoders with MediaMelon QBR streaming optimisation technology can reduce bitrates by 35 per cent, paving the way to 4K delivery. MediaMelon […]
A survey exploring the shift in behaviours towards sustained viewing of content over a short time has found that unavailable episodes – defined as either impossible to find, or delivered within a sub-par playback experience – prompt nearly half of all OTT binge-watchers to give up on a series, with half of them neutral-to-unlikely ever […]
Research by Ampere Analysis into Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs) has found that the business model of MCNs is a good fit for many traditional media companies, which understand advertising business models. The firm notes that Zoella, Minecraft, Ed Sheeran and political documentaries all have their own YouTube channels that are part of the Multi-Channel Networks owned […]
TF1 Group, which has spent €45 million to acquire the exclusive rights to the upcoming Rugby World Cup taking place in the UK (September 18th – October 31st), is aiming to maximise the potential audience by pushing the digital experience ahead of the competition. Viewers, who will be able to follow the 21 best matches […]
The WWE Network is now available for $9.99 (€9.15) per month in Italy, offering all 12 annual WWE pay-per-view events live, including WWE Battleground on July 19th where Brock Lesnar will face Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. New subscribers to WWE Network receive their first month of service for free. WWE Network […]
Totalplay, a Grupo Salinas company that provides tripleplay services though DTH fibre optics in Mexico, has formed an alliance with Netflix to integrate the streaming app directly into Totalplay set-top boxes. This is the first time in Mexico that the Netflix app is included in a pay-TV platform. Totalplay clients can access their Netflix accounts […]
Japanese broadcaster Fuji Television Network has begun streaming 4K ultra-HD programmes online, becoming the first commercial broadcaster in the country to offer such a service. The service launched with a documentary based on Hashima Island, also known as ‘Battleship Island’, and a programme introducing illuminated spots in Tokyo. Fuji TV says it will soon screen […]
Chicago, the third most populated city in the US, is to raise extra funds by charging a ‘cloud tax’ — taking an extra 9 per cent from the money raised through streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. The charge, which will also hit music streaming services such as Spotify, could make the city an […]
Facebook is set to start paying some video creators for uploading clips as it seemingly seeks to directly take on YouTube. The social media giant is launching a ‘Suggested Videos’ feed that curates a sequence of clips, interspersed with adverts. Videos that keep users watching for longer will earn a greater share of the revenue […]