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Amazon top US digital media streamer

Despite only launching its Fire TV streaming box and stick in 2013, Amazon has quickly established itself at the top of the rankings in the US Digital Media Streamer market taking a 30 per cent share of shipments in Q1 2015. According to Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices (CHD) report, USA Connected TV Device Vendor […]

June 5, 2015

Sling TV launches Sling Latino

Sling TV is launching the “Sling Latino” brand, a live and on demand, OTT streaming service, giving Spanish-speaking and bilingual viewers more choice in TV content. Available immediately, viewers can select from two base packages, “Paquete Total” (22 channels for $12 per month) or “Paquete Esencial” (16 channels for $7 per month), each with live […]

June 5, 2015

Netflix: October launch for Spain

Competition in the Spanish pay-TV market is set to intensify with the launch of Netflix in October. In an interview with Spanish daily El Mundo,  company founder and president Reed Hastings has confirmed that the streaming service will be available then with a “broad selection of TV series and movies in HD or even HD […]

June 4, 2015From David Del Valle in Madrid

UHD Champions League Final for Canal+

France’s Canal+ has confirmed that it is to screen the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Final on Saturday June 6th between Barcelona and Juventus in Ultra High Definition. The broadcast will be via Astra craft situated at 19.2°E in partnership with SES and also OTT. The initiative is in line with the group’s year-old policy of […]

June 4, 2015By Colin Mann

Showtime stand-alone OTT service

US premium television programmer Showtime Networks is launching a stand-alone Internet streaming service in early July, with Apple as its first partner. The stand-alone service will be called Showtime, a brand already embraced by consumers as the home for cutting-edge original programming, sports and movies. The launch of Showtime will coincide with the new seasons […]

June 4, 2015

Discovery rolls out Dplay SVoD service

Discovery is launching an entertainment and live sports SVoD service throughout Europe. Branded Dplay, the service will stream episodes of Discovery’s factual entertainment series such as Gold Rush and Deadliest Catch, along with Eurosport’s live football and other sports including the Tour De France. The OTT service, which was trialled in Norway last year, is […]

June 4, 2015

US E&M spending to reach $771bn

After more than a decade of digital disruption across the entertainment & media (E&M) industry, the distinction between digital and traditional media is deemed irrelevant in the minds and wallets of consumers, according to PwC’s annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2015-2019. The E&M industry is now a multifaceted ecosystem – with

June 4, 2015

New Eurosport player for Le Mans 24 Hours

Eurosport has announced that the new version of Eurosport Player, the channel’s online simulcast, will be launched on June 10th ahead of Le Mans 24 Hours, the world’s longest running endurance motor race.  Eurosport will broadcast every minute of Le Mans 24 Hours and offer editorial content and special programmes to provide the most immersive […]

June 4, 2015

Zappware Apple Watch add-on

Zappware, a provider of digital TV products for pay TV operators, today announces an Apple Watch add-on to its multiscreen Digital TV platform. The Apple Watch add-on allows end-users to use the wearable and instantly accessible Apple Watch device to receive TV-related notifications or control the TV screen. “This innovative add-on to the Zappware platform […]

June 4, 2015

Malone: “TV Everywhere is TV Nowhere”

John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, has suggested that cable operator ‘TV Everywhere’ offerings are flops. “TV Everywhere is TV Nowhere,” he said at Liberty’s shareholder meeting. Malone made his comments in support of his pitch for Charter acquiring Time Warner Cable. He said further consolidation and better cooperation could help the “dysfunctional” industry deliver […]

June 3, 2015By Colin Mann