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Survey: US customers loathe pay-TV and ISPs

Mirroring recent findings released by Consumer Reports, customer satisfaction with information services – including subscription TV, Internet, wireless and fixed line telephone, and computer software – has dropped 3.4 per cent to an ACSI score of 68.8 on a 0 to 100 scale, the lowest level in seven years. According to

June 2, 2015

GSat chooses TiVo’s CubiTV

CubiTV, a subsidiary of TiVo, has announced that its’ CubiTV hybrid middleware has been selected by Global Satellite (GSat) for delivery of digital video broadcast via satellite in the Philippines. CubiTV will be deployed on STBs manufactured by Intek Digital of South Korea and used to provide DTH satellite TV services to subscribers across the […]

June 2, 2015

Unified Streaming selected by maxdome

maxdome, the German online video platform, has selected Unified Streaming, a provider of cross-platform streaming technologies for streaming Widevine Modular encrypted MPEG-DASH to address Google Chrome users. The requirements were straightforward: as Google announced to drop support for the NPAPI standard in Chrome, maxdome was looking for a solution to stream MPEG-DASH with Widevine Modular […]

June 2, 2015

Rovi G-Guide HTML for J:COM

Rovi has announced that Japan’s largest cable television operator, Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) has selected Rovi’s G-Guide HTML to power seamless entertainment discovery across live TV programming and VoD content. J:COM plans to launch its service for the Smart J:COM STB this month in select areas. Rovi will extend its current support for real-time TV programmes […]

June 1, 2015

HBO Now joins Google Play

HBO Now is joining Google Play’s line ups. HBO’s video-streaming service will be available across all Google devices it announced at its annual developers conference in San Francisco. The expansion gives HBO Now easier access to consumers with Android devices, while bringing Google parity with Apple TV, which began offering HBO Now in April. HBO […]

May 29, 2015

Sandvine: Netflix continues network domination

Findings from intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine indicate that online entertainment streaming service Netflix continues to increase slowly its domination of North American fixed networks, accounting for 36.5 per cent of downstream traffic in the peak evening hours, while Facebook and Google control 60 per cent of LatAm mobile traffic. Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena […]

May 29, 2015

US consumers dissatisfied with cablecos and ISPs

According to US consumer body Consumer Reports’ new telecom service ratings, consumers continued to express dissatisfaction with their TV and Internet providers, giving most poor reviews for value and overall satisfaction. According to the ratings,

May 29, 2015By Colin Mann

Roku customised home screens in UK

Roku has added a ‘Themes’ category to its UK store, allowing users to personalise their Roku home screen with franchises including Star Trek, Adventure Time and The Big Lebowski. There are currently 10 themes to choose from with more to be added in the near future. The themes cost between £0.69 (€1) and £1.99 and […]

May 29, 2015

FPT Telecom Chooses Thomson

Thomson Video Networks has announced that FPT Telecom, one of Vietnam’s top three telcos, has deployed the ViBE VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC encoding system to drive the upcoming release of its IPTV and FPT Play app, the company’s IPTV and OTT video service. The VS7000 system provides a next-generation platform for encoding both IPTV and […]

May 29, 2015

Charter TWC deal could see new OTT service

Charter Communications executives are said to be exploring an online video service as part of its combination with Time Warner Cable. The $78 billion takeover would make Charter the No. 2 US Internet and cable company after Comcast. Tom Rutledge, who would run the combined Charter-Time Warner Cable, has now opened the door to establishing […]

May 28, 2015