TV Connect, the connected entertainment event, has revealed the results of the Connected100 Survey, which reveals that data-driven video services will help tailor the consumer experience and open the door for programmatic TV advertising. Video services are also expected to enable end users to publish User-Generated Content that will become an integral part of the […]
The television’s popularity as the go-to entertainment device may be ending, according to ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, a research report from Accenture. The television was the only product category to see uniform, double-digit usage declines across different types of media worldwide among viewers of nearly all ages. It is rapidly being replaced as […]
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, believes a global video-streaming service would cut down on piracy considerably. According to Overclocked3D, the Netflix boss is in favour of a worldwide service because it would remove the incentive to use a VPN, eliminating the problem at its root. “The VPN thing is a small little asterisk compared […]
Amazon has confirmed announced that X-Ray – a customer-favourite feature since it launched on Fire tablets – is now available directly on TV screens in the UK using Amazon Fire TV, and will also be available on Fire TV Stick when it ships in the UK this week. Exclusive to Amazon Instant Video and Prime […]
Amazon has revealed that its Prime Instant Video streaming service will support high dynamic range (HDR) content later this year. “4K Ultra-HD was just the beginning – we’re excited that Prime members will soon be able to view movies and TV shows including Amazon Originals in HDR quality,” commented Michael Paull, vice president of Digital […]
Liberty Global has rolled out its Horizon advanced TV service across Ziggo’s network in The Netherlands. The company has also adopted the Ziggo brand for all its Dutch assets, with UPC Netherlands’s services rebranded as Ziggo effective immediately. Ziggo subscribers in the country can now view all Horizon services via the Horizon Mediabox, including catch-up […]
Advertising on OTT TV programming will grow four-fold to $40 billion by 2020, according to the Diffusion Group. As ad revenue for OTT grows, TV ad revenues will remain essential flat at about $85 billion. The Group says
Smart TVs in Europe boosted the overall TV set market last year, with over 15 million units sold across 10 countries, up 18.5 per cent on the previous year’s figures, according to statistics from GfK for German consumer electronics trade organisation GFU. Overall sales of smart TVs
Legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm has confirmed that it is now able to bring films and TV shows from the Google Play store to the service, giving consumers even more choice when it comes to home viewing. Google Play offers viewers a wide range of films and TV shows on demand, from the latest box […]
From April 13th, anyone in Hong Kong can subscribe to HBO GO, an OTT service offering unlimited access to a library of HBO and CINEMAX Original content. HBO GO was first launched in Hong Kong in 2013 for Now TV’s HBO subscribers free of charge. The streaming service will now be extended to users without […]