Despite slowing economic growth, the number of digital TV households in Latin America will double by 2020. A report by Digital TV Research estimates 152 million digital TV households by 2020. Digital TV will climb from only 17.9 per cent penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and […]
Sky has invested a further $5 million in 1Mainstream, an OTT startup company that operates an automated platform for the distribution of linear and on-demand video to Internet-connected devices. The investment, which is in the form of a convertible debt security, builds on the $2 million already invested by Sky in August 2013. 1Mainstream’s platform […]
GulliReplay, the French catch-up TV service from family DTT channel Gulli, set a new audience record in February reaching 20 million views. This represents a 52 per cent growth compared to February 2014 and a 170 per cent increase on February 2013. The replay service is available on all platforms and devices: online, Android and […]
Netflix is set to receive a tax break in New Zealand. According to local reports, the streaming giant is not obligated to pay New Zealand’s goods and services tax (GST) due to it being an offshore company. The news has prompted an outcry from Lightbox, which is a local online television service. Andrew Pirie, a […]
Sling TV has released its app for Xbox One, the first gaming console to support the live, OTTTV service. Xbox One joins a constellation of other devices that support Sling TV, including Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick; current-generation Roku players and Roku TV models; Android and iOS devices; and Macs and PCs. “Sling […]
ABC News is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players and Roku TV models – the first ABC News streaming channel to be available on Smart TVs. ABC News VP of Digital Colby Smith commented: “Today is another big step in putting our audience in control of how and when they get their […]
With a undisclosed investment from Merapar and ITNM, a new player has entered the scene of TV metadata. GVIDI, the smart aggregator “Stunned by the fact that most EPG providers do not enrich their data with omnipresent information, it has become our ambition to offer Europe’s most advanced platform of TV metadata”, says Tijn Smithuis, […]
Dailymotion, the online video portal owned by French telco Orange, is set to hold talks to sell a 49 per cent stake to Hong Kong-based telecom giant PCCW. PCCW has reportedly made an offer valuing the video site at about €250 million. The deal would bring in a long-desired foreign partner for the French company […]
DVR specialist TiVo has completed its purchase of the Aereo assets, such as they are, including Aereo’s trademarks and client lists. The purchase price was about $1 million. The deal has been approved by a New York Federal bankruptcy court which was handling the company’s closure. TiVo gets the trademarks and client list, while RPX […]
SVoD services will see huge growth over the next five years as traditional cable TV subscriptions continue to decline, according to Ben Keen, chief analyst and VP, consumer media at IHS. However, the transition to digital and the success of cable broadband mean that cable is still a strong industry. Keen told Cable Congress