With press reports suggesting that Netflix subscribers regularly consume anywhere from 30 per cent to 40 per cent of the Internet’s total bandwidth, and even more on the day when Netflix releases a popular show such as House of Cards, it is hardly surprising that market research consultancy iGR suggests that they are among the […]
According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), more than 20 per cent of adult broadband users who stream video from an online subscription service are ‘cord cheaters’, consumers who access these services using the account name and password of someone that does not reside in the same household. “While it is widely acknowledged that […]
Telefónica’s IPTV service Movistar TV has launched the Ultimos 7 días app (Last 7 days) to enable its viewers access to all content broadcast on the channels over the previous seven days. All Movistar’s users subscribed to Movistar TV Total will be able to access this service through the EPG with the option “Ver programas […]
Verizon has signed an multi-year agreement to add more than 200 hours of original content per year produced by AwesomenessTV to be available for customers later this year through OTT video. The AwesomenessTV channel will target teens and young millennials, with new scripted and unscripted series. Additionally. Verizon is also adding the family-oriented DreamWorksTV to […]
Tubi TV, the free video streaming service, has entered into a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures to bring more than 50 classic feature films from the studio’s extensive library to the company’s ad-supported video applications. Films currently featured on Tubi TV include fan-favourites Top Gun, Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Star Trek: The Final Frontier, The […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness and Marvel Entertainment have launched the latest ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ trailer, a collaboration on the epic new Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron which champions the value of the big screen experience and also uses the new “Book, buy & watch” tagline for legal content […]
Sony is planning the US roll-out of its long-anticipated OTT video-streaming product – PlayStation Vue – within the coming days, reports The Wall Street Journal. Sony Computer Entertainment President Andrew House told the WSJ that PlayStation Vue would launch within two weeks in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. The service – as with the recently-announced […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has issued its Q4 2014 Global Video Index Report, revealing mobile and tablets now represent more than one third of all online viewing, and providing the first analysis of advertising data from Ooyala’s recently acquired video ad-tech company, Videoplaza. The report pairs insights
The market for streaming video devices at $99 and below has become increasingly crowded and competitive, according to Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, IHS Technology. Several years ago, Apple TV stood atop a market that featured Roku as its lone true competitor. Today, the market features a broad span of products including the $25 Chromecast HDMI […]
UK digital communications service provider EE has confirmed that Sky’s subscription-free, OTT TV service NOW TV will be available for EE TV customers to access via their smart box from 12th March. The move further enhances the viewing options available to EE TV customers which already includes Freeview with more than 70 channels, as well […]