As anticipated, HBO’s standalone OTT service – confirmed as HBO Now – is first coming to market exclusively on Apple devices. The companies’ CEOs revealed the tie-up at an Apple event in San Francisco. The service will cost $14.99, with the first month free initially for those who sign up through Apple devices. The service […]
Shares of streaming giant Netflix fell on Monday following HBO’s announcement that its new standalone video service HBO Now would launch next month on Apple TV for $14.99. Netflix shares, which opened at $454.93, fell to $441.20 immediately after the announcement. Shares remained down about 3 per cent for the day at $441.76 midday. Meanwhile, […]
Pay-TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region (22 countries) will grow by $10 billion between 2014 and 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report estimates that pay-TV revenues will reach $41.52 billion by 2020.
The Deutsche Telekom Business Development and Innovation unit (BDI) and premium content services provider Vubiquity are partnering to enable a comprehensive solution for operators and service providers looking to launch multiscreen video services. Vubiquity will provide all content-related services for the Deutsche Telekom VideoRise solution. The modular-based, end-to-end platform combines the components needed to manage […]
Motive and Tablet TV have signed licence agreements regarding the Tablet TV Joint Venture in the US. Motive and TTV have entered into two agreements under which the Joint Venture receives non-transferable, perpetual, and irrevocable licences for use of Motive’s technology for the territory of the US and Canada to be used for the business […]
Xstream, the provider of OTT and TV Everywhere services and vendor of the award winning video management system, Xstream MediaMaker, has announced the expansion of its operations with the opening of its office in Singapore. The office will serve as the central hub for Xstream’s business development in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific operations will […]
Netflix is reportedly in advanced negotiations for an autumn launch in Spain, with a tentative date of September 1st already tabled. Spanish financial daily newspaper Expansion claims that Netflix is negotiating with major Hollywood studios and independent distributors with an eye to launching in the country. The daily also cites sources close to TV manufacturer […]
The Dutch TV market added 20,000 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2014, driven by mainly by growth in IPTV delivered via DSL or fibre, according to research by Telecompaper. The research also reveals that there was a 0.6 per cent increase in digital TV subscribers, which more than offset a 4.6 per cent […]
Revenue generated by the Chinese online video market reached 23.97 billion yuan (€3.46 billion) in 2014, increasing 76.4 per cent from a year earlier and helped by the sale of self-produced content rights, according to consulting firm iResearch. The fast growth of last year’s revenues was mainly driven by the sales of home-produced content to […]
NBCUniversal and Gray Television have entered into an agreement that will expand NBCUniversal TV Everywhere offering of local NBC linear streams in the US beyond the NBC-owned stations for the first time. The agreement enables Gray to include the live linear simulcasts of its 24 NBC affiliated television stations, including NBC network and local programming, […]