Telefonica is enhancing its convergent offers with new packages to be launched later this year that will include 5 or 6 services; TV, broadband and fixed and mobile telephony – with the addition of home security services (home alarms), home automation and video games in the cloud. The Spanish telco will also strengthen its TV […]
Amazon’s streaming box, Fire TV, will launch in the UK on October 23rd and in Germany on September 25th. The device, which allows users to access on-demand TV, apps and smartphone content as well as games, debuted in the US in April. The Fire TV box be pre-ordered in the UK for £79 (€100) – […]
Japanese group Rakuten has confirmed it will soon launch its VoD streaming platform Wuaki.TV in France. The service will be beta tested throughout September, before being rolled out to the public in early October, specifically targeting the 20 million customers of PriceMinister, the French e-commerce website that it also owns. France will be the third […]
Streaming media players were added to 6 million US homes over the past year, increasing ownership penetration to 17 per cent of US Internet households in the second quarter (Q2) of 2014, according to the Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report from The NPD Group. Streaming media player ownership is expected to increase to 39 per […]
In a move that broadens its existing video metadata and adds subscription-based entertainment services to its portfolio, music and video content and technology specialist Gracenote has acquired Baseline, a provider of film and television information and services in a $50 million deal. Baseline’s database deepens Gracenote’s existing portfolio by adding detailed, descriptive information about movies […]
At a time when Netflix is shaking up classic video distribution models, IDATE has released its latest report on the future of television, delivering an analysis of ongoing disruptions in TV content distribution. It explores
Citrix has released its Mobile Analytics Report for the second half of 2014. The Mobile Analytics Report provides insight into subscriber behaviour and related factors that determine quality of experience (QoE) for mobile data services. Key findings from the report include: LTE Surpasses 3G Mobile subscribers on LTE networks are 1.5 times more likely to […]
Netflix has launched a new social recommendation feature that allows its subscribers to recommend easily and privately, the shows they love to the people they care about. Writing in the Netflix blog, Cameron Johnson, director of product innovation at Netflix, says: “When you finish watching something you’ll be asked if you know anyone else who’d […]
BSkyB has confirmed that its NOW TV OTT service is available on Google’s media streaming device Chromecast. Sky says the arrival of NOW TV to Chromecast offers customers another new way to enjoy the latest blockbuster movies, live action from all Sky Sports channels and must-see shows on 13 of the best pay-TV channels from […]
Originally scheduled for launch in the first half of 2014, but delayed as a result of technical issues, Australian DTT platform Freeview has finally launched its FreeviewPlus HbbTV service. In what Freeview describes as a new era in Australian free-to-air TV, the new service will provides access to more content and services from the Freeview […]