Virgin Media has revealed how sports fans turned to Virgin TV Anywhere in droves to follow the final day of the Premier League on multiple screens during one of the busiest weekends of the sporting calendar. Virgin Media saw a 38 per cent increase in people using the service, which allows customers to watch different […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, has revealed the results of its recent Steering Group elections. As part of this, the new Steering Group re-elected Klaus Illgner as Chairman, Jon Piesing as Vice-Chairman and Mark […]
A client report issued by global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein seen by advanced-television.com has bucked the Wall Street consensus view by suggesting that there are material chances that Google will expand its Google Fiber network to pass millions of homes profitably. The report focuses on
Netflix has revealed details of its previously announced price hike, with new UK customers set to pay an extra £1 per month, with prices in Europe increasing by €1 and US prices increasing by $1. Existing customers will pay nothing extra for 24 months. In an email sent to UK Netflix customers, the online streaming […]
The increasing importance of original digital video for advertisers has been identified by a survey from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), showing the format is almost as popular as primetime TV for US viewers. The Internet trade body reports that that 52 million adult Americans now watch online video at least once a month, a […]
Leslie Moonves, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of CBS, has described the operation of Internet TV streaming service as “theft” suggesting he is not losing any sleep over the outcome of the Supreme Court copyright case brought by the major US networks against the Barry Diller-backed company. Anticipating an analyst question on CBS’s Q1 […]
Multi-platform live streaming and catch-up TV service provider Simplestream has been chosen by Sky Bet to support the streaming of all of the Sky Bet Championship, League 1 and League 2 Play-Off matches for Sky Bet customers to access as the English 2013/14 football season draws to a close. Kicking off on Thursday 8th May […]
FilmOn.com, provider of free Internet television, has signed a deal to distribute multiple channels from news broadcaster Euronews. The agreement will see six Euronews channels made available in multiple languages across the FilmOn.com platform via desktop, tablet and mobile. FilmOn.com’s founder and CEO Alki David commented: “We are extremely proud to welcome euronews to the […]
Jinni, the semantic video discovery solution provider, has revealed that AT&T U-Verse has implemented the company’s personalised TV experience features and is now available to all U-verse STB subscribers across the US. This is the largest customer running on the Ericsson Mediaroom platform to deploy the next-gen discovery service in the US. “Working with AT&T […]
ABOX42, a provider of IPTV & OTT Smart STBs and services, is supplying its advanced STB platform for the new Dutch IPTV service Sparql. Sparql is a service of Dutch company Cambrium, which is also known for its ISP Tweak. Sparql subscribers will be equipped exclusively with the ABOX42 M12 smart STB which gives them […]