Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, has announced that Telecom Italia has deployed Qwilt’s open caching solution to boost network capacity and improve quality of OTT streaming video for its more than 30 million customers. Telecom Italia implemented Qwilt’s solution to provide enhanced quality of experience (QoE) for its […]
Sky and HBO have extended their relationship by agreeing a new deal that will make Sky Atlantic the home of Home Box Office (HBO) for 21 million Sky customers across Europe. The agreement – the first pan-European content deal covering all Sky territories that Sky has negotiated – means that Sky will have the exclusive […]
There are now 2,677,000 Australians (14+) who have Netflix in the home, with the number of households with a Netflix subscription rising again in October to 1,039,000 (11.4 per cent), subscription VoD data from Roy Morgan Research shows. For the majority of Netflix subscribers, this is their first time paying for TV. In the year […]
T-Mobile has responded directly to Americans’ surging demand for mobile entertainment by offering unlimited mobile video via its Binge On offer. From November 15th T-Mobile subscribers can stream HBO, Hulu, Netflix, SHOWTIME, Sling TV, STARZ, WatchESPN and more without ever burning up their data allowance. And it’s available to all current and new Simple Choice […]
Software-defined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies, has confirmed that African pay-TV provider MultiChoice is using Elemental for live streaming and video-on-demand (VoD) delivery of its DStv online service, which makes sports and entertainment content available on smart phones and tablets to more than 10 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rapidly expanding […]
Parks Associates research shows only 3 per cent of UK broadband households cancelled a subscription to an OTT video service in the past 12 months, while 33 per cent of UK broadband households currently pay for an OTT subscription. In the US, approximately
Streaming media service Roku has confirmed the launch of Amazon Video on the Roku streaming platform in the UK. Amazon Video offers Roku customers access to more than 50,000 popular and new release movies and TV episodes they can instantly rent or buy, while Amazon Prime members can stream a library of more than 15,000 […]
Netflix has indicated that Movistar users connected to its video streaming service have experienced performance issues since it was launched in Spain on October 20th. “We are aware that there are problems in the streaming performance, especially via the Movistar network, during prime time evening slots,” said the company’s European communications head Joris Evers in […]
By the end of 2018, 231 million installed devices are expected to be connected to the Internet and able to deliver apps to TVs, representing 82 per cent growth from 2014 to 2018, according to the Connected Home Entertainment Forecast report from global information company The NPD Group. “The two largest drivers of growth will […]
Following the October 16th announcement that online and mobile commerce giant Alibaba Group had made a non-binding proposal to the board of directors of multi-screen entertainment and media company Youku Tudou to acquire all shares that it did not already own, the pair have confirmed their entry into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which […]