US telco AT&T and Hulu have signed a deal that will bring the popular Hulu subscription streaming service to AT&T customers through AT&T’s websites and mobile applications. “We know that our customers want to be able to access video on multiple devices,” said Andrew Goodman, associate vice president, AT&T content acquisition. “So we’re excited to […]
In a move to make it more competitive against recent market entrant Netflix, Australian TV and movie streaming service Quickflix has entered an agreement with Foxtel in which the Presto movie and TV subscription video on demand streaming service will be distributed by Quickflix to existing and future customers. Presto will be available within Quickflix […]
There were 278 million requests to BBC iPlayer in March, with a daily average of nine million, marking a seven per cent drop on the same period last year. The decline came despite hit shows such as Top Gear (which still has episodes available for now) and The Voice, and contrasts with strong online video […]
The BBC has confirmed the global version of its iPlayer streaming service will close on June 26th. The corporation had charged users subscription fees to watch programmes via the app in Western Europe, Australia and Canada. However, it never launched in the US. Reports suggest US pay-TV operators had threatened to drop the BBC America […]
People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, fuelled by increasing use of tablets and smartphones, according to Ofcom research. Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes 2015 report shows
Verizon Communications has confirmed the signing of an agreement to purchase AOL for $50 per share – an estimated total value of approximately $4.4 billion. Verizon said the acquisition further drives its LTE wireless video and OTT strategy. The agreement will also support and connect to Verizon’s IoT (Internet of Things) platforms, creating a growth […]
Global shipments of of OTT STBs sold at retail – including Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku boxes – will overtake shipments of IPTV STBs used for pay-TV services in 2015, according to a new report from information and insight source IHS. In 2015, 31 million retail OTT STBs will be shipped, compared to 30 million […]
Parks Associates estimates there will be 1.6 billion video viewers worldwide in 2015, increasing to 1.9 billion in 2019. The global LTE user base will top
The impact of OTT content provider Netflix is having a dramatic effect on cable MSOs in Argentina. Fibertel, the broadband division of Cablevisión Argentina, says that 21 per cent of its online video traffic is taken by consumers watching Netflix output. Taking video content as a whole,
If you are of a certain age, you know that a tiny number of TV dramas get remembered long after the vast majority have faded away like the disappearing dot on a switched-off antique TV. The Forsyth Saga and The Avengers were certainly ‘appointment to view’ and would, doubtless, have been big binge blockbusters had […]