Sony is planning the US roll-out of its long-anticipated OTT video-streaming product – PlayStation Vue – within the coming days, reports The Wall Street Journal. Sony Computer Entertainment President Andrew House told the WSJ that PlayStation Vue would launch within two weeks in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. The service – as with the recently-announced […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has issued its Q4 2014 Global Video Index Report, revealing mobile and tablets now represent more than one third of all online viewing, and providing the first analysis of advertising data from Ooyala’s recently acquired video ad-tech company, Videoplaza. The report pairs insights
UK digital communications service provider EE has confirmed that Sky’s subscription-free, OTT TV service NOW TV will be available for EE TV customers to access via their smart box from 12th March. The move further enhances the viewing options available to EE TV customers which already includes Freeview with more than 70 channels, as well […]
Following the announcement that online entertainment streaming service Netflix is to launch in Australia on March 24th, with leading ISP iiNet offering unmetered access, rival ISP Optus is offering a similar deal. New and re-contracting customers will receive a six month subscription to Netflix through Optus when they sign up to:
British multinational advertising and public relations company WPP has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Swedish over-the-top television service FlowNetwork. The company delivers its programmes via the Internet, which supplies Sweden’s regional newspapers with technology and content. Newspapers served by FlowNetwork include Norrköpings tidningar, Folkbladet, Motala Vadstena Tidning, Norrländska Socialdemokraten, Östgöta Correspondenten, Norrbottens-Kuriren, Västervik-Tidningen, […]
Netflix has released its ISP Speed Index for the month of February. The index rates ISPs in terms of providing the best Netflix streaming experience, using picture quality, load times, and network lag in determining the rankings. In the US, Verizon’s FiOS service once again
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, has released its Q4 2014 Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, OTT, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on the analysis of
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.