Roku has announced the expansion of its international presence with the introduction of the Roku Powered programme. Aimed at Pay TV service providers outside of the US, Roku is now licensing the technology that powers its streaming platform to enable “There has been incredible demand from Pay TV providers for a simple way to address […]
According to French daily Le Figaro, Netflix, which launches September 15th in France, will be hit by the extension of CNC tax on VoD being extended to overseas companies. The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) has widened the 2% tax on VoD operators to those that are based abroad and have […]
Hundreds of hours of Channel 4 TV series, including global hit franchise The Inbetweeners, will be available to buy on streaming service blinkbox in the UK and Ireland after the broadcaster signed a major content deal. Customers can buy the three Inbetweeners TV series and rent or buy the first hugely successful The Inbetweeners Movie […]
Octoshape, an industry leader in cloud-based, over-the-top (OTT) stream acceleration and contribution technologies for broadcasters, enterprises and carriers, and Norigin Media, a TV Everywhere company that enables multi-screen TV services and products, today announced a partnership to help premium content owners and broadcasters accelerate the launch of new, global multiscreen OTT streaming services to consumers […]
Video technology specialist Kaltura has unveiled Kaltura OTT TV, its next-generation, end-to-end pay-OTT TV solution. The result of integrating pay-OTT technology from the company’s recent acquisition of Tvinci with Kaltura’s video platform, Kaltura claims the solution is the most advanced and comprehensive on the market today. It includes advanced monetisation, social and personalisation features; innovative […]
China’s General Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television (GAPPRFT) have issued new regulations requiring that all overseas film, TV, and animated programmes broadcast online in China be licensed by the GAPPRFT. Online video sites wishing to broadcast foreign film and TV content in China must now apply for relevant ‘Film Public Broadcast’ […]
When 4G was launched in 2013, Deloitte asked respondents to a mobile consumer survey with 4G which applications they were using more frequently. Watching video was the number one response. This year, among a much larger base of 4G subscribers, watching video had fallen to seventh place. Only a fifth (20 per cent) of respondents […]
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 […]
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