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Canal+ Group overhauls brand and packages

France’s Canal+ Group says it is going on the offensive, entirely revamping its TV packages, and widening its distribution channels to reach more subscribers and grow its market. The Group is introducing a simpler choice of options under the Canal brand, including the Canal+ channels and all the themed channels previously available from CanalSAT (the […]

October 13, 2016

Australia: Freeview launches FV mobile app

Australian free-to-air digital TV platform Freeview has announced that its world-first mobile app, delivering FTA TV channels with just one click, will launch in November. The new live streaming service is branded Freeview FV and will deliver TV into viewers’ hands, extending viewing out of the home. Offering a new TV experience with more than […]

October 10, 2016

Spain: Movistar Plus multi device access

Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is launching a multi device access service allowing its subscribers to have simultaneous access to the pay-TV platform through up to four different devices located at home. The subscriber will be able to watch Movistar TV channels through a TV set, a mobile phone, a console or PC or tablet […]

September 28, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid

AR app revenues to approach $6bn by 2021

A Juniper Research study has found that consumer app revenues from AR (augmented reality) will remain below that of the enterprise sector through to 2021, despite the high visibility of games such as Pokémon GO. Juniper forecasts that revenues from enterprise AR apps will reach $5.7 billion (€5bn) by 2021, rising ten fold from an estimated […]

September 27, 2016

Akamai gets Olympics streaming boost

NBC Olympics has confirmed that it leveraged Content Delivery Networks services specialist Akamai Technologies for online video streaming, website and video delivery along with security solutions to support its record digital offering for Rio 2016, which included 3.3 billion total streaming minutes, 2.71 billion of which were live. One hundred million unique users tuned in […]

September 7, 2016

Facebook wins social media Gold in Rio

The top 3 apps used near the Olympics opening ceremony were all Facebook properties – Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This proves that at least in Brazil, when people share, Facebook is the big winner. Facebook owned over 46 per cent of the total consumption around the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony, according to stats from Procera […]

August 9, 2016

Facebook up 186% YoY, ‘video is everything’

Facebook has had another exceptional quarter for growth with profit up 186 per cent year on year. It earned $2 billion (€1.8bn) in the period from April to June, up from $719 million in 2015. Wall St anticipated revenue of $5.8 billion, but the company managed to beat those expectations bringing in $6.4 billion in […]

July 28, 2016

Kids impact on in-home entertainment decisions

They may only be little people, but kids – and particularly young kids – have a huge impact on in-home entertainment decisions. Across Europe and the US, their presence in a household means more non-linear TV, SVoD, apps and streaming sites are viewed, and more ‘baby-sitting electronics’ are owned. In this latest research, produced exclusively […]

July 26, 2016

Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.8bn

Following weekend speculation that a deal was imminent, Verizon Communications and Yahoo have confirmed they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Verizon will acquire Yahoo’s operating business for approximately $4.83 billion (€4.40bn) in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. Yahoo informs, connects and entertains a global audience of more than 1 billion monthly […]

July 25, 2016

Vevo updates, relaunches mobile app

Vevo, the music video brand of labels Sony and Universal, has launched a new mobile app as it attempts to offer users a reason to watch its music videos somewhere other than YouTube. The new mobile app adds several hosts who will curate playlists and create original snippets of video. It also introduces a video […]

July 15, 2016