In a move that links the existing UltraViolet digital content ownership system with Disney’s Movies Anywhere cloud-based digital movie service, five Hollywood studios and four major digital retailers are teaming up for a fresh digital movies initiative. Featuring films from Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios (encompassing Disney, Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm), Twentieth […]
Hot on the heels of its release in the UK, streaming platform and device specialist Roku is to launch its popular Roku Express streaming player in France. Roku Express is the most affordable streaming player Roku ever launched in France, priced at €34.99 MSRP. It comes with everything in the box to get started, including […]
A team of seasoned filmmakers, distributors and software developers has announced White Rabbit, a blockchain-based smart contract solution that intends to improve the way users watch content, distribute it, pay and are paid for films and series. As a browser plug-in, White Rabbit is designed to offer a completely new opportunity. It enables users to […]
Streaming platform and device specialist Roku has unveiled two new streaming players in the UK, which it says will give people who enjoy TV better ways to connect to the streaming entertainment they love. Roku Express is the most affordable streaming player Roku ever launched in the UK, priced at just £29.99 (€33.50) MSRP. Roku […]
The latest forecast from research firm CCS Insight shows the global mobile phone market remaining stable for the next five years, with about 2 billion mobile phones sold every year. However, this steady total masks underlying shifts as feature phones continue to decline as a total proportion of the market, 4G technology dominates sales and […]
Findings from the Ericsson ConsumerLab study suggest that linear and VoD viewing will be almost equal in just three years, with 50 per cent of all viewing being done on a mobile screen, with half of this done on the smartphone alone. The eighth edition of Ericsson’s annual ConsumerLab TV and Media report details the […]
MAGNA, the intelligence, investment and innovation unit within IPG Mediabrands, and IPG Media Lab, its creative technology arm, partnered with Tremor Video DSP for a scientific media trial that explored and measured the impact of interactive video ads across three screens, including tablet, PC, and mobile devices. The report, entitled The Interactive Effect: A Key […]
Following the announcement on October 1st of a tentative carriage deal that averted a potential blackout of Disney-owned channels in nearly 2.6 million homes in the greater New York area served by the cable MSO Altice USA’s Optimum cable TV service, Altice USA and The Walt Disney Company have announced a comprehensive distribution agreement to […]
Traditional media still takes the majority of ad spend in India, but mobile platforms are becoming increasingly popular with advertisers. This year, mobile ad spending in India is expected to increase by 85 per cent, which will help boost overall digital ad spend to $1.21 billion, according to eMarketer’s latest media ad spend forecast. Further […]
Channel 2 News, Israel’s leading news broadcaster, has partnered with Elastic Media, a media-tech company, to deliver their broadcasts to smartphone and tablet devices in a new, fully personalised, interactive viewing experience dubbed “Touchable TV”. Itay Filiba, Head of Digital Products at Channel 2 News, said: “We produce more than 6 different live TV shows […]