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Italy: Paramount Channel launches mobile app

The Paramount Channel has launched a mobile app for smartphones and tablets in Italy. The channel is aired on the national DTT platform and on DTH platform Tivusat (in HD). The free app, available for Android and iOS devices, offering easy and mobile access to content from the Paramount Channel. Developed with a user-friendly format, […]

December 13, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome

BT, Huawei partner for 5G development

Two of the world’s leading communications companies – BT and Huawei – have come together to lead the global development of 5G mobile technologies. The new partnership will see the companies conduct pioneering joint research into 5G, considering how faster mobile communication technologies might be applied, as well as the technical and commercial feasibility of […]

December 9, 2016

France: Disney Channel launches mobile app

Disney Channel France has launched a free mobile app available on both iOS and Android devices. The new app promises more than 200 pieces of content including music videos, animated gifs, competitions and interviews related to its popular kids’ series such as The Descendants, Soy Luna, Liv & Maddie and Camp Kikiwaka. This app serves […]

December 9, 2016From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Europe leads in mobile sports viewing

Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, workflow, analytics and monetisation, has released its Q3 2016 Global Video Index highlighting business insights based on the online viewing trends of 220 million people around the world. The report shows that viewers in Europe, particularly Great Britain, watch more online sports content via mobile than […]

December 7, 2016

Parents spend 9+ hours a day with screen media

The findings of a study released by Common Sense show that parents spend more than nine hours (9:22) a day with screen media, with the vast majority of that time being spent with personal screen media (7:43) and only a little more than 90 minutes devoted to work screen media. The vast majority of these […]

December 7, 2016

4K will triple cellular traffic

A study from Juniper Research has forecast that annual cellular data traffic, generated by smartphones, tablets, connected cars, and other M2M modules, will reach 129,000 PB (Petabytes) by 2018, equivalent to approximately 14 billion hours of 4K video streaming. The research found

December 6, 2016

GSMA calls for investment ‘step change’

At a meeting of the EC’s Telecoms Council, mobile industry trade body the GSMA has called on Ministers to commit to the rapid adoption of the telecoms regulatory framework reforms that will drive investment and create an inclusive ‘Gigabit Society’ across Europe. The European Commission has tabled proposals in a draft European Electronic Communications Code […]

December 5, 2016

Australia: Digital content changes mobile habits

Australians’ increasing appetite for digital content is driving profound changes in mobile device use, services, infrastructure and content delivery, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s Communications report 2015–16, revealing current trends in consumer behaviour and industry responses. “The continuing increase in digital data traffic has been the main cause of change in the […]

December 1, 2016

Virgin Media launches V6 box and ‘TellyTablet’

Describing the unveiling of its Virgin TV V6 set-top box as the industry’s “worst-kept secret”, David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at UK quad-play operator Virgin Media, also introduced a new HD TellyTablet created by Virgin Media, designed specifically as a personal Smart TV to watch television in HD quality. The Virgin TV launch event […]

November 30, 2016By Colin Mann

Netflix launches download service

Netflix members worldwide can now download their favourite content, in addition to streaming the service’s series and films at no extra cost, which it says makes it even easier to watch Netflix on the go. In a blog post, Eddy Wu, Director of Product Innovation, says that while many members enjoy watching Netflix at home, […]

November 30, 2016