Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) technologies, and Eutelsat Communications are combining their complementary skills to offer content providers a satellite-based solution for multiscreen video delivery to connected devices. Their new offer is a gamechanger for extending access to video content on mobile devices beyond terrestrial networks and has a competitive edge for […]
BT has revealed plans to transform its BT TV service over the coming months, introducing a new, image-rich user experience with easy access to channels and on demand content, and a new BT TV App. The ‘next-generation’ service will enable customers to manage their recordings and stream live and on demand programmes on mobile devices, […]
The amount of mobile video passing over the mobile network continues to increase, as consumers watch more streaming movies and increasingly adopt other OTT services, such as Snapchat and WhatsApp, which allow users to embed videos in their messages, notes market research consultancy iGR in a recent study that focuses on mobile video and provides […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported it enjoyed a successful third quarter in 2016, with strong figures from the US and a stable trend in Germany. Net revenue grew by 5.9 per cent compared with the prior-year quarter to €18.1 billion. At the same time, adjusted EBITDA rose 7.2 per cent to €5.5 billion. “These figures show […]
In 2016, for the first time, adults in the UK will spend more time with their mobile devices than with desktop and laptop computers, eMarketer projects. This year, mobile time – which includes nonvoice time with tablets and mobile phones – will account for more than a quarter of daily media time for the average […]
A Juniper Research study has forecast that there will be nearly 60 million smartphone VR headsets shipped in 2021, an increase of around 240 per cent on an expected 16.8 million this year. However, the lower price of these devices means they will only account for 7 per cent of hardware revenue. While millions of […]
ITV has selected digital fan interaction technology company, Monterosa, to deliver the next generation of its I’m a Celebrity app when it returns for its 16th series in the jungle later this month. Having introduced the I’m a Celebrity app for the first time last year, ITV has now tasked Monterosa with creating a modernised, […]
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries says they are focused on developing a “quad-play bundle in every market” and that means dramatically ramping up mobile provision. He said mobile was “strategically critical” and outlined plans to more than double its mobile base in the next five years. In Liberty’s third quarter earnings call, Fries said “mobile […]
Virgin Media has launched its first 4G tariffs, the last major UK network to offer high-speed mobile Internet plans. Addressing the delay, a Virgin Media told the BBC: “We wanted to make sure we launched 4G properly and wanted to do something different from our competitors. That difference is zero-rating WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger so […]
US consumer spending on home entertainment products rose 3.8 per cent in the third quarter from previous year, according to the Third Quarter 2016 Home Entertainment Report from trade body DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, compiled by DEG members, tracking sources and retail input. To date, sales are up 2.5 per cent in the first […]