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TabletTV Internet television app for iPhones

Broadcast and pay-TV technology provider Motive Television has received approval from Apple for its TabletTV Internet App to be available to any iPhone user globally. The new App is available from today on all Apple App Stores in the world for a cost of $4.99/£2.99 (€3.96). The TabletTV Internet App enables users to access and […]

February 3, 2016

BT announces new structure

UK telco BT has revealed a new organisational structure that will take effect from April. This follows its acquisition of EE, the UK’s leading mobile network operator. Under this structure, there will be six lines of business. Two will serve consumers, two will focus on businesses and the public sector – one in the UK […]

February 1, 2016

Global tablet market falls 8% in 2015

The global tablet market ended 2015 with its worst year-on-year performance ever. Shipments fell 11 per cent to 69.9 million units during the fourth quarter and fell 8 per cent to 224.3 million units for the full year of 2015, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. Bright spots in the tablet market continued to […]

February 1, 2016

TabletTV app for Apple TV in the US

Having announced its intention mid-September 2015 to make TabletTV available on the new Apple TV platform in the United States, United Kingdom, and throughout the world, broadcast and pay-TV technology provider Motive Television has received approval from Apple for its App and released it for sale and use on the Apple TV platform. The TabletTV […]

February 1, 2016

Millennials master the second screen

More than three-quarters (88 per cent) of millennials engage in second screen behaviours when watching video content, the highest percentage of any demographic, according to a study from US trade body the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The report,

January 29, 2016

T-Mobile adds Amazon, WWE to Binge-On

T-Mobile subscribers in the US can now watch even more video without eating into their monthly data allowance. The carrier has added Amazon Prime Video, Fox News, Univision Now and the WWE Network to its Binge On service. This means that any videos T-Mobile customers watch from these providers over their mobile device don’t count […]

January 29, 2016

OTT increases French viewing time

In 2015 OTT platforms and catch-up TV services in France contributed to the growth of overall TV viewing time. According to Médiamétrie’s round up of the year, the average daily viewing time on the four screens reached 3 hours and 50 minutes per individual, up 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Time spent watching linear TV […]

January 28, 2016From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Viaccess-Orca launches cloud-based TV Everywhere

Content services protection and enhancement specialist Viaccess-Orca has launched Voyage – TV Everywhere as a Service (TVaaS), a new cloud-based over-the-top (OTT)/TV Everywhere (TVE) service designed to simplify multiscreen service delivery, increasing flexibility, reducing costs, and speeding up service launch times for operators. Running on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure, Voyage – TVaaS is integrated […]

January 28, 2016

Global LTE subscriptions pass 1bn

LTE subscriptions passed the 1 billion subscription mark during the final quarter of 2015 and are set to continue strong double-digit growth for the next five years, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Ovum’s research reveals that the overall count is top heavy, with five countries accounting for nearly three-quarters of all subscriptions. China is […]

January 27, 2016

Online overtakes kids’ TV viewing

This year has seen a major shift in UK children’s media use with time spent online overtaking TV viewing for the first time ever, according to the 2016 Childwise Monitor Report. Tablet ownership also soared this year – up by 50 per cent from last year. Just six years after the UK release of the […]

January 26, 2016