Numerous branded smartphone vendors unveiled their next-generation flagship devices ahead of Apple’s iPhone 6s reveal this September. These earlier major product launches included Samsung’s Note 5, Huawei’s Mate and Sony Z5 series. Consequently, much of this year’s growth momentum in the smartphone market was concentrated in the third quarter. According to the latest smartphone shipment […]
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European Commission targets for mobile and broadband coverage will not be met because of a €106 billion investment shortfall from private and public funds, according to research by Boston Consulting Group commissioned by some of Europe’s largest telecoms groups About €216 billion is needed to
Legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm has confirmed that Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video’s catalogue of films and TV shows is now available on the service, giving consumers even more ways to watch content legally. Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video give consumers access to more than 15,000 movies and TV episodes on demand, from […]
Sky has agreed a new multi-year movie and TV agreement with Disney UK & Ireland which it says will allow customers to enjoy the very best of Disney entertainment either live, on demand or on the go. Sky Movies and NOW TV Sky Movies Pass customers will be able to watch premieres such as Inside […]
A study from the Connected Home UX (CHX) group at Strategy Analytics has explored consumer usage of multiple devices when watching TV. The increased size and enhanced quality of screens of smartphones and tablets over the years have encouraged more activity and usage of multiple devices when watching TV. At present, most second device use […]
Tablet Television, the joint venture between Motive Television and Granite Broadcasting, is launching TabletTV Plus in Q4 within the US. Through the new TabletTV Plus App, viewers will have access to all broadcast channels available in their market, operate the mobile personal video recorder (PVR) to time shift programmes to fit their own schedules and, […]
Swedish OTT platform Magine TV has entered into partnership with Thailand-based cable network CTH, marking the company’s first entry into the Asian mobile TV market. Magine TV will power CTH’s OTT offering on its cloud service, allowing for the distribution of CTH’s entertainment and sports channel packages across all mobile devices and screens. Magine TV’s […]
Announced in July 2015 with the aim of providing an alternative pay-TV option to Sky, BT TV and Virgin Media, UK over-the-top television platform TVPlayer is commercially launching its low-cost subscription service TVPlayer Plus, which offers premium TV channels including Discovery Channel, TLC, British Eurosport, Cartoon Network, HISTORY, Lifetime, Gold and Sony Movie channel for […]
Roku has announced Roku OS 7 filled with new discovery features that give consumers more access to entertainment choices. With a major update to Roku Feed consumers can now follow movies, TV shows, actors and directors to receive automatic entertainment updates about pricing and availability. Those who travel and want to stream will now […]