Eurocinema, North American’s only VoD channel dedicated to European cinema, has revealed plans to expand its global footprint with the launch of Eurocinema World, a 24/7 live channel and SVoD service featuring award-winning European films and select Euro-centric lifestyle segments. Showcasing winners and nominees from the global film festival circuit, Eurocinema World will launch in […]
European research from Parks Associates shows 8 per cent of UK broadband households have at least one smart watch. These wearables, which can connect to the Internet, create new health, mobile payment, and smart home opportunities for companies in the IoT ecosystem, according to the firm’s consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe. “The IoT […]
For the first time this year, mobile advertising expenditure in the UK will overtake spend on print advertising, according to the latest forecasts from eMarketer. Mobile ad spending has shown significant growth in recent years and is expected to rise 45 per cent this year to over £3 billion (€4bn) and will account for 20 […]
Ooyala’s Q2 Global Video Index shows that nearly half of all video plays and ad impressions for publishers occurred on mobile devices. Since Q2 2012, mobile video plays have grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 111 per cent, with the share of video plays on mobile devices
@IBC 2015 Advanced Television talks to Tiaan Schutte, President EMEA for Alticast, about provisioning for the Smart Home and Internet Of Things and how they are rapidly developing as service and revenue opportunities for pay-TV providers. [bitsontherun JVEFX7b5-ni7dlelE]
Vodafone has confirmed that discussions with Liberty Global regarding a possible exchange of selected assets between the two companies have terminated. The pair revealed on June 5th that they were in the early stages of such talks. At the time, Vodafone said there was no certainty that any transaction would be agreed, nor certainty with […]
Technology and solutions development organisation the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance are to strengthen their relationship to foster closer co-operation in the area of 5G. The newly signed co-operation agreement brings together two widely-recognised industry organisations in the field of next generation mobile broadband technology. ATIS […]
STARZ PLAY, the authenticated online TV Everywhere service for STARZ premium subscribers, has launched on Samsung Smart TVs. STARZ subscribers may now watch exclusive STARZ Original series including Blunt Talk, Survivor’s Remorse, and Power, among others, as well as hundreds of movies and first-run films on Samsung Smart TVs. The launch marks STARZ PLAY’s most […]
Vodafone and Netflix have signed a partnership agreement in Italy, reflecting the relationship that already exists between the two companies on a global level. From October, Vodafone Italia customers will be able to activate a subscription to the streaming video platform through their existing contract. In addition, Vodafone Italia will launch exclusive promotional offers that […]
Mobile video programmatic platform TabMo, which simplifies the mobile video ad buying process for advertisers and agencies, is expanding to the UK. Principally targeted at trading desks, the new operation is led by Chris Childs who joins from programmatic video advertising specialist, BrightRoll. TabMo provides mobile video advertisers with a single point of access to […]